The presence of ions in liquid crystals is one of the grand challenges that hinder the
application of liquid crystals in various devices, which include advanced 3-D and flexible …

A great variety of tunable multifunctional materials can be produced by combining
nanoparticles and liquid crystals. Typically, the tunability of such soft nanocomposites is …

In the past decade, the phosphorescence of metal-free confined polymer structures has
generated interest in optoelectronics due to their sustainability, low toxicity, and deployment …

We report a combined theoretical and experimental effort to elucidate systematically for the
first time the influence of anions of transition metal salt-decorated surfaces on the …

At U< 1 V nearly the entire voltage in liquid crystals (LC) and in solutions of dyes in LC is
applied to the near-electrode regions. In this range of voltages, the Schottky emission …

We investigate the origin of “secondary disclinations” that were recently described as new
evidence of a biaxial nematic phase in an oxadiazole bent-core thermotropic liquid crystal …

The influence of the ions present in a liquid crystal on the dynamical response of a nematic
slab submitted to a dc voltage is studied. The evolution of the system toward the equilibrium …

Surfactant enhanced reorientation in dye-doped nematic liquid crystals Page 1 Surfactant
enhanced reorientation in dye-doped nematic liquid crystals To cite this article: A. Petrossian …

The influence of the bias-voltage on the anisotropic part of the nematic surface energy is
analyzed. The experimental data show a strong dependence of the anchoring strength on …

We report on the atomic force microscope observation of an electrostatic force between
glass surfaces immersed in cyanobiphenil liquid crystals. The measured force is repulsive …