The packing of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) in the anisotropic chiral nematic phase has
been investigated over a wide concentration range by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) …

The cholesteric liquid crystal self-assembly of water-suspended cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)
into a helical arrangement was observed already more than 20 years ago, and the …

The helical organization of cholesteric liquid crystals is omnipresent in living matter.
Achieving control over the structure of the cholesteric helix consequently holds great …

Helical liquid crystal self-assembly in suspensions of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs),
bioderived nanorods exhibiting excellent mechanical and optical properties, opens attractive …

Building a general theoretical framework to describe the microscopic origin of macroscopic
chirality in (colloidal) liquid crystals is a long-standing challenge. Here, we combine …

The study and control of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) self-assembly in spherical
confinement remains a challenging and unexplored area. It is difficult to directly observe the …

Lyotropic cholesteric liquid crystal phases are ubiquitously observed in biological and
synthetic polymer solutions, characterized by a complex interplay between thermal …

Unveiling the subtle rules that control the buildup of macroscopic chirality starting from chiral
molecular elements is a challenge for theory and computations. In this context, a remarkable …

Even though chiral nematic phases were the first liquid crystals experimentally observed
more than a century ago, the origin of the thermodynamic stability of cholesteric states is still …

This book examines the peculiarities of the circular dichroism (CD) spectra of the double-
stranded (ds) DNA cholesteric liquid-crystalline dispersions (CLCDs). The main physico …