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 …

Thermotropic liquid crystal films for biosensors and beyond

P Popov, EK Mann, A Jákli - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We briefly review studies of liquid crystal films suspended in submillimeter size grids for
biosensing applications and beyond. Due to intense recent research, the sensitivity of liquid …

Dendritic patterns from shear-enhanced anisotropy in nematic liquid crystals

Q Zhang, S Zhou, R Zhang, I Bischofberger - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Controlling the growth morphology of fluid instabilities is challenging because of their self-
amplified and nonlinear growth. The viscous fingering instability, which arises when a less …

Advanced functional luminescent metallomesogens: the key role of the metal center

C Cuerva, M Cano, C Lodeiro - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
The use of liquid crystals for the fabrication of displays incorporated in technological devices
(TVs, calculators, screens of eBook's, tablets, watches) demonstrates the relevance that …

Metal oxide-nanoparticles and liquid crystal composites: A review of recent progress

J Prakash, S Khan, S Chauhan, AM Biradar - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Liquid Crystals (LCs) are soft materials lying in the midway between solids and
liquids which have enjoyed considerable success due to their tremendous display and non …

Seeing the unseen: the role of liquid crystals in gas‐sensing technologies

C Esteves, E Ramou, ARP Porteira… - Advanced optical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fast, real‐time detection of gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is an emerging
research field relevant to most aspects of modern society, from households to health …

Novel trends in lyotropic liquid crystals

I Dierking, A Martins Figueiredo Neto - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
We introduce and shortly summarize a variety of more recent aspects of lyotropic liquid
crystals (LLCs), which have drawn the attention of the liquid crystal and soft matter …

Liquid crystal-based sensors for the detection of biomarkers at the aqueous/LC interface

M Khan, S Liu, L Qi, C Ma, S Munir, L Yu… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Decorating liquid crystals (LCs) with stimuli-responsive materials provides a bridge between
the LCs and the biochemical interactions. The alignments of the LC molecules are …

Thermotropic liquid crystal-assisted chemical and biological sensors

N Popov, LW Honaker, M Popova, N Usol'tseva… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
In this review article, we analyze recent progress in the application of liquid crystal-assisted
advanced functional materials for sensing biological and chemical analytes. Multiple …

Lyotropic liquid crystalline phases: drug delivery and biomedical applications

VP Chavda, S Dyawanapelly, S Dawre… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Liquid crystal (LC)-based nanoformulations may efficiently deliver drugs and therapeutics to
targeted biological sites. Lyotropic liquid crystalline phases (LLCPs) have received much …