Liquid crystal colloids

II Smalyukh - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Colloids are abundant in nature, science, and technology, with examples ranging from milk
to quantum dots and the colloidal atom paradigm. Similarly, liquid crystal ordering is …

Effects of dispersed carbon nanotubes and emerging supramolecular structures on phase transitions in liquid crystals: physico-chemical aspects

L Lisetski, L Bulavin, N Lebovka - Liquids, 2023 - mdpi.com
The current state of the study of different liquid crystalline (LC) systems doped with carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) is discussed. An attempt is endeavored to outline the state-of-the-art …

Carbon nanotubes blended nematic liquid crystal for display and electro-optical applications

BP Singh, S Sikarwar, KK Pandey, R Manohar… - Electronic …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we investigate a commercial nematic liquid crystal (LC) mixture namely E7
dispersed with small concentrations of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The …

Dielectric investigations on carbon nanotubes doped polymer dispersed liquid crystal films

CP Ganea, D Manaila-Maximean, V Cîrcu - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
We obtained carbon nanotubes (CNTs) doped polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films
using the nematic E7 and polymethyl methacrylate, a composite that combines the benefic …

Single walled carbon nanotubes persuaded optimization of the display parameters of a room temperature liquid crystal 4-pentyl-4′ cyanobiphenyl

R Verma, M Mishra, R Dhar, R Dabrowski - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in the electro-optical and dielectric properties of 4-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl
due to the dispersion of single walled carbon nanotubes have been investigated. Dielectric …

Non-covalent intermolecular interactions of colloidal nematic liquid crystals doped with graphene oxide

S Javadian, N Dalir, J Kakemam - Liquid Crystals, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Graphene oxide (GO) was doped to eutectic uniaxial nematic liquid crystals (NLCs)(E5CN7)
with different percentages to improve the physiochemical properties of NLCs effectively. GO …

Liquid crystallinity of carbon nanotubes

C Chang, Y Zhao, Y Liu, L An - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we first briefly recapitulate the orientation characteristics of liquid crystalline
carbon nanotubes (CNTs), emphasizing their inherent properties. Both the high Young's …

Synergistic effect of non-covalent interaction in colloidal nematic liquid crystal doped with magnetic functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes

N Dalir, S Javadian - Journal of Applied Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), CNT@ Fe 3 O 4, and Fe 3 O 4 nanocomposites
were doped to eutectic uniaxial nematic liquid crystal (NLC's)(E 5CN7) to improve …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental advances in nanoparticle-driven stabilization of liquid-crystalline blue phases and twist-grain boundary phases

G Cordoyiannis, M Lavrič, V Tzitzios, M Trček, I Lelidis… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in experimental studies of nanoparticle-driven stabilization of chiral liquid-
crystalline phases are highlighted. The stabilization is achieved via the nanoparticles' …

Homeotropic liquid crystal device employing vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays as the alignment agent

R Basu, LJ Atwood - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
Vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VA-CNT) arrays were grown on several chromium (Cr)-
coated glass substrates using a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition system. The …