Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) are intermediate states of matter that are formed via the
noncovalent bond self-assembly of surfactants in solvents. As the representative of soft …

Bistable liquid crystal devices, which require electricity only at the switching processes of the
two states, have advantages in energy saving and safety compared with monostable liquid …

Smart windows are very attractive because they not only provide comfortable indoor
conditions for cars and buildings, but also protect privacy. However, current smart windows …

Liquid crystalline physical gels (LCPGs) have attracted increasing interest because of their
mechanical properties and stimulus–response behaviors. However, due to their gelator …

A new anisotropic soft material–a liquid crystal 'hydroglass'(LCH)–is created from aqueous
suspensions of nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) colloidal rods. Under specific conditions, the …

In the present study, the polarisation-independent dynamic light scattering (DLS) in a
nematic liquid crystal (LC) with a negative dielectric anisotropy has been compared in two …

For the fabrication of rewritable electro-optic devices, we prepared randomly dispersed
liquid crystal physical gels (LCPG) by constructing a well-defined hierarchical superstructure …

Photoresponsive liquid crystal (LC) physical gels have attracted more and more attention
because of the nature of strong response via light stimulus. Although many efforts on the …

Self-supporting liquid crystalline physical gels with facile electro-optic response are highly
desirable, but their development is challenging because both the storage modulus and …

In this paper, trans-liquid crystal physical gels (LCPG) films with low driving voltage, high
contrast ratio and excellent cycle life were prepared using a negative dielectric anisotropy …