Mesogenic materials exhibit a multitude of transitions involving new phases. Studies of
these phases are of importance in a wide range of scientific fields and as such have …

The liquid-crystal dimer 1′′, 7′′-bis (4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) heptane (CB7CB)
exhibits two liquid-crystalline mesophases on cooling from the isotropic phase. The high …

Liquid crystals are partially ordered systems without a rigid, long-range structure. The study
of these materials covers a wide area: chemical structure, physical properties and technical …

From the time of their revelation, liquid crystals (LCs) are stimulating scientific curiosity in the
basic and applied research of these materials as they simultaneously encompass the …

The odd-even behaviour observed for liquid crystal dimers has been predicted to be a
sensitive function of the geometry of the link joining the mesogenic groups to the flexible …

A unique supramolecular assembly involving blends of selected triptycene derivatives (eg,
see Figure) is described. The three‐dimensional structures of triptycenes result in special …

An inexpensive fabrication technique for transferring the edges of a patterned mask layer
into an underlying, thin metal film is found in controlled undercutting by isotropic wet etching …

A new formulation of the polarizable continuum method (PCM) is presented to describe the
electrostatic interaction between molecular solutes and anisotropic media (eg, liquid …

The dielectric relaxation times characterizing the rotations around the molecular short axis in
the nematic (τ‖) and isotropic (τis) phases of several liquid crystalline cyanophenyl …

In principle, binary mixtures of rod-like and disc-like particles should exhibit a biaxial
nematic phase, but in practice phase separation into two uniaxial nematic phases prevents …