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 …

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 …

In this article, we probe the formation of liquid crystal and soft crystal phases as a
consequence of minimising the free volume of the system either through design engineering …

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 …

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

Gold nanoparticles offer the possibility of creating metamaterials; however, such
nanoparticles are not particularly stable. Conversely, liquid crystals offer the possibility of …

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) …

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

Liquid crystals (LCs) have become indispensable materials in everyday life, with their
applications ranging from high-resolution television displays to being a part of sophisticated …

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 …