Perspectives in liquid-crystal-aided nanotechnology and nanoscience

Y Shen, I Dierking - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Nanomaterial-doped liquid crystals. Abstract The research field of
liquid crystals and their applications is recently changing from being largely focused on …

Electric‐field‐induced alignment of functionalized carbon nanotubes inside thermally conductive liquid crystalline polyimide composite films

K Ruan, X Shi, Y Zhang, Y Guo, X Zhong… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The positive liquid crystals, 4′‐heptyl‐4‐biphenylcarbonitrile (7CB), are used to
functionalize carbon nanotubes (LC‐CNT), which can be aligned in the liquid crystalline …

Directed assembly of hybrid nanomaterials and nanocomposites

S Zhang, CI Pelligra, X Feng, CO Osuji - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hybrid nanomaterials are molecular or colloidal‐level combinations of organic and
inorganic materials, or otherwise strongly dissimilar materials. They are often, though not …

Demulsification of water in oil emulsion by surface modified SiO2 nanoparticle

S Javadian, SM Sadrpoor - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, SiO 2 nanoparticles (NP) were used for dehydration of crude oil. Also,
in order to enhance the hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity of the nanoparticles, they were …

Thermotropic liquid crystals with low-dimensional carbon allotropes

AP Draude, I Dierking - Nano Express, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
As display devices based on liquid crystals have matured over the last decades, liquid
crystal research has shifted its priorities in slightly different directions, such as sensors …

Threshold voltage decrease in a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal doped with graphene oxide flakes

M Mrukiewicz, K Kowiorski, P Perkowski… - Beilstein journal of …, 2019 - beilstein-journals.org
We report a threshold voltage decrease in a nematic liquid crystal compound, 4-cyano-4′-
pentylbiphenyl (5CB), doped with graphene oxide (GO) flakes at a concentration of 0.05–0.3 …

Dielectric properties of liquid crystalline composites doped with nano-dimensional fragments of shungite carbon

DN Chausov, АD Kurilov, АV Kazak, АI Smirnova… - Liquid …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC)–cholesteryl tridecylate (X-20) was doped with
nanoparticles of shungite carbon (Sh) to effectively improve some physicochemical …

Influence of aminated graphene nanosheets on electro–optical performance and nonlinear optical properties of nematic liquid crystal

F Ostovari, Z Dehghani - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, aminated graphene (AMG) nanosheets with different compositional
percentages have been dispersed in nematic liquid crystal (NLC) E7 with special initial …

Evolution of electro-chemical and electro-optical properties of nematic liquid crystal doped with graphene oxide

N Dalir, S Javadian, J Kakemam, A Yousefi - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018 - Elsevier
Different concentrations of graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles dispersed in the nematic
liquid crystal (NLC) was investigated to monitor the impedance response and electro-optic …

Experimental advances in nanoparticle-driven stabilization of liquid-crystalline blue phases and twist-grain boundary phases

G Cordoyiannis, M Lavrič, V Tzitzios, M Trček, I Lelidis… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent advances in experimental studies of nanoparticle-driven stabilization of chiral liquid-
crystalline phases are highlighted. The stabilization is achieved via the nanoparticles' …