Langmuir films of bent-core molecules at the air/water interface are transferred onto a solid
surface by the inverse-Langmuir-Schaefer (ILS) technique. Previous work by the authors …

Alignment layers for bulk liquid crystalline phases can be created with monolayers formed
by Langmuir–Schaefer techniques. Monolayer stability is a function of the propensity of the …

The properties of the thin films of liquid crystal (LC) molecules can be governed easily by
external fields. The anisotropic structure of the LC molecules has a large impact on the …

Control of molecular orientation at the substrate surface is significant to understand the
surface science. Langmuir films of bent-core liquid crystals having alkyl chains at both ends …

A systematic study of five different, symmetric bent-core liquid crystals in Langmuir thin films
at the air/water interface is presented. Both the end chains (siloxane vs hydrocarbon) and …

Mesostructures in inversed Langmuir–Schaefer films of each of two contrasting bent-core
molecules are explored via atomic force microscopy. One of the molecules forms Langmuir …

Alkylsilane self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on oxide substrates are commonly used as
liquid crystal (LC) alignment layers. We have studied the effects of alkyl chain length …

This article provides a review on the experimental aspects of the alignment of nematic liquid
crystal (NLC) in the pretilted homogeneous form in the sandwich cells; most of the contents …

Monolayers composed of bent-core liquid crystal molecules have recently been investigated
in regard to a possible alignment method for bulk bent-core liquid crystal phases. This paper …

Langmuir layers of a symmetric bent-core molecule with hydrocarbon end chains and two
chlorine atoms substituted on the central phenyl ring of the bent core were characterized by …