Spatial confinement in nanoporous media affects the structure, thermodynamics and mobility
of molecular soft matter often markedly. This article reviews thermodynamic equilibrium …

Ionic liquids are emerging as important materials for applications in electrochemical devices,
green chemistry etc. For device applications, ionic liquids are generally, either incorporated …

The impact of the intrinsic curvature of in-plane orientationally ordered curved flexible
nematic molecules attached to closed 3D flexible shells was studied numerically. A Helfrich …

Recent advances in experimental studies of nanoparticle-driven stabilization of chiral liquid-
crystalline phases are highlighted. The stabilization is achieved via the nanoparticles' …

The orientational and translational order of a thermotropic ferroelectric liquid crystal
(2MBOCBC) imbibed in self-organized, parallel, cylindrical pores with radii of 10, 15, or 20 …

We study nematic liquid crystal textures exhibiting topological defects (TDs) on a two-
dimensional (2D) toroidal shell. For the toroidal topology the total topological charge of TDs …

We explore the nematic ordering of the rodlike liquid crystals 5CB and 6CB, embedded into
parallel-aligned nanochannels in mesoporous silicon and silica membranes as a function of …

Liquid crystalline (LC) phases under nanoconfinement are known to exhibit exotic molecular
orientational structures and phase transition behaviours. Here, we report the anisotropic ion …

We explore the optical birefringence of the nematic binary mixtures 6 CB 1− x 7 CB x (0≤
x≤ 1) embedded into parallel-aligned nanochannels of mesoporous alumina and silica …

This work examines the behavior of a liquid crystal (LC) under soft confinement, resulting
from interactions between polymer and guest liquid crystalline molecules, and under hard …