Liquid crystal materials for biomedical applications

Z Zhang, X Yang, Y Zhao, F Ye, L Shang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid crystal is a state of matter being intermediate between solid and liquid. Liquid crystal
materials exhibit both orientational order and fluidity. While liquid crystals have long been …

Lyotropic liquid crystal phases from anisotropic nanomaterials

I Dierking, S Al-Zangana - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Liquid crystals are an integral part of a mature display technology, also establishing
themselves in other applications, such as spatial light modulators, telecommunication …

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 …

Nanotechnology-assisted liquid crystals-based biosensors: Towards fundamental to advanced applications

J Prakash, A Parveen, YK Mishra, A Kaushik - Biosensors and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of biosensor, continuous efforts are being made to design and develop
novel biosensing systems of reduced form factor and high performance. State-of-art …

From colloids in liquid crystals to colloidal liquid crystals

I Dierking - Liquid Crystals, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Liquid crystals in combination with nanoparticles are a fascinating topic of research,
because of the wealth of aspects and questions to study. These range from simple effects of …

The role of nanomesh fibres loaded with BaTiO3 nanoparticles on the electro-optical performance of PDLC devices

Z Shi, Z He, C Li, Z Miao, D Wang, Y Luan, Y Li… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films were prepared from a blend of
prepolymer, liquid crystal and BaTiO 3 (BTO) nanoparticle-laden nanofibres films by a …

Recent trends and insights into carbon dots dispersed liquid crystal composites

G Singh, S Kumar, P Malik - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
The technique of dispersing nanomaterials into liquid crystal (LC) matrix to improve their
various physical parameters appears to be undergoing a paradigm change towards a more …

Impact of strontium titanate nanoparticles on the dielectric, electro-optical and electrical response of a nematic liquid crystal

A Parveen, J Prakash, G Singh - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
The impact of ferroelectric nanoparticles (FNPs), namely strontium titanate (SrTiO 3) on the
dielectric, electro-optical and electrical response of a room temperature nematic liquid …

Electro-optical and dielectric properties of TiO2 nanoparticles in nematic liquid crystals with high dielectric anisotropy

CY Huang, P Selvaraj, G Senguttuvan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
The electrical, optical and dielectric performance of high-dielectric-constant TiO 2
nanoparticles (NPs) dispersed in nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) with high dielectric …

Electro-optical effects of organic N-benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline dispersion in nematic liquid crystals

P Selvaraj, K Subramani, B Srinivasan, CJ Hsu… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The dispersion of organic N-benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA) in nematic liquid crystals
(LCs) is studied. BNA doping decreases the threshold voltage of cell because of the reduced …