This review examines surface alignment of liquid crystals by exposure to light. Two distinct
effects are discussed: illumination with polarized light induces a surface anisotropy to an …

Laser ablation of polymers has been studied with designed materials to evaluate the
mechanism of ablation and the role of photochemically active groups on the ablation …

Manual intervention in the self‐organization of soft matter to obtain a desired superstructure
is a complex but significant project. Specifically, optical components made fully or partially …

With rapidly expanding interest in liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers among the
liquid crystal community, researchers are currently exploring the wide range of possible …

Liquid crystal (LC) has long been a feature in Materials Science and Nanotechnology, have
recently been extended into the appealing domain of complex hybrid materials. The …

We describe molecular-scale soft nanoimprint lithographic replication of rubbed polyimide
substrates to form alignment layers for liquid crystal devices. Systematic studies of the …

To account for azimuthal surface anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal, Berreman [Phys. Rev.
Lett. 28, 1683 (1972) PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett. 28.1683] proposed a …

Hybrid films containing nickel oxide and graphene oxide are introduced in this work. The
hybrid films are fabricated through a one-step brush-coating process, and the weight ratios …

Semiflexible polymers are ubiquitous in biological systems, eg, as building blocks of the
cytoskeleton, and they also play an important role in various materials due to their ability to …

A simple method for the construction of a stable, tunable, self-assembled command layer for
liquid crystal display purposes is described. A pyridine-functionalized oligosiloxane …