This Review covers the recent developments (2005–2015) in the design, synthesis,
characterization, and application of thermotropic ionic liquid crystals. It was designed to give …

The term liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) describes a class of materials that combine the
elastic entropy behaviour associated with conventional elastomers with the stimuli …

We present a food-grade lyotropic liquid crystal system, capable of responding to pH
variations with a reversible switch in both the structure and physical properties. The system …

A series of propeller-shaped π-conjugated molecules based on 2, 4, 6-tris (thiophene-2-yl)-
1, 3, 5-triazines has been designed and synthesized to obtain ambipolar charge …

Thermotropic bicontinuous cubic (Cubbi) liquid-crystalline (LC) compounds based on a
polymerizable ammonium moiety complexed with a lithium salt have been designed to …

Columnar liquid crystals have recently been developed as dynamically functional
anisotropic materials. In this feature article, some recent examples of the materials design …

Self‐organized channels: Molecular assembly of ionic liquid crystals has led to the formation
of self‐organized 1D, 2D, and 3D ionic channels. Liquid‐crystal‐based, mechanically stable …

Color-tunable luminescent ionic liquid crystals have been designed as a new series of
luminescent materials. To achieve tuning of emission colors, intramolecular charge transfer …

We describe the development of self-assembled one-and three-dimensional lithium ion
conductors composed of zwitterionic liquid crystals, lithium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide …

We demonstrate switching of ionic conductivities in wedge-shaped liquid-crystalline (LC)
ammonium salts. A thermoreversible phase transition between the rectangular columnar …