From simple pocket calculators, to mobile telephones and LCD-TV, over the past few
decades devices based on liquid crystal display technology have proliferated into just about …

We describe molecular-scale soft nanoimprint lithographic replication of rubbed polyimide
substrates to form alignment layers for liquid crystal devices. Systematic studies of the …

A simple method for the construction of a stable, tunable, self-assembled command layer for
liquid crystal display purposes is described. A pyridine-functionalized oligosiloxane …

Nanoimprint lithographically (NIL) prepared polymer film replicas of micrometer scale
topographic master patterns are used as liquid crystal alignment surfaces. Depolarized …

We designed and synthesised a reactive mesogen (CRM) containing cinnamate moiety in
the core and two acrylate groups at both ends. The structure was characterised by 1H NMR …

In this study, the soft embossing method is proposed to fabricate periodical microgrooved
structure on polyimide surfaces. These microgrooved polyimide surfaces are assembled to …

We study the alignment behaviour of the chromonic liquid crystal phases of sunset yellow
(SSY)/water, disodium cromoglycate (DSCG)/water and their mixtures when confined in cells …

Polymerizable nematic liquid crystal (LC) was adopted as a resist for our newly developed
nanoimprinting lithography process. Liquid crystal molecules were self-aligned during …

Alkylsilane self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on oxide substrates are commonly used as
liquid crystal (LC) alignment layers. We have studied the effects of alkyl chain length …

Chromonic nematics are lyotropic liquid crystals that have already been known for half a
century, but have only recently raised interest for their potential applications in life sciences …