Nature‐inspired emerging chiral liquid crystal nanostructures: from molecular self‐assembly to DNA mesophase and nanocolloids
Liquid crystals (LCs) are omnipresent in living matter, whose chirality is an elegant and
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …
Liquid crystal colloids
II Smalyukh - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Colloids are abundant in nature, science, and technology, with examples ranging from milk
to quantum dots and the colloidal atom paradigm. Similarly, liquid crystal ordering is …
to quantum dots and the colloidal atom paradigm. Similarly, liquid crystal ordering is …
Three-dimensional mesostructures as high-temperature growth templates, electronic cellular scaffolds, and self-propelled microrobots
Recent work demonstrates that processes of stress release in prestrained elastomeric
substrates can guide the assembly of sophisticated 3D micro/nanostructures in advanced …
substrates can guide the assembly of sophisticated 3D micro/nanostructures in advanced …
1D Colloidal chains: recent progress from formation to emergent properties and applications
Integrating nanoscale building blocks of low dimensionality (0D; ie, spheres) into higher
dimensional structures endows them and their corresponding materials with emergent …
dimensional structures endows them and their corresponding materials with emergent …
Defects and defect engineering in Soft Matter
Soft matter covers a wide range of materials based on linear or branched polymers, gels and
rubbers, amphiphilic (macro) molecules, colloids, and self-assembled structures. These …
rubbers, amphiphilic (macro) molecules, colloids, and self-assembled structures. These …
Perspectives in liquid-crystal-aided nanotechnology and nanoscience
Y Shen, I Dierking - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Nanomaterial-doped liquid crystals. Abstract The research field of
liquid crystals and their applications is recently changing from being largely focused on …
liquid crystals and their applications is recently changing from being largely focused on …
Ordering nano-and microparticles assemblies with liquid crystals
C Blanc, D Coursault, E Lacaze - Liquid Crystals Reviews, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Besides nanostructured materials, individual particles are key elements for nanosciences.
The structuring properties of liquid crystals (LCs) are appealing to assemble them, to …
The structuring properties of liquid crystals (LCs) are appealing to assemble them, to …
[图书][B] Liquid crystal colloids
I Muševič - 2017 - Springer
I started the work on liquid crystal colloids around the year 2000 as a continuation of our
experiments on forces between surfaces in liquid crystals. We were using the atomic force …
experiments on forces between surfaces in liquid crystals. We were using the atomic force …
Soft matter from liquid crystals
Liquid crystals (LCs) are fluids within which molecules exhibit long-range orientational
order, leading to anisotropic properties such as optical birefringence and curvature elasticity …
order, leading to anisotropic properties such as optical birefringence and curvature elasticity …
Three-dimensional positioning and control of colloidal objects utilizing engineered liquid crystalline defect networks
H Yoshida, K Asakura, J Fukuda, M Ozaki - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Topological defects in liquid crystals not only affect the optical and rheological properties of
the host, but can also act as scaffolds in which to trap nano or micro-sized colloidal objects …
the host, but can also act as scaffolds in which to trap nano or micro-sized colloidal objects …