Besides nanostructured materials, individual particles are key elements for nanosciences.
The structuring properties of liquid crystals (LCs) are appealing to assemble them, to …

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 …

Mirror symmetry breaking in materials is a fascinating phenomenon that has practical
implications for various optoelectronic technologies. Chiral plasmonic materials are …

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 …

Blue phases (BPs), a distinct class of liquid crystals (LCs) with 3D periodic ordering of
double twist cylinders involving orthogonal helical director twists, have been theoretically …

Using transmittance electron microscopy, fluorescence and polarizing optical microscopy,
optical spectroscopy, and fluorescent correlation spectroscopy, it was shown that CdSe/ZnS …

An important goal for the development of novel nanomaterials based on magnetic
nanoparticles dispersed in liquid crystals is the improvement of the sensitivity to magnetic …

Composite structures exhibiting a periodic arrangement of building blocks can be found in
natural systems at different length scales. Recreating such systems in artificial composites …

Mesogenic ligands have the potential to provide control over the dispersion and stabilization
of nanoparticles in liquid crystal (LC) phases. The creation of such hybrid materials is an …

The photoalignment process to align semiconductor quantum rods (QRs) in the liquid crystal
monomer (LCM) matrix is a flexible technology; however, the optical quality of the resulting …