Several results on bent-core liquid crystals considered as new supramolecular functional
materials with potential for applications are reviewed. Various topics are discussed where …

Hockey stick-shaped mesogens are fascinating thermotropic liquid crystal systems owing to
their exceptional supramolecular assembly properties and shape anisotropy compared to …

Langmuir films of bent-core molecules at the air/water interface are transferred onto a solid
surface by the inverse-Langmuir-Schaefer (ILS) technique. Previous work by the authors …

Bent-core liquid crystals, a class of mesogenic compounds with non-linear molecular
structures, are well known for their unconventional mesophases, characterized by complex …

Bent-core mesogens (BCMs) are a class of thermotropic liquid crystals featuring several
unconventional properties. However, the interpretation and technological exploitation of …

The properties of the thin films of liquid crystal (LC) molecules can be governed easily by
external fields. The anisotropic structure of the LC molecules has a large impact on the …

Mesostructures in inversed Langmuir–Schaefer films of each of two contrasting bent-core
molecules are explored via atomic force microscopy. One of the molecules forms Langmuir …

A different alternative to previous research on Langmuir and Langmuir− Blodgett (LB) films
of bent-core liquid crystals is reported in this work. A bent-shaped molecule wearing a …

Alignment layers for bulk liquid crystalline phases can be created with monolayers formed
by Langmuir–Schaefer techniques. Monolayer stability is a function of the propensity of the …

NLO materials have become increasingly indispensable to today's EO technology. Electro-
optics involve these two important technologies (electronics and photonics), and the …