Amphiphilic molecules such as cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and minerals such
as graphene oxide (GO) self-assemble to form lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) systems in water …

Smart soft materials are envisioned to be the building blocks of the next generation of
advanced devices and digitally augmented technologies. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs) …

Liquid crystals (LCs) are widely known for their use in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Indeed,
LCDs represent one of the most successful technologies developed to date using a …

Liquid crystals (LCs), as a promising branch of highly-sensitive, quick-response, and low-
cost materials, are widely applied to the detection of weak external stimuli and have …

The study of controlling the molecular self-assembly of aqueous soft matter is a fundamental
scheme across multiple disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, and materials …

With the rapid advances in liquid crystal (LC) material technology over recent decades,
many different practical devices have been developed and commercialized. LC devices …

Biomaterials, which are substances interacting with biological systems, have been
extensively explored to understand living organisms and obtain scientific inspiration (such …

Liquid crystals (LCs) represent a fascinating state of matter which combines order and
mobility at different hierarchical levels, ie from nanoscale to macroscale or in other words …

It is well understood that the adsorption of solutes at the interface between a bulk liquid
crystal phase and an aqueous phase can lead to orientational or anchoring transitions. A …

Soft matter that undergoes programmed macroscopic responses to molecular analytes has
potential utility in a range of health and safety-related contexts. In this study, we report the …