Liquid crystal is an intermediate phase between the crystalline solid and an isotropic liquid,
a very common substance in our daily lives. Two major classes of liquid crystal are lyotropic …

Background Due to its ductility and malleability, tin plays an important role in the automotive,
electronic, and packaging industries and is also an essential trace mineral for humans to …

In this paper, we firstly demonstrate the synthesis of chiral amphitropic liquid crystals derived
from cholesterol as well as their thermal and optical properties. Chiral monomeric …

We report the synthesis of new functional cholesteric–azobenzene side-chain liquid
crystalline copolymers and terpolymers, their temperature-responsive mesophase behavior …

Two series of rod shaped Schiff base containing azo-cinnamate thermotropic liquid
crystalline compounds were synthesized and characterized. These molecules have four …

We demonstrate here a novel method for the design of liquid crystals (LCs) via the
cyclization of mesogens by flexible chains. For two azobenzene-4, 4′-dicarboxylate …

ABSTRACT A series of liquid-crystalline dimers containing a cholesteryl group and a
azobenzene moiety with branched allyl chain were synthesised, all exhibiting chiral nematic …

A series of azobenzene-containing mesogens end-capped with cinnamoyl esters were
synthesized and investigated its mesogenic and photochemical properties. Terminal …

A new series of liquid crystalline dimers containing a cholesteryl group were synthesized,
exhibiting multiple mesophases including chiral smectic phases (SmX*, SmC* and SmA*) …

Multiple mesophases, including the smectic A phase (Sm A), chiral nematic phase (N*), and
blue phase (BP I), were seen in a series of non-symmetric bent mesogenic dimers …