The ability to control finely the structure of materials remains a central issue in colloidal
science. Due to their elastic properties, liquid crystals (LC) are increasingly used to organize …

Assemblies formed by solid particles at interfaces have been widely studied because they
serve as models of molecular phenomena, including molecular self-assembly. Solid …

This feature article describes recent advances in several areas of research involving the
interfacial ordering of liquid crystals (LCs). The first advance revolves around the ordering of …

We report a new class of dynamically reconfigurable complex colloids comprising
immiscible liquid crystals (LCs) and fluorocarbon oils. Producing stable spherical droplets …

Design and fabrication of many next-generation liquid crystal (LC)-based devices rely on
nematic LC domains in the form of drops or emulsions. In addition to surfactants, solid …

This brief Perspective focuses on recent advances in the design of functional soft materials
that are based on confinement of low molecular weight liquid crystals (LCs) within …

The self‐assembly of liquid crystals (LCs) is a fascinating method for controlling the
organization of discrete molecules into nanostructured functional materials. Although LCs …

Asymmetric interactions such as entropic (eg, encoded by nonspherical shapes) or surface
forces (eg, encoded by patterned surface chemistry or DNA hybridization) provide access to …

We demonstrate a variety of ordered patterns, including hexagonal structures and chains,
formed by colloidal particles (droplets) at the free surface of a nematic liquid crystal (LC) …

We exploit the long-ranged elastic fields inherent to confined nematic liquid crystals (LCs) to
assemble colloidal particles trapped at the LC interface into reconfigurable structures with …