Colloids are abundant in nature, science, and technology, with examples ranging from milk
to quantum dots and the colloidal atom paradigm. Similarly, liquid crystal ordering is …

This review presents experimental realization and behaviour of the ferromagnetic nematic
phase, which is observed in different suspensions of magnetic nanoplatelets. After a general …

Practical guest–host devices in which dichroic dye molecules follow electrical switching of a
liquid crystal host remain elusive for decades despite promising efficient displays and …

Ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals are formed by achiral molecules with large dipole
moments. Their three-dimensional orientational order is described as unidirectionally polar …

We propose a simple surface potential favoring the planar degenerate anchoring of nematic
liquid crystals, ie, the tendency of the molecules to align parallel to one another along any …

The design and practical realization of composite materials that combine fluidity and
different forms of ordering at the mesoscopic scale are among the grand fundamental …

Outermost occupied electron shells of chemical elements can have symmetries resembling
that of monopoles, dipoles, quadrupoles and octupoles corresponding to filled s-, p-, d-and f …

We study the undulations instability, also known as the Helfrich-Hurault or layers buckling
effect, in a cholesteric liquid crystal confined between two parallel plates and caused by an …

Elastic constants of splay K 11, twist K 22, and bend K 33 of nematic liquid crystals are often
assumed to be equal to each other in order to simplify the theoretical description of complex …

Spontaneous electric polarization of solid ferroelectrics follows aligning directions of
crystallographic axes. Domains of differently oriented polarization are separated by domain …