Cellulosic sources, such as lignocellulose-rich biomass, can be mechanically or acid
degraded to produce inclusions called cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). They have several …

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

The extraordinary responsiveness and large diversity of self-assembled structures of liquid
crystals are well documented and they have been extensively used in devices like displays …

Chirality is ubiquitous in nature and plays crucial roles in biology, medicine, physics and
materials science. Understanding and controlling chirality is therefore an important research …

This article re-examines a classic question in liquid-crystal physics: What are the elastic
modes of a nematic liquid crystal? The analysis uses a recent mathematical construction …

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

Biopolymers offer vast potential for renewable and sustainable devices. While nature
mastered the use of biopolymers to create highly complex 3D structures and optimized their …

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 …

Non-woven mats comprised of liquid crystal-functionalised fibres are coaxially electrospun
to create soft gas sensors that function non-electronically, thus requiring no power supply …

Compared to isotropic liquids, orientational order of nematic liquid crystals makes their
rheological properties more involved, and thus requires fine control of the flow parameters to …