Photo-driven effects in twist-bend nematic phases : dynamic and memory response of liquid crystalline dimers

AMF would like to acknowledge the Scottish Government and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, for the award of one SAPHIRE project, the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, for the award of the RIG008586 project, the Royal Society, for the Research Grant RGS\R1\201397, and the Royal Society of Chemistry, for the award of the mobility grant M19-0000. AMF and AK would also like to acknowledge the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, for the award of one Carnegie Trust Vacation Scholarships. All authors would like to thank the School of Engineering and the Department of Chemistry of the University of Aberdeen, for financial support.Peer reviewedPostprin