50th Anniversary Perspective: Polymer Crystals and Crystallization: Personal Journeys in a Challenging Research Field
Analyzing and understanding the structure and morphology of crystalline polymers has been
and remains to be a major challenge. Some of the issues have resisted analyses for …
and remains to be a major challenge. Some of the issues have resisted analyses for …
Light responsive liquid crystal soft matters: structures, properties, and applications
Stimuli-responsive soft matters have been recognised by many scientists and engineers as
very important because of their inherent characteristics in response to environmental …
very important because of their inherent characteristics in response to environmental …
Photoresponsive carbohydrate-based giant surfactants: Automatic vertical alignment of nematic liquid crystal for the remote-controllable optical device
Photoresponsive carbohydrate-based giant surfactants (abbreviated as CELA n D-OH) were
specifically designed and synthesized for the automatic vertical alignment (VA) layer of …
specifically designed and synthesized for the automatic vertical alignment (VA) layer of …
Heat transfer organic materials: robust polymer films with the outstanding thermal conductivity fabricated by the photopolymerization of uniaxially oriented reactive …
For the development of advanced heat transfer organic materials (HTOMs) with excellent
thermal conductivities, triphenylene-based reactive discogens, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11-hexakis (but …
thermal conductivities, triphenylene-based reactive discogens, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11-hexakis (but …
Multifunctional optical thin films fabricated by the photopolymerization of uniaxially oriented lyotropic liquid crystal monomers for electro-optical devices
A multifunctional optical thin film (MOTF) is fabricated by coating the newly synthesized
perylene-based reactive mesogen (PBRM) and stabilized by the subsequent …
perylene-based reactive mesogen (PBRM) and stabilized by the subsequent …
Influence of alignment layers on crystal growth of polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals
The feature that devices based on blue phase liquid crystals (BPLCs) is free of alignment
layers. However, the alignment layers could affect the morphologies of BPLC-devices as …
layers. However, the alignment layers could affect the morphologies of BPLC-devices as …
Multi-responsible chameleon molecule with chiral naphthyl and azobenzene moieties
A photochromic chiral molecule with azobenzene mesogens and a (R)-configuration
naphthyl moiety (abbreviated as NCA2M) was specifically designed and synthesized for the …
naphthyl moiety (abbreviated as NCA2M) was specifically designed and synthesized for the …
Fullerene-Based Nanosurfactant for the Automatic Homeotropic Alignment of Liquid Crystals
Chemically functionalized organic–inorganic hybrid nanoparticles have significant benefits
for automatic liquid crystal (LC) alignment but are still limited to well-balanced self-assembly …
for automatic liquid crystal (LC) alignment but are still limited to well-balanced self-assembly …
Adding symmetry: cylindrically confined crystallization of nylon-6
It has been known that twin symmetry occurs in small metal crystals and it could lead to
ultrahigh mechanical properties. In this research, we first found out the formation of …
ultrahigh mechanical properties. In this research, we first found out the formation of …
Asymmetric fullerene nanosurfactant: interface engineering for automatic molecular alignments
Since the molecular self‐assembly of nanomaterials is sensitive to their surface properties,
the molecular packing structure on the surface is essential to build the desired chemical and …
the molecular packing structure on the surface is essential to build the desired chemical and …