This Account describes how concepts used in the fields of host− guest chemistry and chiral
molecular recognition may be used to explain the unique chiral induction behavior of …

The last decade has seen a tremendous growth in the research and development activities
in the area of ferroelectric liquid crystals. The field was opened up by the work of Meyer in …

Scientists in such fields as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, and
medicine are currently involved in investigations of porphyrins and their numerous …

Ferroelectric liquid crystals have been a major research topic since 30 years. However,
when it comes to liquid crystals, the term “ferroelectric” is strongly ambiguous and frequently …

The two-volume Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry offers authoritative, centralized
information on a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. User-friendly and high-quality …

2. Third-Order NLO Systems 3. Optical Limiting Systems C. Porphyrins and
Metalloporphyrins as Opto-Materials 1. Artificial Photosynthetic Systems 2. Porphyrins for …

Chirality in liquid crystal systems is a complex and sometimes difficult concept to understand
and appreciate. In this article we review some of the reduced symmetry aspects of calamitic …

The preparation of chiral functional materials with new, improved, and interesting properties
is aided tremendously by control of the spatial arrangement of the functional units within …

Ferroelectrics that display electrically invertible polarisation are attractive materials because
of their potential for wide-ranging applications. To date, considerable effort has thus been …

Ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) are fascinating functional materials that have a remnant
and electrically invertible polarization. To date, typical FLCs have been mainly realized by …