This Review covers the recent developments (2005–2015) in the design, synthesis,
characterization, and application of thermotropic ionic liquid crystals. It was designed to give …

Current available organic liquid electrolytes of electrochemical energy devices lead to fast
performance degradation and even combustion. Such challenges call for the development …

Dendrimers Designed for Functions: From Physical, Photophysical, and Supramolecular
Properties to Applications in Sensing, Catalysis, Molecular Electronics, Photonics, and …

Liquid crystals are considered as the “fourth state of matter”. 1 Their properties are
intermediate between that of the crystalline solid state and that of the liquid state. Liquid …

This critical review focuses on recent progress in the field of T-shaped ternary amphiphiles.
These molecules can self-assemble into a series of new liquid crystalline (LC) phases with …

The last five years' achievements in the synthesis and investigation of thermotropic ionic
liquid crystals are reviewed. The present review describes the mesomorphic properties …

This review presents an overview of 1→ 2 branched dendrimers and dendrons, created by a
divergent procedure, from their synthesis to modern day applications. The first members of …

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the field of liquid crystalline
dendrimers. Such a fast development is, among other things, driven by the multiple …

1. INTRODUCTION The host− guest chemistry was first developed with the discovery of
crown ethers by Pederson in the 1960s. 1, 2 It was found that the cyclic crown ethers are …

In this tutorial review we describe some studies concerning liquid crystal dendritic polymers.
We have chosen to present several representative examples that illustrate the diverse kinds …