The commercial success of monochrome electronic paper (e‐Paper) is now propelling the
development of next‐generation flexible, video, and color e‐Paper products. Unlike the early …

This review examines surface alignment of liquid crystals by exposure to light. Two distinct
effects are discussed: illumination with polarized light induces a surface anisotropy to an …

Liquid crystal displays are now indispensable in everyday life. The display characteristics
considerably depend on the configuration of liquid crystal (LC) molecules and interactions …

We present a formulation of the nematic liquid crystal hydrodynamics based on the tensor
order parameter, with the spatial variations of both the director and the scalar (uniaxial and …

Publisher Summary Liquid crystals have found wide commercial application over the past 25–
30 years in electro-optical flat panel display (FPD) devices for consumer audiovisual and …

We present the results based on electro-optical properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-
NPs) doped ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC). It is observed that ZnO-NPs-FLC system has …

Two distinct, stable alignment states have been observed for a nematic liquid crystal
confined in a layer with thickness of 12 μ m and in square wells with sides of length between …

We describe a new aligning technique that yields uniform planar or tilted orientation of a
nematic liquid crystal at different organic and inorganic substrates. The method is based on …

A supramolecular orientational memory (SOM) effect that provides access to complex
columnar hexagonal architectures that cannot be designed by any other methodology was …

Liquid crystal photo‐alignment using azo‐dyes is reviewed. This alignment method is very
different from previously reported ones, such as photo‐crosslinking, photo degradation and …