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 have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of
various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline …

The rapid detection of biological and chemical substances in real time is particularly
important for public health and environmental monitoring and in the military sector. If the …

Herein we describe a highly responsive optical biosensor based on dynamic complex liquid
crystal (LC) emulsions. These emulsions are simple to prepare and consist of immiscible …

Experimental polarising microscopy texture images of the fluid smectic phases and sub-
phases of the classic liquid crystal MHPOBC were classified as paraelectric (SmA*) …

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

Liquid crystals (LCs) with stimuli-responsive configuration transition and optical anisotropic
properties have attracted enormous interest in the development of simple and label-free …

A great variety of tunable multifunctional materials can be produced by combining
nanoparticles and liquid crystals. Typically, the tunability of such soft nanocomposites is …

Aquatic functional liquid crystals, which are ordered molecular assemblies that work in water
environment, are described in this review. Aquatic functional liquid crystals are liquid …

Liquid crystals (LCs) are prime examples of dynamic supramolecular soft materials. Their
autonomous self-assembly at the nanoscale level and the further nanoscale events that give …