[HTML][HTML] Advances in multicomponent systems: Liquid crystal/nanoparticles/polymer

A Gridyakina, N Kasian, MS Chychłowski… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multicomponent systems based on liquid crystals are of great interest both in the field of
scientific research and in the field of practical application. To date, one of the most studied …

Review of theoretical advances of nanomaterials and nematic liquid crystal composites

PK Mukherjee - Brazilian Journal of Physics, 2024 - Springer
Nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and quantum dots
doped with nematic liquid crystal exhibit varieties of new physical phenomena. It has been …

Chemically functionalized gold nanosphere-blended nematic liquid crystals for photonic applications

BP Singh, S Sikarwar, S Agarwal, DP Singh… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A demand for functional materials that are capable of tailoring light-emissive properties has
apparently been rising nowadays substantially for their utilization in organic optoelectronic …

Critical-like behavior of low-frequency dielectric properties in compressed liquid crystalline octyloxycyanobiphenyl (8OCB) and its nanocolloid with paraelectric …

J Łoś, A Drozd-Rzoska, SJ Rzoska - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
The report presents pressure-related broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) studies in
liquid crystalline octyloxycyanobiphenyl (8OCB) and its nanocolloid with BaTiO 3 …

Effect of quantum dots on the phase behavior and order of 8CB liquid crystal

C Kyrou, M Ambrozic, D Tsiourvas, S Kralj… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
We experimentally investigate the impact of surface functionalized hydrophobic core-shell
CdSe/ZnS quantum dots on the phase behavior and order of the host liquid crystal …

Optical measurements of the twist constant and angle in nematic liquid crystal cells

D Bankova, N Podoliak, M Kaczmarek… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
We present a reliable optical method for measuring the twist elastic constant K 2 and for
assessing the total twist angle in a standard nematic twist cell. The method relies on the use …

Molecular scale insights from NMR studies of hybrid systems formed via do** silver QDs in 6CHBT liquid crystal: a quantitative investigation of their optoelectronic …

AK Singh, SP Singh - Liquid Crystals, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We have successfully synthesised silver quantum dots (Ag QDs) via chemical method. We
have studied Ag QDs doped 4-(trans-4-n hexylcyclohexyl) isothiocyanatobenzoate (6CHBT) …

Optical and electrical properties characterisation of photovoltaic spatial-light modulators

N Brouckaert, D Bankova, T Heiser… - Optical Materials …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Liquid crystal photovoltaic spatial-light modulators use photovoltaic layers as an integrated
power source to switch from a transparent to an opaque state depending on the ambient …

Effect of CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots on molecular alignment, dielectric and memory effect of a cyanobiphenyl based liquid crystal

H Meena, D Varshney, S Mal, J Prakash… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
We demonstrate here the impact of do** of CsPbBr 3 perovskite quantum dots (CsPbBr 3
PQDs, diameter∼ 7–9 nm) on the molecular alignment, dielectric and memory effect of …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking the potential of liquid crystals as phase change materials for thermal energy storage

R Karyappa, JLJ Cheng, CL Ho, S Wang… - Energy …, 2025 - oaepublish.com
This review paper examines the innovative use of liquid crystals (LCs) as phase change
materials in thermal energy storage systems. With the rising demand for efficient energy …