Light-driven phenomena both in living systems and nonliving materials have enabled truly
fascinating and incredible dynamic architectures with terrific forms and functions. Recently …

The search for low‐cost, large‐area, flexible devices has led to a remarkable increase in the
research and development of organic semiconductors, which serve as one of the most …

The review describes the status of the studies and the recent achievements in the field of
photoalignment of liquid crystals. An update classification of photoaligning materials and …

Photoalignment possesses significant advantages in comparison with the usual
'rubbing'treatment of the substrates of liquid crystal display (LCD) cells as it is a non-contact …

Unlike electronics, optics do not follow Moore's law. This statement, expressed by Microsoft's
Bernard Kress, refers to the hard challenges to solve in augmented reality hardware. While …

The synthesis and properties of azo dyes that can be used for photoaligning liquid crystals
(LCs) have been investigated. The structures and the synthetic procedure for the azo dyes …

Photoproduct distribution in films of cinnamate polymers was analyzed to reveal the
contribution of both photoisomerization and photodimerization to LC alignment …

Smectic and lamellar liquid crystals are three-dimensional layered structures in which each
layer behaves as a two-dimensional fluid. Because of their reduced dimensionality they …

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 …

The influence of unpolarized and linearly polarized UV exposure on previously rubbed as
well untreated thin polyimide (PI) alignment layers was studied. Optical retardation and …