Liquid Crystals

Article	Citations
Taylor & Francis Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine	69
Columnar liquid crystalline phases of surfactant-DNA complexes	60
Optical sensor for butylamine vapour based on the photonic structure infiltrated by liquid crystal	50
Mesomorphic, magnetic and DFT studies of biphenyl-based molecule with various substituted anilines	28
Preparation of triple-layer polymer dispersed liquid crystal films with progressive driving functionality	27
Enlarging the colour gamut of LCD with YAG-LED by using a liquid crystal based polarisation interference filter	27
Preface	26
Voltage-controlled surface plasmon in a flexoelectric nematic liquid crystal cell	24
The influence of the side-arms structure on the properties of the liquid crystal dimers centred on mandelic acid	23
Ferroelectric nematic fluids as spontaneous polarization field for enhanced orientational-dependent second-harmonic generation	22
Cholesterol based mesogenic Schiff’s base derivatives with carbonate linkage: Synthesis, characterisation and photoluminescence study	21
Fluorescent cholesteric liquid crystal polymers containing different naphthalimide groups – preparation and performance	19
Design of 5CB liquid crystal antenna for tunable microwave frequency applications	18
Unsymmetrical Coumarin based dimeric liquid crystals: Synthesis, Characterization, Mesomorphic investigation, Photoluminescence and Thermal conductivity	18
Optical approaches for the simple and sensitive detection of aflatoxin B 1 via a liquid crystal aptasensor	17
Cybotactic nematic liquid crystal – an overview	17
Enhancing morphological, electro-optical and dielectric properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal by doping of disperse Orange 25 dye in LC E7	17
Novel fluorescence liquid crystals based on thiophene-vinylnitrile Schiff-base derivatives	16
Equilibrium locations of defects in two-dimensional configurations of the NLC director field	15
Tunable spectral manifestation of Tamm plasmon-polaritons in a hybrid structure with 2d black phosphorus in the terahertz range	15
Liquid-crystal-based resonant cavities as a strategy to design low-threshold electrically-tunable lasers	14
Colorful patterned polyacrylate films prepared using cholesteric liquid-crystalline mixtures with a smectic order	14
Rheological behaviour and antibacterial activities of MWCNTs/ lyotropic liquid crystals based nanocolloids	14
Investigation of electro-optical and dielectric properties of pure and dispersed nematic liquid-crystal	13
Intensity-dependent optical nonlinearities of composite materials made of ionic liquid crystal glass and bimetallic nanoparticles	13

Enhancement of electro-optical properties and phase transition temperature of thermotropic liquid crystal 5CB by doping with 4-n-pentylbenzoic acid	13
Luminance and chrominance parameters through image analysis in ferroelectric liquid crystals	13
Planar and Vertical Alignment of Rod-like and Bent-core Liquid Crystals Using Functionalized Indium Tin Oxide Substrates	13
Generalization of the Maier-Saupe theory to the ferroelectric nematic phase	13
Distinctive features of pretransitional behaviour between nematic phases as revealed by DDM	13
Chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: a physico-chemical analysis of phase transitions and induced helical twisting	13
Optical Tamm states in a hybrid structure with a holographic polymer-liquid crystal grating	13
A label-free 5CB-based aptasensor for highly selective optical detection of amoxicillin residue in freshwater samples	13
The role of sub-regional electrostatic spinning nanofiber loaded with WO 3 nanoparticle in modulating electro-optic performance and stepwise display of polymer dispe	12
Enhancement of the physical parameters due to the dispersion of functionalised gold nanoparticles in a room temperature nematic liquid crystal	12
The influence of core fluorination on the phase behaviour of rod-like mesogens	12
Nematic liquid crystals in lens shape geometry	12
Molecular organization and molecular order of two rod-like smectogens in mesophases	12
Effect of hydrophobic aerosil dispersions on the Goldstone mode dynamics in ferroelectric liquid crystal near the point of polarisation sign reversal	11
Effect of the varying repulsive core of Gay–Berne pair potential on the structure and freezing transition in a two-dimensional system of soft ellipses	11
Heat-driven vortical flow in microsized liquid crystal film	11
Effect of different curing conditions on the electro-optical properties of directional polymerisation monomer based polymer\liquid crystal composites	11
Tunable optical, electro-optical and dielectric properties of eco-friendly graphene quantum dots-nematic liquid crystal composites	11
Anopore confinement in the cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimer CB7CB. A dielectric study	11
Young’s interference experiment using self-aligned liquid crystal optical control devices	11
Inderdigitation, double twist, and topological defects in a system of hard lollipops	11
Preface	11
Phosphorescent Pt(II) complexes of C^N^N type tridentate ligands augmented for liquid crystallinity	11
Luminescent liquid crystals: from supramolecular plant dyes to emissive flavylium salts	11
Stability of a split-core configuration induced by saddle-splay elasticity in a submicron nematic liquid crystal spherical droplet	11
A convenient one-pot synthesis, and characterisation of the ω-bromo-1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4’-yl) alkanes (CBnBr)	11
Giant flexoelectric effect with liquid crystal dimer CB7CB between concentric cylinders	11
Magnetorheological liquid-crystalline polymers with magnetic tetrachloroferrate ions based on polyvinyl chloride	11
Chemical and physical aspects of recent bent-shaped liquid crystals exhibiting chiral and achiral mesophases	11
Effect of dye doping on the thermal and optical properties of cholesteric liquid crystals	11
Molecular scale insights from NMR studies of hybrid systems formed via doping silver QDs in 6CHBT liquid crystal: a quantitative investigation of their optoelectronic properties	10
Optimization of image writer modes for optically rewritable electronic paper	10
Exploring the role of adamantane core in the mesophase formation of trimers	10
Synthesis, chiral separation and physical properties of the cinnamic acid derivatives exhibiting short-pitch cholesteric and TGB phases	10
Density functional theory of freezing transition in a binary mixture of spheres and soft-ellipsoids	10
The effect of different photoluminescent side-chain length on the phase behaviour of chiral liquid crystal polymer	10
Bent-shaped dimers with chiral spacer – unravelling the potential of the naphthyl mesogenic unit	10
Preparation of a double-layer liquid crystal optical shutter with fluorescent properties and its ultraviolet shielding screening properties	10
Influence of the dispersed silver nanoparticles size and concentration on the properties of 6CB nematic	10
Enhanced liquid crystal performance through alkoxybenzoic acid doping	10
Novel liquid crystalline fluorene and fluorenone MIDA boronates: influence of alkyl vs alkoxy side chains on the mesomorphic properties	10
Marangoni flow across different phases in cyanobiphenyl liquid crystals under temperature gradient	10
Synthesis and phase behaviour of a class of comb-like cholesteric azobenzene liquid crystalline polymers	9
Heliconical nematic and smectic phases: the synthesis and characterisation of the CB4O. m and CB8O. m series	9
High second harmonic generation in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals by doping with optimally oriented chromophores	9
Kinetics of photoinduced phase retardation in azo dye layer	9
Synthesis, mesomorphic behaviour and luminescence of novel dithienopyrrole-based nematic liquid crystals	9
Ferroelectric chiral nematic liquid crystals: new photonic materials with multiple bandgaps controllable by low electric fields	9
Optical properties of Heliconical Cholesterics: effects of losses and photonic density of states	9
Tunable liquid crystal double-layer frequency selective surface with wide transmission band and small insertion loss	9

A new generation of ferroelectric liquid crystals with homogeneous and shock-stable orientation	8
Sub-structures and phase transitions of bi-tilted smectic C G in dimer liquid crystals induced by amide functionalised graphene oxide	8
A recyclable, interchangeable optical switch with a PDLC-PVA-PSCLC structure and a low-voltage drive system	8
Improving experimental procedures for assessing electrical properties of advanced liquid crystal materials	8
Synergistically controlled in situ growth of silver nanoparticles leading to organization of anisotropic liquid crystalline medium	8
Constructing liquid crystalline elastomer multi-fold gratings with side-on epoxy liquid crystalline monomers	8
Impact of dispersed graphene oxide on thermodynamical, optical, electro optical and dielectric properties of nematic liquid crystal	8
Can even-membered liquid crystal dimers exhibit the twist-bend nematic phase? The preparation and properties of disulphide and thioether linked dimers	8
Colourful and photochromic patterned polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal film prepared using a side-chain cholesteric liquid crystal oligomer	8
Fertile metastability	8
Reaction-induced liquid crystalline polybenzoxazine thermosets containing rosin amine grafts	8
Effect of alkyloxy substituents on mesomorphic and photophysical properties of star-shaped tristriazolotriazines	8
Composite stability and electro-optical properties of carbon nanotubes/5CB-based nematic hybrid liquid crystals	8
Stability, structure, compressibility factor, excess free energy and density profile of hard prolate pear shape fluids	8
Luminous and fluorescent cyanobiphenyls exhibiting super-cooled nematic phases	8
Investigation on the critical behaviour in the vicinity of the smectic-A to re-entrant nematic-phase transition	7
Obituary	7
New multi-fluorinated benzofuran liquid crystals with large dielectric anisotropy and improved solubility	7
Multifunctional multifocal lens for simultaneous edge and polarisation imaging	7
Effect of SiO 2 -doped nanoparticle/electrostatic spinning system on the electro-optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystals for smart windows	7
The influence of the ring system with mono/diester and imine links, and terminal unsaturated carbon chains on mesomorphism and their quantum-mechanical study	7
Effect of doped SiO 2 microspheres on the high temperature properties of PDLC films	7
New imidazo[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazole mesogens: synthesis, characterisation and study their optical-thermo behaviors	7
Azopyridine-based hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals with thioether tail	7
Trans-LCPG films with self-assembly support of gel networks	7
4’-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl - 5CB	7
A liquid crystal leaky-wave antenna with fixed-frequency beam scanning and open-stop-band suppression	6
Influence of different small styryl molecules on electro-optical characteristics of reverse-mode polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal devices	6
Synthesis and physico-chemical properties of dilateral flouro azo/ester four aromatic ring mesogens and their mixtures of liquid crystals	6
Theoretical model for the Frank elastic moduli in the intercalated SmA b phase of bent-shaped dimers	6
Experimental measurements of the spatial correlation lengths of the director axis fluctuations of nematic liquid crystals	6
Dispersion of thiol capped AuNPs in rufigallol derivative discotic liquid crystal-Enhanced one dimensional electrical conductivity	6
Pseudo-polar order in the tilted smectic phases of bent-core hockey stick shaped molecules	6
Skyrmions in blue phases of chiral liquid crystals	6
Preparation and intrinsic characteristics of cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer films based on polymer-dispersed liquid crystal	6
Organic electronic applications and charge transport mechanism in novel discotic liquid crystals	6
2,3-per-acylated α and β cyclodextrins as inducers of helical liquid crystalline phases	6
Accurate modelling of the optics of high resolution liquid crystal devices: a reconfigurable liquid crystal grating	6
A confined rod: mean field theory for hard rod-like particles	6
The morphology and the electro-optical properties of PDLCs cured in the presence of electric fields	6
Electrochromic reverse-mode PDLCs as smart windows	6
A ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal vitrified at room temperature	6
Thermotropic liquid crystal doped with silica, silica grafted with aniline (ANI@SiO2) and polyaniline (PANI@SiO2)	6
Graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide in the anisotropic media of nematic liquid crystals 4’-pentyl-4-cyano-biphenyl	6
Biphenyls embedded Schiff base-bis esters: self-assembling behaviour, impact of additional aromatic ring and ester linkage and their DFT investigations	6
Liquid crystalline behaviour of new dimers containing coumarin and biphenyl moieties and enhancement of their thermal conductivity: liquid crystal-nanoparticles	6
Surface alignment of nematic liquid crystals by direct laser writing of photopolymer alignment layers	6
Flexible bistable polymer stabilised cholesteric texture light shutter display	6
Improvement of rewriting time of optically driven liquid crystal display by azo-dye doping	5
The effect of doping sulphhydryl-functionalised silica with different diameters on the electro-optical properties of PDLC	5
Ionic liquid crystal elastomers for actuators, sensors, and organic transistors	5
Ferroelectric nematic phase in the system of perfectly aligned cylindrically symmetric rods	5
Rack-gear structures in columnar liquid crystal phases of trialkoxybenzyl pentafluorobenzoates and their influences on intercolumnar interdigitation and macroscopic morphologies	5
Mesophase behaviour of 1,2,3-triazole-based nematic liquid crystals influenced by varying alkyl chains and halogen atom substitution	5
Flexible liquid crystal micro-lens arrays for curved integral imaging 2D/3D convertible display	5
Probing cytoplasmic streaming using liquid crystal droplets	5
Smectic layers reorientation with stripes and heliconical structure in surface stabilised ferroelectric liquid crystal	5
Multi-field driven thermochromic films and preparation of multi-color patterns	5
Triphenylene discotic liquid crystals: biphenyls, synthesis, and the search for nematic systems	5
The influence of the benzimidazole-based nematic liquid crystals containing ethynyl and difluoro-substitution on mesomorphic and birefringence properties	5
Synthesis and characterisation of novel aromatic ester swallow-tailed cholesteric liquid crystal polymers	5
Rupture of thin nematic walls between isotropic droplets of the same mesogenic material	5
Gamma-radiation exposure-induced modifications in the thermal, dielectric, and electro-optical properties of two-room temperature antiferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures	5
Linear and circular dichroisms of cholesteric liquid crystals in a longitudinal external magnetic field	5
Low driving voltage reverse-mode polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal devices using small phenylacetylene molecule	5
Cholesteric liquid crystalline polysiloxanes containing furan ring with selective reflection – synthesis and properties	5
High-quality deformed lying helix in chiral LC on surface with periodic alignment prepared by two-step optical treatment	5
Effect of polymer concentration on the electro-optical, dielectric and photoluminescence properties of confined ferroelectric liquid crystals composites	4
Fully logical NOT operation of self-aligned liquid crystal optical control devices with two-slit Young’s interference experiment	4
Liquid crystal and emulsifying properties of carboxymethyl glucoside as water-soluble surfactant	4
Mesomorphic behaviour and photoluminescence study of novel homologous series of Schiff’s base derived from cholesteryl carbonate and thiadiazole moiety	4
Birth and annihilation of topological defects on the nematic–isotropic interface during droplet coalescence	4
Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of laterally fluoro azo/ ester based on four ring compounds with a wide range mesophase thermal stability	4
Experimental studies on self-propulsion of deformable 5CB liquid crystal droplets in micellar solution	4
Study on the application and performance of liquid crystal emulsion system in sunscreen products	4
Cylindrical liquid crystal micro-lens array based on interdigital electrodes	4
Effects of quantum dots on the properties of ferroelectric liquid crystal	4
Chiral nitroxide radical with terminal trifluoromethoxy group	4
Study on the influence of oils on the formation of liquid crystal structure of hydrogenated lecithin system	4
“Liquid crystalline compounds containing lateral thiol group: synthesis, characterisation, its mesomorphic properties and DFT studies”	4

Investigation of the effect of doping of newly synthesised bismuth ferrite nanoparticles on the dielectric property of the negative anisotropic nematic liquid crystal	4
A splay-twist nematic phase of bent-shaped mesogens	4
Preface	4
The ferroelectric nematic phase: an optimum liquid crystal candidate for nonlinear optics	4
Circularly polarised luminescence of cholesteric polymer composite with high concentration of europium complex	4
Comparative studies of DFT and experimental Raman spectra of pure 5O.14 liquid crystalline compound	4
Chiral fluorescent liquid crystal polymers containing 4-bromo-1,8-naphthalimide – synthesis and properties	4
Polymer dispersed liquid crystals devices: role of photopolymerisation to control defect orientation, optical and electro-optical properties	4
Dynamically color-changing polymer-dispersed liquid crystals containing ionic liquid for smart window applications	4
Reconfigurable holographic antenna for wide angle scanning with complementary resonance units based on liquid crystals	4
A hybrid ionic liquid crystal comprising imidazolium surfactant-graphene oxide	4
The regulation of electro-optical properties of the polymer dispersed liquid crystal films doped ZnO whiskers under applied pre-orientation voltage	4
Preparation and characterisation of liquid crystal elastomer films with selective reflectivity	4
5CB molecular dynamics on TiO 2 -coated planar aligned ITO electrodes	4
Structural optimisation of lactic acid derivatives to obtain enhanced ferroelectric properties in smectic phases	4
Electrically controllable reflection bandwidth polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals with low operating voltage	4
Deviation from the prediction of the Maier-Saupe theory of mixtures of charged discotic Gay-Berne and Lennard-Jones particles	4
Inversion ring in chromonic twisted hedgehogs: theory and experiment	4
Self-limitation of nonlinear modes in a blue phase fibre subjected to arbitrary anchoring	4
The good, the bad and the ugly faces of cyanobiphenyl mesogens in selected tracks of fundamental and applied liquid crystal research	4
Nematic and twist-bend nematic drops of surfactant-doped CB7CB as colloidal inclusions: topological defects and field effects	4
Separation of liquid crystalline racemic mixtures obtained on the basis of (R,S)-2-hexanol on amylose tris(3-chloro-5-methylphenylcarbamate) covalently immobilised on silica in high-performance liquid	4
A predictive theoretical model for stretch-induced instabilities in liquid crystal elastomers	4
Machine learning studies for liquid crystal texture recognition	4
TiO2 doped polymer dispersed and stabilised liquid crystal smart film with high contrast ratio, low driving voltage and short response time	4
Dynamic geometric phase holography based on in-plane switching liquid crystal	4
Supramolecular hydrogen-bonded thioether-linked liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase	4
Synthesis of achiral rod-shaped triazolic molecules and investigation of their striped texture and propeller-patterned nematic droplets	4
Highly enhanced fluorescence parameters in a dye-doped liquid crystalline compound	4
Synthesis of cholesterol containing unsymmetrical dimers: a new series of liquid crystals	4
Theory of nematic-isotropic phase transitions in solutions of rodlike aggregates	4
The Influence of quantum dots on the optical properties of a room temperature cholesteric liquid crystal	4
Tunable bandpass filter based on epsilon-near-zero metamaterials using liquid crystals	4
Unsymmetrical liquid crystalline dimers containing biphenyl moiety: synthesis, characterisation, mesomorphic study and DFT studies	4
Liquid crystal metasurfaces for versatile electrically tunable diffraction	4
Unknots, knots, links and necklaces made of dislocations in cholesterics	4
A tribute to Helmut Ringsdorf	4
Molecular curvature and the twist-bend liquid crystal phases: the effect of the spacer	4
Influence of the counterion on the structure and stability of the smectic C phase in ionic liquid crystals	4
Thermotropic liquid crystalline medicine: establishment of liquid crystalline properties and the X-ray phase structure analysis of immunosuppressant 2-amino-2-[2-(4-alkylphenyl)ethyl]propane-1,3-diol	4
Liquid crystal polymers with dual properties of fluorescence and selective reflection-design, synthesis and characterisation	3
Effects of polar end group, flexible spacer length and molecular conformation on properties of the liquid crystal dimers	3
Self-interference polarisation pantographer method to fabricate Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements	3
Photoisomerization dynamics of a light-sensitive chiral dopant in a nematic medium	3
Mesomorphic property and gelation ability of rod-shaped compounds having a coumarin skeleton	3
Liquid crystal assisted optical DNA biosensor for the selective detection of bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae	3
Low voltage tunable cholesteric liquid crystal based on electrochemical process	3
Melted grain boundaries in smectic A under imposed bend: role of the anisotropy	3
Remarkable stabilisation of the intercalated smectic phases of nonsymmetric dimers by tert-butyl groups	3
Highly sensitive and transparent flexible temperature sensor based on nematic liquid crystals	3
Colourful cholesteric liquid crystal polymer network gratings prepared through nanoimprinting	3
Novel benzoxazole-based liquid crystals with negative dielectric anisotropy and moderate optical anisotropy	3
Difluoromethoxyl bridged substituted 2-cyano-pyrrole based pure organic luminescent liquid crystals towards white light emitting single-molecule	3
A Festschrift in honour of Professor Lech Longa	3
Numerical simulation of the 2D lid-driven cavity flow of chiral liquid crystals	3
Preparation of chiral liquid crystal polymers with reversible structural colors and fluorescence emission and the application for dynamic anti-counterfeiting	3
Optical characterisation of dyed liquid crystal cells	3
On the isomeric purity of endcap molecules in cholesteric liquid crystal oligomers for near-infrared thermochromic coatings	3
A cinnamate liquid crystal for rapid optical recording	3
Dynamic change of molecular conformation generating a variation of liquid crystalline phases for triphenylene mesogens with peripheral alkoxyazobenzenes	3
Optimization of the properties of nematic matrix suspended with subtle quantities of the nanoparticles for improved alignment and operating voltage	3
Supramolecular ferroelectric nematic materials	3
Fast photo- and electro-optical switching of the polymer- stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal composite prepared by the template method	3
Exploring the electro-optical properties of nematic liquid crystal through incorporation of ZnCuGaS 2 core/shell quantum dots	3
LPUV-assisted vapor deposition polymerization of polyazomethine films for molecular alignment of liquid crystals in TN cell	3
A novel thermochromic bistable display device based on cholesteric liquid crystals and reversible thermochromic materials	3
Tunable THz absorbers based on LC-tuned Yagi-Uda antennas	3
New fluorinated azo/schiff base liquid crystals: synthesis, characterisation, mesomorphic study and DFT calculations	3
In Memory of Horst Stegemeyer	3
Colorful patterns prepared using alicyclic epoxy-based cholesteric liquid crystal inks for decoration	3
The influence of fluorine terminal group and flexible spacers on properties of the liquid crystal dimers	3
The helical twisting power of chiral dopants in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals	3
Rod-shaped cyanoacrylic derivatives with D-π-A architecture: synthesis, thermal, photophysical and theoretical studies	3
High efficiency, lossless, large free-standing photonic bandgap polymer films	3
Homeotropic alignment and delayed fluorescence of thin films of a columnar liquid crystal doped with multiwalled carbon nanotubes	3
Determination of the flexoelectric coefficient in nematic liquid crystals by using fully leaky optical guided mode	3
Main-chain side-chain combined liquid crystalline polymers bearing azobenzene and biphenyl-based mesogens – segregation of the mesogens within two distinct layers	3
Stepwise driving and multi-transparency of polymer dispersion liquid crystals	3
Precision adiabatic scanning calorimetry of a nematic – ferroelectric nematic phase transition	3
Transmittance spectra expression for dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal with large optical activity	3
Characterising nematic liquid crystals using a circular patch resonator	3
Synthesis, characterisation, and effects of molecular structure on phase behaviour of 4-chloro-1,3-diazobenzene bent-core liquid crystals with high photosensitivity	3
Multiple ferroelectric nematic phases of a highly polar liquid crystal compound	3
On the effects of Ericksen and Deborah numbers on the flow in microfluidic capillaries	3
New quaterphenyls laterally substituted by methyl group and their influence on the self-assembling behaviour of ferroelectric bicomponent mixtures	3
Advances in 4-cyanobiphenyl tethered discotic oligomers and supermolecular liquid crystalline materials	3
Asymmetrically anchored liquid crystal cell for display and photonics applications	3
Surface species of nematic mixture E7 in hard confinement: spectroscopic investigations cannot distinguish among the E7 components interacting with the support surface	3
Molecular engineering controlled electric-optical performance of polymer dispersed liquid crystals	3
Continuum theory of a nematic liquid crystal with a nonideal physical surface and the surfacelike elasticity	3
Kerr coefficient and third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficient of isotropic diacrylate mesogens at 632.8 nm wavelength	3
Orientational properties of the HGO system in a slit geometry in two-dimensional and three-dimensional case from Monte-Carlo simulations and Onsager theory revisited	3
Size effect of submicron barium titanate particles on dielectric properties of smectic A liquid crystal 4-nitrophenyl 4‘-decyloxy benzoate	3
Dipole-dipole interactions and the origin of ferroelectric ordering in polar nematics	3
Chiral unsymmetrical bent-shaped dimers exhibiting cholesteric phases: synthesis, characterisation and liquid crystalline properties	3