Nonlinear optics, active plasmonics and metamaterials with liquid crystals

IC Khoo - Progress in Quantum Electronics, 2014 - Elsevier
Nematic liquid crystals possess large and versatile optical nonlinearities suitable for
photonics applications spanning the femtoseconds to milliseconds time scales, and across a …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in multicomponent systems: Liquid crystal/nanoparticles/polymer

A Gridyakina, N Kasian, MS Chychłowski… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Advances in the metal nanoparticles (MNPs) doped liquid crystals and polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) composites and their applications-a review

F Ahmad, M Luqman, M Jamil - Molecular Crystals and Liquid …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Electro-optical effect of gold nanoparticle dispersed in nematic liquid crystals

CJ Hsu, LJ Lin, MK Huang, CY Huang - Crystals, 2017 - mdpi.com
The electro-optical performance of nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) dispersed with gold
nanoparticles (GNPs) was investigated in this study. The addition of a small amount of GNP …

Self-activating liquid crystal devices for smart laser protection

L Wang - Liquid Crystals, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Lasers are now extensively used in a multitude of optical devices and photonic systems
spanning from sensing, communication, entertainment, medical surgery to military …

Elastic constants, viscosity and response time in nematic liquid crystals doped with ferroelectric nanoparticles

N Podoliak, O Buchnev, M Herrington, E Mavrona… - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on the role of ferroelectricity on the physical and electro-optic parameters in
suspensions of nanoparticles in cyclohexane based, fluorinated nematic liquid crystals. The …

Optical and nonlinear properties of photonic polymer nanocomposites and holographic gratings modified with noble metal nanoparticles

O Sakhno, P Yezhov, V Hryn, V Rudenko, T Smirnova - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanocomposites based on transparent polymer matrices containing nanoparticles (NPs) of
noble metals are modern-day materials that can be specially designed for photonics, linear …

Improvement of the third order nonlinear optical properties of nematic liquid crystal under the influence of different compositional percentage of doped SWCNT and the …

MHM Ara, Z Dehghani - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
In this research, the nematic liquid crystal (NLC) was doped with varying concentration (0–1
wt%) of single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) at room temperature to study the …

Nanoparticle-induced property changes in nematic liquid crystals

N Brouckaert, N Podoliak, T Orlova, D Bankova… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Doping liquid crystals with nanoparticles is a widely accepted method to enhance liquid
crystal's intrinsic properties. In this study, a quick and reliable method to characterise such …

Photoluminescence tuning and electro-optical memory in chiral nematic liquid crystals doped with silver nanoparticles

M Middha, R Kumar, KK Raina - Liquid Crystals, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The photoluminescence spectra of chiral nematic liquid crystals doped with dodecanethiol-
functionalised silver nanoparticles has been investigated. The peak intensity level of the …