One-dimensional patterns and topological defects in smectic liquid crystal films
B Zappone, E Lacaze - Liquid Crystals Reviews, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Smectic liquid crystals exhibit a remarkable ability to self-organize into a variety of textures,
patterns, and arrays extending over large surface areas with microscale periodicity. These …
patterns, and arrays extending over large surface areas with microscale periodicity. These …
Structural landscapes in geometrically frustrated smectics
A phenomenological free energy model is proposed to describe the behavior of smectic
liquid crystals, an intermediate phase that exhibits orientational order and layering at the …
liquid crystals, an intermediate phase that exhibits orientational order and layering at the …
A self-healing ferroelectric liquid crystal electro-optic shutter based on vertical surface-relief grating alignment
Ferroelectric liquid crystals remain of interest for display and spatial light modulators
because they exhibit significantly faster optical response times than nematics. However …
because they exhibit significantly faster optical response times than nematics. However …
Smectic defect engineering enabled by programmable photoalignment
Topological defects are vital for tailoring soft matter properties and inspiring remarkable
applications. Arbitrary guiding and dynamic tuning of director distributions are highly …
applications. Arbitrary guiding and dynamic tuning of director distributions are highly …
Observations of a streak texture in the hybrid-aligned smectic-C phase
A novel structure was observed below the smectic-A–smectic-C phase transition in a very
thin open cell having an air interface above and enforced planar anchoring at the substrate …
thin open cell having an air interface above and enforced planar anchoring at the substrate …
Energetics of topographically designed Smectic-A oily streaks
A Missaoui, AL Susser, H Aharoni, C Rosenblatt - Soft matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A thin Smectic-A liquid crystal (LC) film is deposited on a polymer vinyl alcohol-coated
substrate that had been scribed with a uniform easy axis pattern over a square of side length …
substrate that had been scribed with a uniform easy axis pattern over a square of side length …
Photo‐Actuated Chiral Smectic Superstructures
SB Wu, HM Cao, JB Wu, LL Ma… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chirality and hierarchy are two representative features of complex configurations inspiring
exotic functions. Chiral additives are adopted to break the mirror symmetry of molecular …
exotic functions. Chiral additives are adopted to break the mirror symmetry of molecular …
Grating Aligned Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Devices
PJMC Wyatt - 2019 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
This thesis is concerned with the vertical grating alignment of ferroelectric liquid crystals
(FLCs). FLCs exhibit fast electro-optic response times compared to traditional nematic …
(FLCs). FLCs exhibit fast electro-optic response times compared to traditional nematic …
Lyotropic Lamellar Mesophase. Magneto-Morphologic Transforma tions and Optical Refracting Properties: Effect of Optically Active Dopants
Y Altınay, A Nesrullajev - Tenside Surfactants Detergents, 2020 - degruyter.com
Abstract Effect of optically active dopants on the morphologic and optical refracting
properties of the lyotropic liquid crystalline mesophase with anisometric micelles has been …
properties of the lyotropic liquid crystalline mesophase with anisometric micelles has been …
Liquid crystal mixture and light modulating device using the same
H Zhang, H Xu, F Wang, J Xue - US Patent 11,643,600, 2023 - Google Patents
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