Abstract 3D printing (additive manufacturing (AM)) has enormous potential for rapid tooling
and mass production due to its design flexibility and significant reduction of the timeline from …

Since their inception, liquid crystals (LCs) have been a topic of great interest among
researchers around the globe. The alignment of LC molecules remains pivotal to explore the …

Liquid crystal nanoscience, a field exploring the mutually beneficial combination of the
unique properties of nanoscale materials and fluid, yet ordered liquid crystalline phases, is …

Green synthesis of nanoparticles is a biological, eco-friendly and less expensive method
which is free from chemical contaminants. In this work, copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO …

In the framework of molecular mean-field theory we study the effect of nanoparticles
embedded in nematic liquid crystals on the orientational ordering and nematic–isotropic …

In this work, carbon quantum dots (CQDS) of three concentrations 0.1, 0.2 and 0.5 wt% have
been dispersed in nematic liquid crystal 4′-Heptyl-4-biphenylcarbonitrile (7 CB). The …

Using transmittance electron microscopy, fluorescence and polarizing optical microscopy,
optical spectroscopy, and fluorescent correlation spectroscopy, it was shown that CdSe/ZnS …

Investigations of the mixtures of semiconducting quantum scale particles in anisotropic liquid
crystal (LC) medium have become a vibrant area of research primarily due to their very …

The doping effects of Ni-doped ZnCdS/ZnS (Ni: ZnCdS/ZnS) core/shell quantum dots (QDs)
on the electrochemical and electro-optical properties of a nematic liquid crystal (LC) system …

We present here the dielectric and electro-optical studies of cadmium telluride quantum dots
(CdTe QDs) doped ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs). It has been observed that the doping …