Liquid CrystalsPub Date : 2024-02-13DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2314628
Armando Piccardi, Gaetano Assanto
{"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}
{"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}
{"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}
Liquid CrystalsPub Date : 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2311278
Brian P. Radka, Gaurav K. Pande, Timothy J. White
{"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}
Liquid CrystalsPub 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
{"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}
{"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}
Liquid CrystalsPub Date : 2024-02-06DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2310615
Giacomo Saielli, Katsuhiko Satoh
{"title":"Deviation from the prediction of the Maier-Saupe theory of mixtures of charged discotic Gay-Berne and Lennard-Jones particles","authors":"Giacomo Saielli, Katsuhiko Satoh","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2310615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2310615","url":null,"abstract":"We report an analysis of the orientational order and orientational distribution functions of mixtures of discotic charged Gay-Berne (GB) and Lennard-Jones (LJ) particles as models of ionic liquid c...","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":"139755539","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}
Liquid CrystalsPub Date : 2024-02-02DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2311277
Terézia Jurkovičová, Petra Vaňkátová, Martin Cigl, Vladimíra Novotná, Věra Hamplová, Damian Pociecha, Natalia Podoliak
{"title":"Synthesis, chiral separation and physical properties of the cinnamic acid derivatives exhibiting short-pitch cholesteric and TGB phases","authors":"Terézia Jurkovičová, Petra Vaňkátová, Martin Cigl, Vladimíra Novotná, Věra Hamplová, Damian Pociecha, Natalia Podoliak","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2311277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2311277","url":null,"abstract":"Two new photosensitive chiral liquid crystalline materials derived from cinnamic acid were synthesised in (R) and (S) enantiomer forms. The materials were characterised by NMR spectroscopy, purifie...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139665833","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}
Liquid CrystalsPub Date : 2024-01-28DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2309224
Akihiko Matsuyama
{"title":"Helix-coil and solvation-induced reentrant nematic-smectic A transitions in a polypeptide solution","authors":"Akihiko Matsuyama","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2309224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2309224","url":null,"abstract":"A simple model is introduced to describe re-entrant isotropic-nematic and nematic-smectic A phase transitions mediated helix-coil transition and solvation within individual liquid crystalline semif...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139665838","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}