Liquid Crystals

Article	Citations
Mesomorphic, magnetic and DFT studies of biphenyl-based molecule with various substituted anilines	76
Optical sensor for butylamine vapour based on the photonic structure infiltrated by liquid crystal	64
Preface	53
Taylor & Francis Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine	30
Columnar liquid crystalline phases of surfactant-DNA complexes	28
Tunable spectral manifestation of Tamm plasmon-polaritons in a hybrid structure with 2d black phosphorus in the terahertz range	26
Fluorescent cholesteric liquid crystal polymers containing different naphthalimide groups – preparation and performance	26
Enlarging the colour gamut of LCD with YAG-LED by using a liquid crystal based polarisation interference filter	24
Preparation of triple-layer polymer dispersed liquid crystal films with progressive driving functionality	24
Enhancing morphological, electro-optical and dielectric properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal by doping of disperse Orange 25 dye in LC E7	22
The influence of the side-arms structure on the properties of the liquid crystal dimers centred on mandelic acid	22
Optical approaches for the simple and sensitive detection of aflatoxin B 1 via a liquid crystal aptasensor	19
Novel fluorescence liquid crystals based on thiophene-vinylnitrile Schiff-base derivatives	19
Voltage-controlled surface plasmon in a flexoelectric nematic liquid crystal cell	18
Ferroelectric nematic fluids as spontaneous polarization field for enhanced orientational-dependent second-harmonic generation	18
Equilibrium locations of defects in two-dimensional configurations of the NLC director field	17
Design of 5CB liquid crystal antenna for tunable microwave frequency applications	17
Cybotactic nematic liquid crystal – an overview	17
Cholesterol based mesogenic Schiff’s base derivatives with carbonate linkage: Synthesis, characterisation and photoluminescence study	16
The role of sub-regional electrostatic spinning nanofiber loaded with WO 3 nanoparticle in modulating electro-optic performance and stepwise display of polymer dispe	15
A label-free 5CB-based aptasensor for highly selective optical detection of amoxicillin residue in freshwater samples	14
Optical Tamm states in a hybrid structure with a holographic polymer-liquid crystal grating	14
The influence of core fluorination on the phase behaviour of rod-like mesogens	14
Nematic liquid crystals in lens shape geometry	14
Young’s interference experiment using self-aligned liquid crystal optical control devices	14

Enhancement of the physical parameters due to the dispersion of functionalised gold nanoparticles in a room temperature nematic liquid crystal	14
Luminance and chrominance parameters through image analysis in ferroelectric liquid crystals	14
Generalization of the Maier-Saupe theory to the ferroelectric nematic phase	13
Chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: a physico-chemical analysis of phase transitions and induced helical twisting	13
Colorful patterned polyacrylate films prepared using cholesteric liquid-crystalline mixtures with a smectic order	13
Distinctive features of pretransitional behaviour between nematic phases as revealed by DDM	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
Planar and Vertical Alignment of Rod-like and Bent-core Liquid Crystals Using Functionalized Indium Tin Oxide Substrates	13
Rheological behaviour and antibacterial activities of MWCNTs/ lyotropic liquid crystals based nanocolloids	13
Molecular organization and molecular order of two rod-like smectogens in mesophases	13
Investigation of electro-optical and dielectric properties of pure and dispersed nematic liquid-crystal	12
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	12
Stability of a split-core configuration induced by saddle-splay elasticity in a submicron nematic liquid crystal spherical droplet	12
Effect of hydrophobic aerosil dispersions on the Goldstone mode dynamics in ferroelectric liquid crystal near the point of polarisation sign reversal	12
Inderdigitation, double twist, and topological defects in a system of hard lollipops	12
Influence of the dispersed silver nanoparticles size and concentration on the properties of 6CB nematic	12
Preface	12
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	12
Giant flexoelectric effect with liquid crystal dimer CB7CB between concentric cylinders	12
Phosphorescent Pt(II) complexes of C^N^N type tridentate ligands augmented for liquid crystallinity	11
Anopore confinement in the cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimer CB7CB. A dielectric study	11
Effect of different curing conditions on the electro-optical properties of directional polymerisation monomer based polymer\liquid crystal composites	11
Heat-driven vortical flow in microsized liquid crystal film	11
Magnetorheological liquid-crystalline polymers with magnetic tetrachloroferrate ions based on polyvinyl chloride	11
Luminescent liquid crystals: from supramolecular plant dyes to emissive flavylium salts	11
Effect of dye doping on the thermal and optical properties of cholesteric liquid crystals	10
Enhanced liquid crystal performance through alkoxybenzoic acid doping	10
The effect of different photoluminescent side-chain length on the phase behaviour of chiral liquid crystal polymer	10
Chemical and physical aspects of recent bent-shaped liquid crystals exhibiting chiral and achiral mesophases	10
Tunable optical, electro-optical and dielectric properties of eco-friendly graphene quantum dots-nematic liquid crystal composites	10
High second harmonic generation in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals by doping with optimally oriented chromophores	10
Preparation of a double-layer liquid crystal optical shutter with fluorescent properties and its ultraviolet shielding screening properties	10
A convenient one-pot synthesis, and characterisation of the ω-bromo-1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4’-yl) alkanes (CBnBr)	10
Density functional theory of freezing transition in a binary mixture of spheres and soft-ellipsoids	10
Novel liquid crystalline fluorene and fluorenone MIDA boronates: influence of alkyl vs alkoxy side chains on the mesomorphic properties	10
Synthesis, chiral separation and physical properties of the cinnamic acid derivatives exhibiting short-pitch cholesteric and TGB phases	10
Kinetics of photoinduced phase retardation in azo dye layer	9
Bent-shaped dimers with chiral spacer – unravelling the potential of the naphthyl mesogenic unit	9
Exploring the role of adamantane core in the mesophase formation of trimers	9
Heliconical nematic and smectic phases: the synthesis and characterisation of the CB4O. m and CB8O. m series	9
Electric-field-induced phase transitions and tunable selective reflection in heliconical cholesteric liquid crystals under cylindrical confinement	9
Tunable liquid crystal double-layer frequency selective surface with wide transmission band and small insertion loss	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
Marangoni flow across different phases in cyanobiphenyl liquid crystals under temperature gradient	9
Synthesis, mesomorphic behaviour and luminescence of novel dithienopyrrole-based nematic liquid crystals	9
Improving experimental procedures for assessing electrical properties of advanced liquid crystal materials	8
Investigation on the critical behaviour in the vicinity of the smectic-A to re-entrant nematic-phase transition	8
Effect of alkyloxy substituents on mesomorphic and photophysical properties of star-shaped tristriazolotriazines	8

Colourful and photochromic patterned polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal film prepared using a side-chain cholesteric liquid crystal oligomer	8
Synthesis and phase behaviour of a class of comb-like cholesteric azobenzene liquid crystalline polymers	8
Sub-structures and phase transitions of bi-tilted smectic C G in dimer liquid crystals induced by amide functionalised graphene oxide	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
Azopyridine-based hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals with thioether tail	8
Reaction-induced liquid crystalline polybenzoxazine thermosets containing rosin amine grafts	8
Can even-membered liquid crystal dimers exhibit the twist-bend nematic phase? The preparation and properties of disulphide and thioether linked dimers	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
Effect of SiO 2 -doped nanoparticle/electrostatic spinning system on the electro-optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystals for smart windows	8
Trans-LCPG films with self-assembly support of gel networks	7
Effect of doped SiO 2 microspheres on the high temperature properties of PDLC films	7
Graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide in the anisotropic media of nematic liquid crystals 4’-pentyl-4-cyano-biphenyl	7
A confined rod: mean field theory for hard rod-like particles	7
2,3-per-acylated α and β cyclodextrins as inducers of helical liquid crystalline phases	7
Composite stability and electro-optical properties of carbon nanotubes/5CB-based nematic hybrid liquid crystals	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
Organic electronic applications and charge transport mechanism in novel discotic liquid crystals	7
Experimental measurements of the spatial correlation lengths of the director axis fluctuations of nematic liquid crystals	7
Accurate modelling of the optics of high resolution liquid crystal devices: a reconfigurable liquid crystal grating	7
Multifunctional multifocal lens for simultaneous edge and polarisation imaging	7
Theoretical model for the Frank elastic moduli in the intercalated SmA b phase of bent-shaped dimers	7
A recyclable, interchangeable optical switch with a PDLC-PVA-PSCLC structure and a low-voltage drive system	7
Pattern formation in hybrid cholesteric films with modulated planar surface	7
Obituary	7
Surface alignment of nematic liquid crystals by direct laser writing of photopolymer alignment layers	7
New imidazo[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazole mesogens: synthesis, characterisation and study their optical-thermo behaviors	7
Synthesis and physico-chemical properties of dilateral flouro azo/ester four aromatic ring mesogens and their mixtures of liquid crystals	7
Liquid crystalline behaviour of new dimers containing coumarin and biphenyl moieties and enhancement of their thermal conductivity: liquid crystal-nanoparticles	7
Fertile metastability	7
In memoriam: Robert B. Meyer (1943–2023) professor emeritus of physics at Brandeis University	7
A new generation of ferroelectric liquid crystals with homogeneous and shock-stable orientation	7
Pseudo-polar order in the tilted smectic phases of bent-core hockey stick shaped molecules	6
Biphenyls embedded Schiff base-bis esters: self-assembling behaviour, impact of additional aromatic ring and ester linkage and their DFT investigations	6
Preparation and intrinsic characteristics of cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer films based on polymer-dispersed liquid crystal	6
Skyrmions in blue phases of chiral liquid crystals	6
Electrochromic reverse-mode PDLCs as smart windows	6
High-quality deformed lying helix in chiral LC on surface with periodic alignment prepared by two-step optical treatment	6
Low driving voltage reverse-mode polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal devices using small phenylacetylene molecule	6
Flexible bistable polymer stabilised cholesteric texture light shutter display	6
Corrie Imrie (1963–2025)	6
Thermotropic liquid crystal doped with silica, silica grafted with aniline (ANI@SiO2) and polyaniline (PANI@SiO2)	6
Influence of different small styryl molecules on electro-optical characteristics of reverse-mode polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal devices	6
Ionic liquid crystal elastomers for actuators, sensors, and organic transistors	6
Flexible liquid crystal micro-lens arrays for curved integral imaging 2D/3D convertible display	6
Rupture of thin nematic walls between isotropic droplets of the same mesogenic material	6
Synthesis and characterisation of novel aromatic ester swallow-tailed cholesteric liquid crystal polymers	6
Improvement of rewriting time of optically driven liquid crystal display by azo-dye doping	6
4’-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl - 5CB	6
The morphology and the electro-optical properties of PDLCs cured in the presence of electric fields	6
A liquid crystal leaky-wave antenna with fixed-frequency beam scanning and open-stop-band suppression	6
New multi-fluorinated benzofuran liquid crystals with large dielectric anisotropy and improved solubility	6
Gamma-radiation exposure-induced modifications in the thermal, dielectric, and electro-optical properties of two-room temperature antiferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures	6
Probing cytoplasmic streaming using liquid crystal droplets	6
A ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal vitrified at room temperature	6
Circularly polarised luminescence of cholesteric polymer composite with high concentration of europium complex	5
The influence of the benzimidazole-based nematic liquid crystals containing ethynyl and difluoro-substitution on mesomorphic and birefringence properties	5
Smectic layers reorientation with stripes and heliconical structure in surface stabilised ferroelectric liquid crystal	5
Preface	5
Liquid crystal and emulsifying properties of carboxymethyl glucoside as water-soluble surfactant	5
Supramolecular hydrogen-bonded thioether-linked liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase	5
Effect of polymer concentration on the electro-optical, dielectric and photoluminescence properties of confined ferroelectric liquid crystals composites	5
A predictive theoretical model for stretch-induced instabilities in liquid crystal elastomers	5
Structural optimisation of lactic acid derivatives to obtain enhanced ferroelectric properties in smectic phases	5
Cholesteric liquid crystalline polysiloxanes containing furan ring with selective reflection – synthesis and properties	5
The effect of doping sulphhydryl-functionalised silica with different diameters on the electro-optical properties of PDLC	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
Linear and circular dichroisms of cholesteric liquid crystals in a longitudinal external magnetic field	5
The Influence of quantum dots on the optical properties of a room temperature cholesteric liquid crystal	5
Preparation and characterisation of liquid crystal elastomer films with selective reflectivity	5
Unsymmetrical liquid crystalline dimers containing biphenyl moiety: synthesis, characterisation, mesomorphic study and DFT studies	5
Birth and annihilation of topological defects on the nematic–isotropic interface during droplet coalescence	5
Rod-like liquid crystalline molecules with ring-fixed benzanilides	5
Nematic and twist-bend nematic drops of surfactant-doped CB7CB as colloidal inclusions: topological defects and field effects	5
Multi-field driven thermochromic films and preparation of multi-color patterns	5
Mesophase behaviour of 1,2,3-triazole-based nematic liquid crystals influenced by varying alkyl chains and halogen atom substitution	5
Triphenylene discotic liquid crystals: biphenyls, synthesis, and the search for nematic systems	5
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	5

Deviation from the prediction of the Maier-Saupe theory of mixtures of charged discotic Gay-Berne and Lennard-Jones particles	5
Unknots, knots, links and necklaces made of dislocations in cholesterics	5
Polymer dispersed liquid crystals devices: role of photopolymerisation to control defect orientation, optical and electro-optical properties	5
Study on the influence of oils on the formation of liquid crystal structure of hydrogenated lecithin system	5
Reconfigurable holographic antenna for wide angle scanning with complementary resonance units based on liquid crystals	4
Dynamically color-changing polymer-dispersed liquid crystals containing ionic liquid for smart window applications	4
Liquid crystal polymers with dual properties of fluorescence and selective reflection-design, synthesis and characterisation	4
The good, the bad and the ugly faces of cyanobiphenyl mesogens in selected tracks of fundamental and applied liquid crystal research	4
The regulation of electro-optical properties of the polymer dispersed liquid crystal films doped ZnO whiskers under applied pre-orientation voltage	4
A splay-twist nematic phase of bent-shaped mesogens	4
Homeotropic alignment and delayed fluorescence of thin films of a columnar liquid crystal doped with multiwalled carbon nanotubes	4
Dynamic geometric phase holography based on in-plane switching liquid crystal	4
5CB molecular dynamics on TiO 2 -coated planar aligned ITO electrodes	4
Molecular curvature and the twist-bend liquid crystal phases: the effect of the spacer	4
Mesomorphic behaviour and photoluminescence study of novel homologous series of Schiff’s base derived from cholesteryl carbonate and thiadiazole moiety	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
Synthesis of achiral rod-shaped triazolic molecules and investigation of their striped texture and propeller-patterned nematic droplets	4
Tunable bandpass filter based on epsilon-near-zero metamaterials using liquid crystals	4
Comparative studies of DFT and experimental Raman spectra of pure 5O.14 liquid crystalline compound	4
Study on the application and performance of liquid crystal emulsion system in sunscreen products	4
The ferroelectric nematic phase: an optimum liquid crystal candidate for nonlinear optics	4
Inversion ring in chromonic twisted hedgehogs: theory and experiment	4
Influence of the counterion on the structure and stability of the smectic C phase in ionic liquid crystals	4
Theory of nematic-isotropic phase transitions in solutions of rodlike aggregates	4
A hybrid ionic liquid crystal comprising imidazolium surfactant-graphene oxide	4
Main-chain side-chain combined liquid crystalline polymers bearing azobenzene and biphenyl-based mesogens – segregation of the mesogens within two distinct layers	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
Fully logical NOT operation of self-aligned liquid crystal optical control devices with two-slit Young’s interference experiment	4
Machine learning studies for liquid crystal texture recognition	4
Highly enhanced fluorescence parameters in a dye-doped liquid crystalline compound	4
Self-limitation of nonlinear modes in a blue phase fibre subjected to arbitrary anchoring	4
Chiral nitroxide radical with terminal trifluoromethoxy group	4
TiO2 doped polymer dispersed and stabilised liquid crystal smart film with high contrast ratio, low driving voltage and short response time	4
Synthesis of cholesterol containing unsymmetrical dimers: a new series of liquid crystals	4
On the isomeric purity of endcap molecules in cholesteric liquid crystal oligomers for near-infrared thermochromic coatings	4
Precision adiabatic scanning calorimetry of a nematic – ferroelectric nematic phase transition	4
Effects of quantum dots on the properties of ferroelectric liquid crystal	4
Dipole-dipole interactions and the origin of ferroelectric ordering in polar nematics	4
Synthesis and properties of chiral liquid crystal compounds containing cinnamic acid groups	4
Electrically controllable reflection bandwidth polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals with low operating voltage	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
Liquid crystal metasurfaces for versatile electrically tunable diffraction	4
Chiral fluorescent liquid crystal polymers containing 4-bromo-1,8-naphthalimide – synthesis and properties	4
“Liquid crystalline compounds containing lateral thiol group: synthesis, characterisation, its mesomorphic properties and DFT studies”	3
Theoretical models for the nematic twist-bend phase and the Landau de Gennes theory of Longa and Tomczyk	3
Cylindrical liquid crystal micro-lens array based on interdigital electrodes	3
Characterising nematic liquid crystals using a circular patch resonator	3
A Festschrift in honour of Professor Lech Longa	3
Chiral unsymmetrical bent-shaped dimers exhibiting cholesteric phases: synthesis, characterisation and liquid crystalline properties	3
Phase diagram, dielectric and electro optic properties of binary liquid crystals mixtures	3
Tunable THz absorbers based on LC-tuned Yagi-Uda antennas	3
Dynamic change of molecular conformation generating a variation of liquid crystalline phases for triphenylene mesogens with peripheral alkoxyazobenzenes	3
On the effects of Ericksen and Deborah numbers on the flow in microfluidic capillaries	3
Kerr coefficient and third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficient of isotropic diacrylate mesogens at 632.8 nm wavelength	3
LPUV-assisted vapor deposition polymerization of polyazomethine films for molecular alignment of liquid crystals in TN cell	3
Influence of the length of end-group double bond substituents on the temperature change of phase transition in liquid crystals	3
A free discontinuity model for smectic thin films	3
Liquid crystal assisted optical DNA biosensor for the selective detection of bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae	3
Cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: on the role played by the length and parity of the spacer	3
Twist-grain boundary phase characterized by AFM technique	3
A tribute to Helmut Ringsdorf	3
Odd-even effects in liquid crystals	3
Continuum theory of a nematic liquid crystal with a nonideal physical surface and the surfacelike elasticity	3
Molecular engineering controlled electric-optical performance of polymer dispersed liquid crystals	3
Low voltage tunable cholesteric liquid crystal based on electrochemical process	3
High efficiency, lossless, large free-standing photonic bandgap polymer films	3
Surface species of nematic mixture E7 in hard confinement: spectroscopic investigations cannot distinguish among the E7 components interacting with the support surface	3
Melted grain boundaries in smectic A under imposed bend: role of the anisotropy	3
Novel benzoxazole-based liquid crystals with negative dielectric anisotropy and moderate optical anisotropy	3
Mesomorphic property and gelation ability of rod-shaped compounds having a coumarin skeleton	3
Numerical simulation of the 2D lid-driven cavity flow of chiral liquid crystals	3
Asymmetrically anchored liquid crystal cell for display and photonics applications	3
Influence of the molecular structure of compounds differing with terminal polar group on the induction of the smectic A phase. Part III	3
Nano-doped PDLC combined with photochromic material for bifunctional optical control films	3
The regulation of electro-optical properties and polymer morphology of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal films with silicon nanostructure	3
Detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody for the diagnosis of past-COVID-19 infection cases using a liquid-crystal-based immunosensor	3
Optimization of the properties of nematic matrix suspended with subtle quantities of the nanoparticles for improved alignment and operating voltage	3
Size effect of submicron barium titanate particles on dielectric properties of smectic A liquid crystal 4-nitrophenyl 4‘-decyloxy benzoate	3
Fluorescent chiral nematogens derived from naturally occurring moieties	3
An anti-counterfeit technique using elastic and optical properties of liquid crystals	3
Multiple ferroelectric nematic phases of a highly polar liquid crystal compound	3
The helical twisting power of chiral dopants in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals	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
Stepwise driving and multi-transparency of polymer dispersion liquid crystals	3
Rod-shaped cyanoacrylic derivatives with D-π-A architecture: synthesis, thermal, photophysical and theoretical studies	3
Optical characterisation of dyed liquid crystal cells	3
A cinnamate liquid crystal for rapid optical recording	3
Gold nanoparticles doped organic liquid crystalline material for fast charge migration in nano-devices	3
Optical gain and photo-bleaching of organic dyes, quantum dots, perovskite nanoplatelets and nanodiamonds	3
Exploring the electro-optical properties of nematic liquid crystal through incorporation of ZnCuGaS 2 core/shell quantum dots	3
Synchronised flexoelectric instability in an LC cell with periodic planar-homeotropic alignment	3
Spider dragline silk fibres maintain rectangular columnar liquid crystalline phase	3
The influence of cholesteric helical ordering on the dynamics of liquid crystal microdroplet coalescence	3
Cholesteric liquid crystal films with adjustable wavelength band and reflectance by using wash-out/refill technique and light-responsive compounds	3