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 …

A review on the emerging applications of 4-cyano-4′-alkylbiphenyl (nCB) liquid crystals beyond display

D Devadiga, TN Ahipa - Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquid crystal-based technologies have evolved explosively over these last few decades in
other than display applications. One of the examples is 4-Cyano-4′-alkylbiphenyl (nCB) …

Counterions under a surface-adsorbed cationic surfactant monolayer: structure and thermodynamics

E Sloutskin, L Tamam, Z Sapir, BM Ocko, CD Bain… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
The surface adsorption of ionic surfactants is fundamental for many widespread phenomena
in life sciences and for a wide range of technological applications. However, direct atomic …

Liquid crystalline droplets in aqueous environments: Electrostatic effects

AV Dubtsov, SV Pasechnik, DV Shmeliova… - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate the strong impact of electrostatic properties on radial–bipolar structural
transitions in nematic liquid crystal (LC) droplets dispersed in different aqueous …

Design and Applications of liquid crystal biophotonic sensors for ion detection

R Qu, G Li - Advanced Photonics Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystals (LCs) are nanophotonic materials which can interact with light in the
molecular scale. While the LCs are widely used in various displays, last decade has …

Hydrogen bond assisted anchoring transitions in nematic liquid crystals at the aqueous interface

R Nandi, V Jain, M Devi, T Gupta, SK Pal - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
Homeotropic alignment of liquid crystals (LCs) at the aqueous interface and their
fundamental understanding is still limited known, which is a prerequisite for the development …