This review presents the main results that were achieved over the past decade in the new
field of liquid-crystal micro-photonics. After a general introduction to some aspects of state-of …

The use of liquid-crystal droplets as optical microcavities and lasers is reviewed and
possible applications are discussed. Liquid-crystal droplets are prepared by simple methods …

Ferromagnetic liquid crystals (FLCs), the suspensions of magnetic nanoparticles dispersed
at different concentrations in liquid crystals (LCs), and their special magnetically induced …

Terahertz (THz) birefringence anisotropy of the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC)
doped with gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) is investigated by using terahertz time domain …

We experimentally demonstrate an active terahertz (THz) resonance switch induced by the
polarization conversion in a compound metasurface, which is a LC layer sandwiched by a …

The nonlinear refractive indices (n_2) of a selection of bulk (LiB_3O_5, KTiOAsO_4, MgO:
LiNbO_3, LiGaS_2, ZnSe) and liquid (E7, MLC2132) crystals are measured at 1030? nm in …

In this work, the optically anisotropic property of dual-frequency liquid crystals (DFLC) in
terahertz (THz) regime has been experimentally investigated, which indicates that the …

Liquid crystals have found a wide area of application over the last few decades, proving to
be excellent materials for tunable optics from visible to near-infrared frequencies. Currently …

Dual-frequency liquid crystals (DFLCs), the mixture of positive and negative liquid crystal
(LC) molecules, exhibit unique alternating (AC) frequency dependent anisotropic properties …

Structural transformations of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) go through a complex
energy landscape with multiple intermediate states. Although the transformations allow …