Liquid crystals: versatile self-organized smart soft materials

HK Bisoyi, Q Li - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Smart soft materials are envisioned to be the building blocks of the next generation of
advanced devices and digitally augmented technologies. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs) …

Liquid crystal materials for biomedical applications

Z Zhang, X Yang, Y Zhao, F Ye, L Shang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystal is a state of matter being intermediate between solid and liquid. Liquid crystal
materials exhibit both orientational order and fluidity. While liquid crystals have long been …

The halogen bond

G Cavallo, P Metrangolo, R Milani, T Pilati… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The halogen bond occurs when there is evidence of a net attractive interaction between an
electrophilic region associated with a halogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic …

Functional liquid crystals towards the next generation of materials

T Kato, J Uchida, T Ichikawa… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of the liquid‐crystalline state in 1888, liquid crystal science has made
great advances through fusion with various technologies and disciplines. Recently, new …

Nature‐inspired emerging chiral liquid crystal nanostructures: from molecular self‐assembly to DNA mesophase and nanocolloids

L Wang, AM Urbas, Q Li - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Applications of liquid crystals in biosensing

Z Wang, T Xu, A Noel, YC Chen, T Liu - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid crystals (LCs), as a promising branch of highly-sensitive, quick-response, and low-
cost materials, are widely applied to the detection of weak external stimuli and have …

Liquid crystals in micron-scale droplets, shells and fibers

M Urbanski, CG Reyes, JH Noh… - Journal of Physics …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The extraordinary responsiveness and large diversity of self-assembled structures of liquid
crystals are well documented and they have been extensively used in devices like displays …

The synaptonemal complex has liquid crystalline properties and spatially regulates meiotic recombination factors

O Rog, S Köhler, AF Dernburg - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
The synaptonemal complex (SC) is a polymer that spans~ 100 nm between paired
homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Its striated, periodic appearance in electron …

Vertical alignment of liquid crystals over a functionalized flexible substrate

B Sivaranjini, R Mangaiyarkarasi, V Ganesh… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
A simple and effective approach for vertical alignment of liquid crystals (LCs) over a
functionalized transparent flexible substrate is described. Surface characterization of this …

Chiral-nematic liquid crystals as one dimensional photonic materials in optical sensors

DJ Mulder, A Schenning… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Current developments in the field of thermotropic chiral-nematic liquid crystals as sensors
are discussed. These one dimensional photonic materials are based on low molecular …