A new era for liquid crystal research: Applications of liquid crystals in soft matter nano-, bio-and microtechnology

JPF Lagerwall, G Scalia - Current Applied Physics, 2012 - Elsevier
Liquid crystals constitute a fascinating class of soft condensed matter characterized by the
counterintuitive combination of fluidity and long-range order. Today they are best known for …

Carbon nanotube dispersion in nematic liquid crystals: An overview

SP Yadav, S Singh - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of present review article is to present a comprehensive and current overview of
scientific advancement in liquid crystal and carbon nanotube suspension. Particular …

Carbon nanotubes in liquid crystals

JPF Lagerwall, G Scalia - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
We review the research on carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersion in liquid crystals (LCs),
focusing mainly on the approaches where the aim is to align CNTs along the LC director …

Impact of nanoscale particles and carbon nanotubes on current and future generations of liquid crystal displays

H Qi, T Hegmann - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
In this Highlight article we will describe the current impact of nanoscale materials
(nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes) in liquid crystal nanocomposites on the improvement …

Effects of size, capping agent, and concentration of CdSe and CdTe quantum dots doped into a nematic liquid crystal on the optical and electro-optic properties of the …

B Kinkead, T Hegmann - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
To investigate size and capping agent-dependent alignment and electro-optic effects of
quantum dots (QDs) in nematic LCs, mixtures of a nematic phenylpyrimidine LC (LC1) …

Scientific duo of carbon nanotubes and nematic liquid crystals

M Rahman, W Lee - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
With an emphasis on the rectified device performance and related liquid-crystal (LC)
properties, this paper presents a timely review of the literature on recent development and …

Anisotropic thin films of single-wall carbon nanotubes from aligned lyotropic nematic suspensions

C Zamora-Ledezma, C Blanc, M Maugey, C Zakri… - Nano …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Lyotropic nematic aqueous suspensions of single-wall carbon nanotubes can be uniformly
aligned in thin cells by shearing. Homogeneous anisotropic thin films of nanotubes can be …

Carbon nanotubes and liquid crystalline phases

C Zakri - Liquid Crystals Today, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents a review of the literature that deals with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and
liquid crystals (LCs) focusing on two main aspects. First, we describe the liquid crystalline …

Techniques of aligning carbon nanotubes

K Iakoubovskii - Central European Journal of Physics, 2009 - Springer
This paper reviews major techniques of aligning carbon nanotubes, either during the growth
or by the post-growth processing. A number of post-processing alignment techniques are …

Phase transitions, intermolecular interactions and electrical conductivity behavior in carbon multiwalled nanotubes/nematic liquid crystal composites

N Lebovka, T Dadakova, L Lysetskiy… - Journal of Molecular …, 2008 - Elsevier
The phase transitions, intermolecular interactions and electrical percolation behavior in the
composites of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and nematic LC (p …