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 …

With the growing demands in flexible electronics, the development of plastic and organic
materials has gained increased interest. In this focus review, the design concepts and recent …

New homologues series of liquid crystalline materials namely,(E)-3-methoxy-4-[(p-
tolylimino) methyl] phenyl 4-alkloxybenzoates (In), were designed and evaluated for their …

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

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

New conical-shaped geometrical supramolecular H-bonded liquid crystal complexes were
formed through 1: 2 intermolecular interactions of H-bonding between flexible core (adipic …

Liquid crystals bearing extended π-conjugated units function as organic semiconductors
and liquid crystalline semiconductors have been studied for their applications in light …

(S)-and (R)-forms of chiral π-conjugated ferroelectric liquid crystals were synthesized. The
dielectric properties in the ferroelectric liquid-crystalline (FLC) phases were evaluated using …

We synthesized two diastereomers comprising the same π-conjugated unit. One
diastereomer exhibited a smectic crystal phase in which the chromophores tilted 45 degrees …

The bulk photovoltaic effect of fluorophenylterthiophene derivative 1 bearing a chiral alkyl
chain doped with fullerene derivatives 2 and 3 was studied for the construction of organic …