… Reversible homeotropic *=* planar photochemical alignment controls of a nematic liquid
crystal (LC) are investigated using photochromic command layers comprised of Langmuir-…

… A stable Langmuir layer, transferred to a solid interface, may form a natural alignment layer
for bent-core liquid crystals. To our knowledge, four sets of articles consider Langmuir layers …

… into three-dimensional liquid crystalline phases on continuous … range from a few layers to
hundreds of layers. Above 28 C, … , we find that they exhibit features typical of liquid crystals. …

… Our results point out that Langmuir films open very attractive potentials for ionic liquid crystals
to study their molecular organization, for example incorporating different counterions in the …

… with the value of 15.9 in the nematic liquid crystal state. The multilayer obtained here is Y
type for the first several layers and tends to be Z type for the subsequent layers. In Fig. 5, the …

… through a layer-by-layer deposition process. Up to now, spread monolayers and transferred
LB films of liquid crystals have been studied extensively. The liquid crystals in the LB films …

… Some initial studies of the liquid crystal aligning properties of … homeotropic, alignment in
liquid crystal layers. The tilt angle … switched liquid crystal cell using these aligning layers has …

… dye/liquid crystal mixtures in monolayers formed at air-water (Langmuir films) and air-solid
substrate (Langmuir-… Three azo dyes with various molecular structure and two liquid crystal …

… switching in the alignment of a nematic liquid crystal (LC) controlled by LangmuirBlodgett
command layers of polymer containing photochromic azobenzene molecules in the side chain. …

… nematic liquid crystals using photoisomerisable Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) alignment layer. …
are transferred on glass substrates using the Langmuir-Blodgett deposition technique. The …