The lyotropic cholesteric liquid crystal phase developed by suspensions of cellulose
nanocrystals (CNCs) has come increasingly into focus from numerous directions over the …

We introduce and shortly summarize a variety of more recent aspects of lyotropic liquid
crystals (LLCs), which have drawn the attention of the liquid crystal and soft matter …

Untethered twist fibers do not require end‐anchoring structures to hold their twist orientation
and offer simple designs and convenient operation. The reversible responsiveness of these …

The dielectric tensor is a physical descriptor of fundamental light–matter interactions,
characterizing anisotropic materials with principal refractive indices and optic axes. Despite …

It has long been surmised that the circular polarization of luminescence (CPL) emitted by a
chiral molecule or a molecular assembly should vary with the direction in which the photon …

Revealing the chemical and physical mechanisms underlying symmetry breaking and shape
transformations is key to understanding morphogenesis. If we are to synthesize artificial …

Using dynamic light scattering, we study orientational fluctuation modes in the nematic
phase of a self-assembled lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal (LCLC) disodium cromoglycate …

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 …

The presumed ground state of a nematic fluid confined in a cylindrical geometry with planar
anchoring corresponds to that of an axial configuration, wherein the director, free of …

Supramolecular chirality typically originates from either chiral molecular building blocks or
external chiral stimuli. Generating chirality in achiral systems in the absence of a chiral input …