Smart soft materials are envisioned to be the building blocks of the next generation of
advanced devices and digitally augmented technologies. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs) …

Supramolecular and macromolecular functional helical superstructures are ubiquitous in
nature and display an impressive catalog of intriguing and elegant properties and …

A self-regulating liquid crystal (LC) smart window whose reflectance changes with ambient
conditions is demonstrated. Thermally or optically induced switching between the …

Herein, an electrically switchable cholesteric liquid crystal (LC) shutter from visible to
infrared light was prepared using a dual frequency LC (DFLC). The fabricated device is …

Self‐powered smart windows are highly attractive for the development of energy‐efficient
buildings system, owing to their superior capacities in regulating the energy and information …

In this study, we fabricated a temperature-responsive infrared reflector that adjusts to
temperature changes by changing its transmittance of incident IR light. The device utilized a …

This study presents 13 new organic compounds with self-assembling behavior, which can
be divided into two groups. The first synthesized group includes compounds based on 4 …

Carbon black (CB) particles that can absorb from near ultraviolet to infrared rays are well
dispersed into an isotropic dielectric liquid and their optical properties can be kept even …

In this study, pure and azo dye methyl red (MR)-and CdSeS/ZnS quantum dot (QD)-doped
cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) composite light shutters were produced. Electro-optical …

An electrically switchable smart window is made from a dye-doped Cholesteric liquid crystal
(CLC). In this work, the impact of coumarin dye (0.3 and 1 wt%) on the structural and electro …