The blue phases of cholesteric liquid crystals are liquids that exhibit orientational order
characterized by crystallographic space-group symmetries. We present here a pedagogical …

Recent progress in direct laser writing of three‐dimensional (3D) polymer nanostructures for
photonics is reviewed. This technology has reached a level of maturity at which it can be …

Blue phases are types of liquid crystal phases that appear in a temperature range between a
chiral nematic phase and an isotropic liquid phase. Because blue phases have a three …

Liquid crystals allow us to perform experiments that provide insight into fundamental
problems of modern physics, such as phase transitions, frustration, elasticity …

The aim of this book is to give a unified and critical account of the fundamental aspects of
liquid crystals. Preference is given to discussing the assumptions made in develo** …

A defect description of liquids and metallic glasses is developed. In two dimensions,
surfaces of constant negative curvature contain an irreducible density of point disclinations …

The nematic–to–smectic-A transition in liquid crystals is analogous to the normal to
superconducting transition in metals with the Frank director n in liquid crystals playing the …

Liquid crystals are partially ordered systems without a rigid, long-range structure. The study
of these materials covers a wide area: chemical structure, physical properties and technical …

The geometry of soft materials: a primer Page 1 The geometry of soft materials: a primer
Randall D. Kamien* Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania …

Blue phases have two major advantages over commonly used nematic phases: 1) the
response is much faster, 2) the zero‐electric field state is optically isotropic. We demonstrate …