Microscopic characterization of the new ‘‘crenelated’’SAphase (SAcre)

From microscopic observations of droplets an intermediate state between $S_{Ã}$ and $S_{A_2}$ is located in a binary diagram of cyano mesogens. Considering the possible existence of a tetracritical point we suggest that this crenelated phase $S_{A_{\mathrm{cre}}}$ (because one antiphase domain grows at the expense of its neighbor) could be a necessary step between $S_{Ã}$ and $S_{A_2}$.