Photonic crystals have proven their potential and are nowadays a familiar concept. They
have been approached from many scientific and technological flanks. Among the many …

Periodic nanostructures in photonics facilitate a far-reaching control of light propagation and
light–matter interaction. This article reviews the current status of this subject, including both …

Phenomenological Landau–de Gennes modelling based on the free energy of nematic
liquid crystal colloids is reviewed. Nematic phase, gradient of order, and surface anchoring …

Cutting-Edge Optofluidics Theories, Techniques, and Practices Add novel functionalities to
your optical design projects by incorporating state-of-the-art microfluidic technologies and …

We utilize the properties of aligned nematic liquid crystal (LC) cells in the design of:(i) a new
type of metamaterial whose index of refraction is tunable from negative, through zero, to …

Composite materials comprised of nematic liquid crystals (LCs) and SiO2 inverse opal films
were fabricated. Their optical properties were quite different from those of inverse opal films …

An electrically tuned nematic liquid-crystal (LC) infiltrated photonic crystal (PC) laser is
demonstrated. This PC laser represents an emerging class of nanoscale optical adaptive …

Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) are known to exhibit selective reflection of incident
radiation due to their periodic helical structure, which makes them promising candidates for …

Photonic crystals based on the electrochromic phenomenon have been fabricated and
proposed for band gap tuning. Electrochromic tungsten trioxide (WO 3) inverse opals have …

Tunable photonic band gap crystals were prepared by the infiltration of photoresponsive
liquid crystals into inverse opal structure films. Tuning of their optical properties could be …