Ionic liquid crystals: versatile materials
K Goossens, K Lava, CW Bielawski… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This Review covers the recent developments (2005–2015) in the design, synthesis,
characterization, and application of thermotropic ionic liquid crystals. It was designed to give …
characterization, and application of thermotropic ionic liquid crystals. It was designed to give …
Functional liquid crystals towards the next generation of materials
T Kato, J Uchida, T Ichikawa… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of the liquid‐crystalline state in 1888, liquid crystal science has made
great advances through fusion with various technologies and disciplines. Recently, new …
great advances through fusion with various technologies and disciplines. Recently, new …
Geometry design of tethered small-molecule acceptor enables highly stable and efficient polymer solar cells
Y Bai, Z Zhang, Q Zhou, H Geng, Q Chen, S Kim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
With the power conversion efficiency of binary polymer solar cells dramatically improved, the
thermal stability of the small-molecule acceptors raised the main concerns on the device …
thermal stability of the small-molecule acceptors raised the main concerns on the device …
Liquid crystal materials for biomedical applications
Liquid crystal is a state of matter being intermediate between solid and liquid. Liquid crystal
materials exhibit both orientational order and fluidity. While liquid crystals have long been …
materials exhibit both orientational order and fluidity. While liquid crystals have long been …
A new era for liquid crystal research: Applications of liquid crystals in soft matter nano-, bio-and microtechnology
JPF Lagerwall, G Scalia - Current Applied Physics, 2012 - Elsevier
Liquid crystals constitute a fascinating class of soft condensed matter characterized by the
counterintuitive combination of fluidity and long-range order. Today they are best known for …
counterintuitive combination of fluidity and long-range order. Today they are best known for …
Nematic twist-bend phase with nanoscale modulation of molecular orientation
A state of matter in which molecules show a long-range orientational order and no positional
order is called a nematic liquid crystal. The best known and most widely used (for example …
order is called a nematic liquid crystal. The best known and most widely used (for example …
Phase behavior and properties of the liquid-crystal dimer 1′′, 7′′-bis (4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) heptane: A twist-bend nematic liquid crystal
The liquid-crystal dimer 1′′, 7′′-bis (4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) heptane (CB7CB)
exhibits two liquid-crystalline mesophases on cooling from the isotropic phase. The high …
exhibits two liquid-crystalline mesophases on cooling from the isotropic phase. The high …
Magnetic resonance imaging tracking of stem cells in vivo using iron oxide nanoparticles as a tool for the advancement of clinical regenerative medicine
Stem cells are primitive cells found in many multicellular organisms. Self-renewal and
differentiation potency are two defining properties of stem cells. Self-renewal is the ability to …
differentiation potency are two defining properties of stem cells. Self-renewal is the ability to …
[BOOK][B] Chemistry of discotic liquid crystals: from monomers to polymers
S Kumar - 2016 - books.google.com
Fundamentally important as models for the study of energy and charge migration in self-
organized systems, discotic liquid crystals find functional application as one-dimensional …
organized systems, discotic liquid crystals find functional application as one-dimensional …
Understanding the twist-bend nematic phase: the characterisation of 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yloxy)-6-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) hexane (CB6OCB) and comparison …
The synthesis and characterisation of the nonsymmetric liquid crystal dimer, 1-(4-
cyanobiphenyl-4′-yloxy)-6-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) hexane (CB6OCB) is reported. An …
cyanobiphenyl-4′-yloxy)-6-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) hexane (CB6OCB) is reported. An …