Liquid crystals have been intensively studied as functional materials. Recently, integration of
various disciplines has led to new directions in the design of functional liquid‐crystalline …

The design and characterization of metal–organic complexes for optoelectronic applications
is an active area of research. The metal–organic complex offers unique optical and …

This article presents an overview of the developments in the field of organic photovoltaics
(PVs) with liquid crystals (LCs). A brief introduction to the PV and LC fields is given first …

The huge interest towards fullerenes and carbon nanotubes in molecular materials and
materials science is closely related to the intriguing properties of these carbon …

Carrier transport properties of a non-peripherally alkyl-substituted phthalocyanine, 1, 4, 8,
11, 15, 18, 22, 25-octahexylphthalocyanine (C6PcH 2) have been investigated. The material …

A bulk photovoltaic effect was studied in a chiral smectic crystal phase of a
bisfluorophenylterthiophene derivative bearing two lactate moieties doped with a fullerene …

A liquid-crystalline (LC) semiconductor based on perylene tetracarboxylic bisimide (PTCBI)
bearing four 1, 1, 1, 3, 3-pentamethyldisiloxane chains was synthesized. This LC PTCBI …

In contrast to solid-state organic semiconductors, superstructures can be constructed in
liquid-crystalline (LC) phases, using chirality, hybridization with nanofibers, and …

Carrier-transporting ferroelectric liquid crystals consisting of quinquethiophene and lactic
ester units were synthesized. One compound exhibited a chiral smectic C (SmC*) phase …

Ferroelectric liquid-crystalline phenylterthiophene derivatives bearing a decenyl group,
disiloxane chain, and cyclotetrasiloxane ring were synthesized. These compounds exhibited …