Multicomponent systems based on liquid crystals are of great interest both in the field of
scientific research and in the field of practical application. To date, one of the most studied …

There is a great interest in doping of different types of nanoparticles (NPs) in the opto-
electronic display devices including liquid crystal displays and polymer dispersed LCs …

Amino acid-capped gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are a promising tool for various
applications, including therapeutics and diagnostics. Most often, amino acids are used to …

Featured Applications optical communications, optical sensors. Abstract Liquid crystals are
interesting linear and nonlinear optical materials used to make a wide variety of devices …

A demand for functional materials that are capable of tailoring light-emissive properties has
apparently been rising nowadays substantially for their utilization in organic optoelectronic …

The electrically sensing characteristics of a liquid-crystal (LC)-infiltrated polarization-
maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PCF) have been studied. The small holes on the end face …

Liquid crystals (LCs) are a very important display material. However, the use of LC,
especially LC-loaded nanoparticles, as a catalyst to amplify the analytical signal and …

By filling the liquid crystal (LC) in the air holes of a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with 8 mm
length, a compact multi-band thermal optical switch is proposed here including two …

Controlled self-assembly of plasmonic photonic nanostructures provides a cost-effective and
efficient methodology to expand plasmonic photonic nano-platforms with unique, tunable …

A photonic crystal fiber was selectively infiltrated only two of the air holes near the core with
liquid crystal. The selective infiltration caused geometric asymmetry and created high …