Pub Date : 2024-03-11DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2325587
Almudena Terrel, Silvia Del Moral, Alejandro Martínez-Bueno, Alberto Concellón
Complex emulsions, containing liquid crystals (LCs) and immiscible oils such as fluorocarbon or silicone oils, present innovative functionalities in soft materials. These emulsions exhibit dynamic ...
Pub Date : 2024-03-07DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2324462
Srujal A. Sonera, Sagar K. Bairwa, R. C. Tandel
Novel Homologous series of coumarin based Schiff’s base derivatives derived from 4’-formyl phenyl 7-n-alkoxycoumarin-3-carboxylate and 4-n-(decyloxy)aniline have been synthesised. The proposed stru...
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This study investigates the impact of doping agents, 4-octyloxybenzoic acid (8OBA) and 4-octyloxy-3-fluoro benzoic acid (8OBAF), on the thermodynamic and electro-optical properties of the nematic l...
{"title":"Enhanced liquid crystal performance through alkoxybenzoic acid doping","authors":"Taysir Missaoui, Lotfi Saadaoui, Slim Zghal, Ahlem Guesmi, Naoufel Ben Hamadi, Xinzheng Zhang, Taoufik Soltani","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2023.2294138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2023.2294138","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the impact of doping agents, 4-octyloxybenzoic acid (8OBA) and 4-octyloxy-3-fluoro benzoic acid (8OBAF), on the thermodynamic and electro-optical properties of the nematic l...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140150102","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 : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2323149
Hui Lin, Yuzhen Zhao, Zemin He, Hong Gao, Jianjing Gao, Dong Wang, Yi Luan
In this work, a novel method was proposed to achieve electric-induced colouration of polymer-stabilised liquid crystal (PSLC) with considerable broadband reflection. The formation of broadband refl...
{"title":"Low-voltage electrochromic behaviour of polymer-stabilised liquid crystal with considerable broadband reflection","authors":"Hui Lin, Yuzhen Zhao, Zemin He, Hong Gao, Jianjing Gao, Dong Wang, Yi Luan","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2323149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2323149","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a novel method was proposed to achieve electric-induced colouration of polymer-stabilised liquid crystal (PSLC) with considerable broadband reflection. The formation of broadband refl...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"10 12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140047955","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 : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2322598
Wenbo Yin, Yang Zhao, Zemin He, Yuzhen Zhao, Huimin Zhang, Hong Gao, Jianjing Gao, Zongcheng Miao, Yi Luan
In this study, a novel light switch was developed by integrating polymer dispersion liquid crystals (PDLC) and polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals (PSCLC), leveraging the infrared shield...
{"title":"A novel double-layer liquid crystal electro-optic switch and its infrared shielding properties investigation","authors":"Wenbo Yin, Yang Zhao, Zemin He, Yuzhen Zhao, Huimin Zhang, Hong Gao, Jianjing Gao, Zongcheng Miao, Yi Luan","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2322598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2322598","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, a novel light switch was developed by integrating polymer dispersion liquid crystals (PDLC) and polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals (PSCLC), leveraging the infrared shield...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140075193","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 : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2324464
Hongbo Lu, Han Wang, Hao Bai, Yumeng Wang, Longzhen Qiu, Jun Zhu, Miao Xu
An optimised approach is presented in this study for the fabrication of a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) device with a low driving voltage and high contrast ratio (CR). This method involve...
{"title":"Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal with low driving voltage utilising reaction selectivity of two-stage polymerisation","authors":"Hongbo Lu, Han Wang, Hao Bai, Yumeng Wang, Longzhen Qiu, Jun Zhu, Miao Xu","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2324464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2324464","url":null,"abstract":"An optimised approach is presented in this study for the fabrication of a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) device with a low driving voltage and high contrast ratio (CR). This method involve...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140047958","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 : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2321464
M. A. Osipov
We present a critical analysis of the existing phenomenological theories of the nematic twist-bend phase including the models proposed by Dozov and Selinger and the more general Landau de Gennes th...
{"title":"Theoretical models for the nematic twist-bend phase and the Landau de Gennes theory of Longa and Tomczyk","authors":"M. A. Osipov","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2321464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2321464","url":null,"abstract":"We present a critical analysis of the existing phenomenological theories of the nematic twist-bend phase including the models proposed by Dozov and Selinger and the more general Landau de Gennes th...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140047789","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, two series of side chain fluorescent cholesteric liquid crystal polymers (FL-ChLCPs) were prepared by one-step method with polymethyl-hydrosiloxane (PMHS) as the main chain. Two seri...
{"title":"Liquid crystal polymers with dual properties of fluorescence and selective reflection-design, synthesis and characterisation","authors":"Qing-Qing Xiong, Jia-Yi Wu, Hong-Shuang Zhang, Ji-Feng Gao, Shuai-Yin Ma, Xiao-Zhi He","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2321453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2321453","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, two series of side chain fluorescent cholesteric liquid crystal polymers (FL-ChLCPs) were prepared by one-step method with polymethyl-hydrosiloxane (PMHS) as the main chain. Two seri...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140047793","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 : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2321475
Nur Amanina Juniasari Tun Nur Iskandar, Guan-Yeow Yeap, Nobuyuki Maeta, M. Ito Masato, Katarzyna Gas, Maciej Sawicki
A series of calamitic biphenyl ester-aromatic imine derived from the reaction of 4-formylphenyl-4’-(alkyloxy)-[1,1’-biphenyl]-4-carboxylate and p-anisidine have been successfully synthesised and ch...
{"title":"Synthesis, mesomorphic and magnetic properties at room temperature of biphenyl ester-aromatic imine with terminal alkoxy chains and methoxy substituent","authors":"Nur Amanina Juniasari Tun Nur Iskandar, Guan-Yeow Yeap, Nobuyuki Maeta, M. Ito Masato, Katarzyna Gas, Maciej Sawicki","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2321475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2321475","url":null,"abstract":"A series of calamitic biphenyl ester-aromatic imine derived from the reaction of 4-formylphenyl-4’-(alkyloxy)-[1,1’-biphenyl]-4-carboxylate and p-anisidine have been successfully synthesised and ch...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140047786","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 : 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2322611
Nerea Sebastián, Luka Cmok, Andrej Petelin, Richard J. Mandle, Alenka Mertelj
Pretransitional behaviour, with strong softening of the bend or splay elastic constants, is characteristic of two of the nematic to nematic phase transitions reported in the last decade. Such softe...
过去十年间报道的两种向列相变的特征是过渡前行为,即弯曲或伸展弹性常数的强烈软化。这种软...
{"title":"Distinctive features of pretransitional behaviour between nematic phases as revealed by DDM","authors":"Nerea Sebastián, Luka Cmok, Andrej Petelin, Richard J. Mandle, Alenka Mertelj","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2322611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2322611","url":null,"abstract":"Pretransitional behaviour, with strong softening of the bend or splay elastic constants, is characteristic of two of the nematic to nematic phase transitions reported in the last decade. Such softe...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140047888","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}