Liquid CrystalsPub Date : 2024-05-26DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2350046
Henk Sentjens, Janneke M.A. Bloemers, Johan Lub, Carmen Luengo Gonzalez, Augustinus J.J. Kragt, Albert P.H.J. Schenning
{"title":"On the isomeric purity of endcap molecules in cholesteric liquid crystal oligomers for near-infrared thermochromic coatings","authors":"Henk Sentjens, Janneke M.A. Bloemers, Johan Lub, Carmen Luengo Gonzalez, Augustinus J.J. Kragt, Albert P.H.J. Schenning","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2350046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2350046","url":null,"abstract":"Structurally coloured responsive materials provide an interesting avenue for the development of autonomous temperature regulating window films. One interesting class of such thermochromic materials...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"191 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141516175","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 : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2346919
A. H. Gevorgyan, F. Simoni
{"title":"Optical properties of Heliconical Cholesterics: effects of losses and photonic density of states","authors":"A. H. Gevorgyan, F. Simoni","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2346919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2346919","url":null,"abstract":"The investigation of both linear and nonlinear optical properties of Heliconical Cholesteric has been triggered by the easy tuning of the Bragg resonance that can be achieved either by low-frequenc...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140941724","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 : 2024-05-07DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2349667
M.A. Osipov
{"title":"Dipole-dipole interactions and the origin of ferroelectric ordering in polar nematics","authors":"M.A. Osipov","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2349667","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2349667","url":null,"abstract":"A molecular origin of the ferroelectric ordering in the nematic phase is considered in detail considering a model based on electrostatic interaction between permanent molecular dipoles modulated by...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140932992","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 effect of doping sulphhydryl-functionalised silica with different diameters on the electro-optical properties of PDLC","authors":"Wenhuan Yao, Jie Zhao, Lansheng Liu, Yanxia Wang, Zhengrui Ma, Anzhi Ma, Zemin He, Zongcheng Miao","doi":"10.1080/02678292.2024.2351108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2351108","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we synthesised two kinds of spherical SiO2-SH particles with uniform and non-uniform morphologies, and investigated their effects on the electro-optical properties of PDLC. Compared ...","PeriodicalId":18011,"journal":{"name":"Liquid Crystals","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140881672","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 : 2024-05-07DOI: 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}