Pub Date : 2024-02-13DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2306323
Shallu Dhingra, Santanu Kumar Pal
A novel family of rod-like liquid crystals designed by Prof. G.W. Gray having nematic phase has been extensively used to make stable informative liquid crystal displays. These 4’-alkyl- and 4’-alko...
{"title":"Advances in 4-cyanobiphenyl tethered discotic oligomers and supermolecular liquid crystalline materials","authors":"Shallu Dhingra, Santanu Kumar Pal","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2306323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2306323","url":null,"abstract":"A novel family of rod-like liquid crystals designed by Prof. G.W. Gray having nematic phase has been extensively used to make stable informative liquid crystal displays. These 4’-alkyl- and 4’-alko...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139772870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-13DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2313023
Federica Ciuchi, Maria Penelope De Santo, Silvia Paparini, Lorenza Spina, Epifanio G. Virga
Twisted hedgehogs are defects in spherical cavities with homeotropic anchoring for the nematic director that arise when twist distortions are sufficiently less energetic than splay (and bend) disto...
{"title":"Inversion ring in chromonic twisted hedgehogs: theory and experiment","authors":"Federica Ciuchi, Maria Penelope De Santo, Silvia Paparini, Lorenza Spina, Epifanio G. Virga","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2313023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2313023","url":null,"abstract":"Twisted hedgehogs are defects in spherical cavities with homeotropic anchoring for the nematic director that arise when twist distortions are sufficiently less energetic than splay (and bend) disto...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139755367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-13DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2314628
Armando Piccardi, Gaetano Assanto
Nematic Liquid Crystals are birefringent soft matter exhibiting unique nonlocal and nonlinear optical properties. Due to the interaction with finite-size light beams, self-focusing via molecular re...
{"title":"Nematonics: from physics to photonics of reorientational solitons","authors":"Armando Piccardi, Gaetano Assanto","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2314628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2314628","url":null,"abstract":"Nematic Liquid Crystals are birefringent soft matter exhibiting unique nonlocal and nonlinear optical properties. Due to the interaction with finite-size light beams, self-focusing via molecular re...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"87 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139755369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this work, the thiol modified silica nanostructures (SiO2-SH) were doped into polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films. The SEM was used to observe the morphology of the polymer microstruct...
{"title":"The regulation of electro-optical properties and polymer morphology of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal films with silicon nanostructure","authors":"Cuihong Zhang, Ruibin Ma, Zhenyu Gao, Mingyue Zheng, Zemin He, Zongcheng Miao","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2313012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2313012","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, the thiol modified silica nanostructures (SiO2-SH) were doped into polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films. The SEM was used to observe the morphology of the polymer microstruct...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139773265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this paper, we have synthesised cholesteryl 4-allyloxybenzoate (MB), crosslinking agent dodecane-1,12-diyl bis(undec-10-enoate) (MG), and A’BGF series liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE) films wh...
{"title":"Preparation and properties of highly flexible cholesteric side-chain liquid crystalline elastomers with selective reflective properties in the visible region","authors":"Run-He Qin, Rui-Yi Bao, Qi-Xuan Wu, Xin-Yu Zhang, Fang-Yuan Li, Mei Tian","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2314615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2314615","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we have synthesised cholesteryl 4-allyloxybenzoate (MB), crosslinking agent dodecane-1,12-diyl bis(undec-10-enoate) (MG), and A’BGF series liquid crystalline elastomer (LCE) films wh...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139755681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2311278
Brian P. Radka, Gaurav K. Pande, Timothy J. White
The electro-optic response of polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals can manifest as switching, tuning, or bandwidth broadening. The electro-optic response of these composites is attributed...
聚合物稳定胆甾型液晶的电光响应可表现为开关、调谐或带宽拓宽。这些复合材料的电光响应归因于...
{"title":"Enhancing the electro-optic response of polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals with ionic dopants","authors":"Brian P. Radka, Gaurav K. Pande, Timothy J. White","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2311278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2311278","url":null,"abstract":"The electro-optic response of polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals can manifest as switching, tuning, or bandwidth broadening. The electro-optic response of these composites is attributed...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139755433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-02-06DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2306318
Claire Meyer, Tatiana Sergan, Vassili Sergan, Daniel Stoenescu, Patrick Davidson, Anamarija Knežević, Irena Dokli, Andreja Lesac, Ivan Dozov
In our previous works we have shown that the elastic properties of the intercalated SmAb phase formed by bent-shaped dimers are governed by the nematic-like behaviour of the secondary director m th...
{"title":"Theoretical model for the Frank elastic moduli in the intercalated SmAb phase of bent-shaped dimers","authors":"Claire Meyer, Tatiana Sergan, Vassili Sergan, Daniel Stoenescu, Patrick Davidson, Anamarija Knežević, Irena Dokli, Andreja Lesac, Ivan Dozov","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2306318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2306318","url":null,"abstract":"In our previous works we have shown that the elastic properties of the intercalated SmAb phase formed by bent-shaped dimers are governed by the nematic-like behaviour of the secondary director m th...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139755506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Optically driving liquid crystal display (ODLCD) uses polarized light field to control the orientation of the liquid crystal, and the display content can be maintained without external electric fie...
光驱动液晶显示器(ODLCD)利用偏振光场控制液晶的方向,无需外部电场即可保持显示内容。
{"title":"Improvement of rewriting time of optically driven liquid crystal display by azo-dye doping","authors":"Hao Tang, Yuteng Qian, Xiaoran Guan, Jieyu Li, Minglei Cai, Tongzhou Zhao, Changyong Yang, Hongyu Xing, Wenjiang Ye","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2310612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2310612","url":null,"abstract":"Optically driving liquid crystal display (ODLCD) uses polarized light field to control the orientation of the liquid crystal, and the display content can be maintained without external electric fie...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"223 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139755434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}