Pub Date : 2024-07-29DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2382301
Grant J. Strachan, Magdalena M. Majewska, Damian Pociecha, Ewa Gorecka, John M.D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie
We report the synthesis and phase behaviour of a series of liquid crystalline trimers containing secondary amide groups. These materials form nematic, smectic and twist-bend nematic phases and thei...
{"title":"Liquid crystal trimers containing secondary amide groups","authors":"Grant J. Strachan, Magdalena M. Majewska, Damian Pociecha, Ewa Gorecka, John M.D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2382301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2382301","url":null,"abstract":"We report the synthesis and phase behaviour of a series of liquid crystalline trimers containing secondary amide groups. These materials form nematic, smectic and twist-bend nematic phases and thei...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141968789","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 : 2024-07-24DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2380429
Yulia A. Yakovleva, Vladislav M. Abramov, Oleg S. El’tsov
Using the cyclometallation reaction, Pt(II) complexes of diarylbipyridynic ligands bearing alkoxy-groups were prepared and then modified with phenylаcetylene derivatives. The target compounds were ...
{"title":"Phosphorescent Pt(II) complexes of C^N^N type tridentate ligands augmented for liquid crystallinity","authors":"Yulia A. Yakovleva, Vladislav M. Abramov, Oleg S. El’tsov","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2380429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2380429","url":null,"abstract":"Using the cyclometallation reaction, Pt(II) complexes of diarylbipyridynic ligands bearing alkoxy-groups were prepared and then modified with phenylаcetylene derivatives. The target compounds were ...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141775396","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 : 2024-07-11DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2374524
Amerigo Zattarin, Ewan Cruickshank, Damian Pociecha, John M. D. Storey, Ewa Gorecka, Corrie T. Imrie
The synthesis and characterisation of 10 members of the [4[(E)-[4-[4-[ω-(4-cyanophenyl)phenoxy]alkyloxy]-3-nitrophenyl]methylideneamino]phenyl] 2,4-dimethoxybenzoates is reported in which the numbe...
{"title":"A design approach to obtaining highly polar liquid crystal dimers","authors":"Amerigo Zattarin, Ewan Cruickshank, Damian Pociecha, John M. D. Storey, Ewa Gorecka, Corrie T. Imrie","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2374524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2374524","url":null,"abstract":"The synthesis and characterisation of 10 members of the [4[(E)-[4-[4-[ω-(4-cyanophenyl)phenoxy]alkyloxy]-3-nitrophenyl]methylideneamino]phenyl] 2,4-dimethoxybenzoates is reported in which the numbe...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141613109","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 : 2024-07-02DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2372601
Zongqi Li, Jinghua Zhao, Limin Wu, Yi Li, Wei Liu, Yonggang Yang
Since the cholesteric liquid crystal polymer network (CLCN) films with a structural colour have been applied for decoration, those with colourful patterns become more attractive. They have been suc...
{"title":"Large-area preparation of rainbow cholesteric liquid crystal polymer network films using a photoisomerizable chiral dopant","authors":"Zongqi Li, Jinghua Zhao, Limin Wu, Yi Li, Wei Liu, Yonggang Yang","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2372601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2372601","url":null,"abstract":"Since the cholesteric liquid crystal polymer network (CLCN) films with a structural colour have been applied for decoration, those with colourful patterns become more attractive. They have been suc...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141550837","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 : 2024-07-02DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2372598
Lei Wang, Shaolun Luo, Shuaihui Liu, Zemin He, Zongcheng Miao
In this study, the gel molecules were further mixed with liquid crystal polymerisable monomers and introduced into the polymer matrix, and by selecting the ratios of three kinds of gel molecules to...
{"title":"Mechanism of the effect of gel doping on the electro-optical properties of PDLC","authors":"Lei Wang, Shaolun Luo, Shuaihui Liu, Zemin He, Zongcheng Miao","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2372598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2372598","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the gel molecules were further mixed with liquid crystal polymerisable monomers and introduced into the polymer matrix, and by selecting the ratios of three kinds of gel molecules to...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141614903","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}
Fully leaky optical-guided mode is employed to determine the difference of the splay and bend flexoelectric coefficient e1−e3 in negative nematic Liquid crystal (LC) MS-N0130-000. The theoretical c...
{"title":"Determination of the flexoelectric coefficient in nematic liquid crystals by using fully leaky optical guided mode","authors":"GuiLi Zheng, ZhenYuan Wang, JiaQi Zhou, ZhiGuang Li, YanJun Zhang, SanYang Wang, LiZhe Zhang, Hui Zhang","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2369950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2369950","url":null,"abstract":"Fully leaky optical-guided mode is employed to determine the difference of the splay and bend flexoelectric coefficient e1−e3 in negative nematic Liquid crystal (LC) MS-N0130-000. The theoretical c...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"164 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141507844","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 : 2024-06-24DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2363339
Zhenlei Zhong, Yuzhen Zhao, Xun Li, Zemin He, Hong Gao, Zhun Guo, Dong Wang, Lei Wang, Yi Luan
Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) are widely used in the field of infrared (IR) modulation as a chiral photonic material with wavelength and polarisation selective reflection. However, there is on...
{"title":"Broadband reflection and infrared shielding characterisation of cholesteric liquid crystals doped with UV–absorbing layer","authors":"Zhenlei Zhong, Yuzhen Zhao, Xun Li, Zemin He, Hong Gao, Zhun Guo, Dong Wang, Lei Wang, Yi Luan","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2363339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2363339","url":null,"abstract":"Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) are widely used in the field of infrared (IR) modulation as a chiral photonic material with wavelength and polarisation selective reflection. However, there is on...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141516171","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 : 2024-06-24DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2370513
Tomoya Watanabe, Hiroyuki Okada
Liquid crystal devices have been in practical use for more than half a century and are now widely used as low-voltage, low-power-consumption displays and optical elements. We have confirmed the par...
{"title":"Fully logical NOT operation of self-aligned liquid crystal optical control devices with two-slit Young’s interference experiment","authors":"Tomoya Watanabe, Hiroyuki Okada","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2370513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2370513","url":null,"abstract":"Liquid crystal devices have been in practical use for more than half a century and are now widely used as low-voltage, low-power-consumption displays and optical elements. We have confirmed the par...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141507841","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}
The current study examines and reflects the effect of minute quantity of Diamond nanoparticles (DNPs) in the Nematic liquid crystal (NLC) matrix. A well structured and strategized study is performe...
{"title":"Optimization of the properties of nematic matrix suspended with subtle quantities of the nanoparticles for improved alignment and operating voltage","authors":"Saransh Saxena, Sadhna Tiwari, Shivangi Tripathi, Garima Shukla, Sonam Sharma, Kamal Kumar Pandey, Rajiv Manohar","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2363337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2363337","url":null,"abstract":"The current study examines and reflects the effect of minute quantity of Diamond nanoparticles (DNPs) in the Nematic liquid crystal (NLC) matrix. A well structured and strategized study is performe...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141507842","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 study, 4-(Trans-4ʹ-n-Pentylcyclohexyl) Benzonitrile (PCH5) has been employed as a host liquid crystal (LC) to disperse carbon quantum dots (CQDs). The investigation delves into the dielectr...
{"title":"Investigation of electro-optical and dielectric properties of pure and dispersed nematic liquid-crystal","authors":"Sadhna Tiwari, Saransh Saxena, Shivangi Tripathi, Govind Pathak, Abhilasha Singh, Sandeep Kumar, Rajiv Manohar","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2369957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2369957","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, 4-(Trans-4ʹ-n-Pentylcyclohexyl) Benzonitrile (PCH5) has been employed as a host liquid crystal (LC) to disperse carbon quantum dots (CQDs). The investigation delves into the dielectr...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141507843","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}