Liquid crystals (LCs) are omnipresent in living matter, whose chirality is an elegant and
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …

The introduction of chirality, ie, the lack of mirror symmetry, has a profound effect on liquid
crystals, not only on the molecular scale but also on the supermolecular scale and phase. I …

Liquid crystals (LCs) possess some typical liquid properties, such as fluidity, the inability to
support shear, and the formation and coalescence of droplets, which exhibit optical …

The demonstration of the first ruby laser in 1960 led to a revolution in science and
technology. The lasers have significantly influenced the development of new approaches to …

Liquid crystals in combination with nanoparticles are a fascinating topic of research,
because of the wealth of aspects and questions to study. These range from simple effects of …

Liquid-crystalline blue phases have attracted a considerable amount of attention because of
their hierarchical phase structures with optical isotropy and because of their application to …

Blue phase liquid crystals (BPLCs) are chiral mesophases with 3D order, which makes them
a promising template for doping nanoparticles (NPs), yielding tunable nanomaterials …

The blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) is a highly ordered liquid crystal (LC) phase found very
close to the LC–isotropic transition. The BPLC has demonstrated potential in next …

Blue phases (BPs), a distinct class of liquid crystals (LCs) with 3D periodic ordering of
double twist cylinders involving orthogonal helical director twists, have been theoretically …

Electro-optical switching with low voltage, no hysteresis and fast response speed is
achieved in polymer-stabilized nanoparticle-enriched blue phase liquid crystals with a wide …