We report colloidally stable emulsions of thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs) that can detect
the presence of amphiphilic analytes in aqueous environments. Our approach makes use of …

We report emulsions of thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs) in water that are stabilized using
amphiphilic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and retain their ability to respond to aqueous …

Microscale droplets of thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs) suspended in aqueous media (eg,
LC-in-water emulsions) respond sensitively to the presence of contaminating amphiphiles …

Micrometer-scale droplets of thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs) suspended in aqueous media
can act as exquisitely sensitive reporters of environmental analytes.[1–8] Aqueous …

We report the assembly of polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) films at the interfaces of
thermotropic liquid crystal (LC) droplets dispersed in an aqueous phase. Exposure of PEM …

Herein, we report a novel approach that involves Pickering stabilization of micometer-sized
liquid crystal (LC) droplets with biocompatible soft materials such as a whey protein microgel …

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

Liquid crystals (LCs) are emerging as novel platforms for chemical, physical, and biological
sensing. They can be used to detect biological amphiphiles such as lipids, fatty acids …

We report a study of the wetting and ordering of thermotropic liquid crystal (LC) droplets that
are trapped (or “caged”) within micrometer-sized cationic polymeric microcapsules …

Rational design of thermotropic liquid crystal (LC)-based sensors utilizing different
mesophases holds great promise to open up novel detection modalities for various chemical …