Liquid CrystalsPub Date : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2349669
Yo Shimizu, Hikaru Sanada, Koji Kitagawa, Asumi Oka, Noboru Ohta, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Kingo Uchida
{"title":"Dynamic change of molecular conformation generating a variation of liquid crystalline phases for triphenylene mesogens with peripheral alkoxyazobenzenes","authors":"Yo Shimizu, Hikaru Sanada, Koji Kitagawa, Asumi Oka, Noboru Ohta, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Kingo Uchida","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2349669","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2349669","url":null,"abstract":"A triphenylene mesogen which possesses six dodecyloxyazobenzene units at the periphery linked by propylene-ether chain (2-C12-3) was synthesised and its mesomorphic phase transition behaviour was i...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140933133","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 : 2024-05-06DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2342490
Davide Revignas, Alberta Ferrarini
{"title":"Molecular shape, elastic constants and spontaneous twist in chiral and achiral nematics: insights from a generalised Maier–Saupe framework","authors":"Davide Revignas, Alberta Ferrarini","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2342490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2342490","url":null,"abstract":"Ordinary nematic liquid crystals have a uniform director field as ground state. However, there are relevant examples of spontaneously twisted nematic states, not only in chiral, but also in achiral...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"109 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140881635","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 : 2024-05-06DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2350042
Wenjun Zheng
{"title":"Kerr coefficient and third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficient of isotropic diacrylate mesogens at 632.8 nm wavelength","authors":"Wenjun Zheng","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2350042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2350042","url":null,"abstract":"Third-order optical nonlinearities of diacrylate mesogens RM82 and RM257 in the isotropic phase for a low-power continuous wave laser irradiation at 632.8 nm wavelength have been studied. In their ...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140881644","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":"Transmittance spectra expression for dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal with large optical activity","authors":"Hongbo Lu, Mingyan Ren, Xiaoyu Chang, Ying Cao, Longzhen Qiu, Jun Zhu, Miao Xu","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2346918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2346918","url":null,"abstract":"Dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystals (DDCLCs) with a homeotropic initial state are more practical due to their lower power consumption and higher security. However, achieving the homeotropic initi...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140932993","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 : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2345224
Oswaldo Adapta, J. Adrián Reyes
{"title":"Elastomer cholesteric waveguide slab for a transverse elongation","authors":"Oswaldo Adapta, J. Adrián Reyes","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2345224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2345224","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, electromagnetic propagating modes within a planar waveguide featuring a cholesteric elastomer core whose helical axis is oriented perpendicular to the planar boundaries are analysed. ...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"161 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140881674","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 : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2347591
Kazutaka Yamada, Noriyoshi Arai
{"title":"Cholesteric liquid crystal phase variations within nanotubes: an in-depth analysis of the influences of twist radius and molecular pitch","authors":"Kazutaka Yamada, Noriyoshi Arai","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2347591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2347591","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the self-assembly and phase transitions of cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) when confined in nanotubes, specifically focusing on the variations in their molecular structur...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140881637","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 : 2024-04-28DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2345209
Mariola Buczkowska
{"title":"Electro-optic characteristics of chiral nematic layers deformed by in-plane electric field","authors":"Mariola Buczkowska","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2345209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2345209","url":null,"abstract":"Deformations of twisted and super-twisted layers composed of chiral and nonchiral nematic liquid crystals induced by in-plane electric field were studied numerically. The right-hand twisted structu...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140933128","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 : 2024-04-28DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2346923
Abhay Pratap Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Golam Mohiuddin, Raj Kumar Khan, M. Karunakar
{"title":"Synthesis, structure and mesogenic properties of benzoxazole derivatives","authors":"Abhay Pratap Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, Golam Mohiuddin, Raj Kumar Khan, M. Karunakar","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2346923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2346923","url":null,"abstract":"Two new homologous series of mesogenic compounds, alkanoic acid 4-{[4-(6-chloro-benzooxazol-2-yl)-phenylimino]-methyl}-3-hydroxy-phenyl ester (3a-c) and alkcanoic acid 4-(6-chloro-benzooxazol-2-yl)...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"253 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140933132","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 : 2024-04-28DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2344222
Adrish Chakraborty, Debanjan Bhattacharjee, Ayon Bhattacharjee
{"title":"Insights into the dynamic symphony: a comprehensive computational exploration of pure and fluorinated 6O.6 liquid crystals with the help of DFT analysis","authors":"Adrish Chakraborty, Debanjan Bhattacharjee, Ayon Bhattacharjee","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2344222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2344222","url":null,"abstract":"This article is based on the Density Functional Theory (DFT) simulations approach to examine the structural and vibrational behaviour of pure 6O.6 and fluorinated 6O.6 liquid crystalline compounds....","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"122 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140932994","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 : 2024-04-28DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2345214
A. Adaka, P. Guragain, K. Perera, P. Nepal, B. Almatani, S. Sprunt, J. Gleeson, R. J. Twieg, A. Jákli
{"title":"A ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal vitrified at room temperature","authors":"A. Adaka, P. Guragain, K. Perera, P. Nepal, B. Almatani, S. Sprunt, J. Gleeson, R. J. Twieg, A. Jákli","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2345214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2345214","url":null,"abstract":"Most of the current highly polar rod-shaped molecules that form ferroelectric nematic (NF) phase do so only at elevated temperatures and multicomponent mixtures are generally needed to obtain a bro...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141516180","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}