Liquid crystals constitute a fascinating class of soft condensed matter characterized by the
counterintuitive combination of fluidity and long-range order. Today they are best known for …

Nanomaterials have supported important technological advances due to their unique
properties and their applicability in various fields, such as biomedicine, catalysis …

Liquid crystals are finding increasing applications in a wide variety of fields including liquid-
crystal display technology, materials science, bioscience, etc., apart from acting as prototype …

Nanoparticle chirality has attracted much attention recently, and the application of chiral
nanoparticles to chiral technologies (see figure) is also of interest. This Minireview deals …

Combinations of liquid crystals and materials with unique features as well as properties at
the nanoscale are reviewed. Particular attention is paid to recent developments, ie, since …

In recent years, optical chirality of plasmonic nanostructures has aroused great interest
because of innovative fundamental understanding as well as promising potential …

Since their inception, liquid crystals (LCs) have been a topic of great interest among
researchers around the globe. The alignment of LC molecules remains pivotal to explore the …

In this Highlight article we will describe the current impact of nanoscale materials
(nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes) in liquid crystal nanocomposites on the improvement …

To investigate size and capping agent-dependent alignment and electro-optic effects of
quantum dots (QDs) in nematic LCs, mixtures of a nematic phenylpyrimidine LC (LC1) …

We present the advancement in the research of the dispersion of gold nanoparticles (GNPs)
in thermotropic calamitic liquid crystals. The formation/behavior of surface plasmon …