Liquid Crystals

Article	Citations
Polymer sustained alignment for vertical aligned liquid crystal devices with a fast response and high contrast	107
Spatially periodic deformations in hybrid aligned flexoelectric nematic layers	68
Voltage-controlled surface plasmon in a flexoelectric nematic liquid crystal cell	61
Synthesis and phase behavior of Y-shaped Schiff base liquid crystal oligomers	54
Preface	49
Effects of ferroelectric nanoparticles on smectic-A to chiral smectic-C* phase transition	42
Taylor & Francis Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine	42
Columnar liquid crystalline phases of surfactant-DNA complexes	30
Pseudo-polar order in the tilted smectic phases of bent-core hockey stick shaped molecules	28
High efficiency, lossless, large free-standing photonic bandgap polymer films	25
Optical sensing of organic vapor using blue phase liquid crystals	23
Dielectric and thermodynamic studies of n-cyano-biphenyl (nCB) liquid crystals at microwave frequency	23
A ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal vitrified at room temperature	21
Optical characterisation of dyed liquid crystal cells	21
Insights into the dynamic symphony: a comprehensive computational exploration of pure and fluorinated 6O.6 liquid crystals with the help of DFT analysis	20
Inclusion of CoFe 2 O 4 ultrafine nanoparticles in 7CB liquid crystal: effects on temperature-dependent magnetic properties and in	19
Size effect of submicron barium titanate particles on dielectric properties of smectic A liquid crystal 4-nitrophenyl 4‘-decyloxy benzoate	19
Influence of different small styryl molecules on electro-optical characteristics of reverse-mode polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal devices	18
Fast-response and high figure of merit phase shifter based on polymer- stabilised liquid crystals	18
Cholesterol based mesogenic Schiff’s base derivatives with carbonate linkage: Synthesis, characterisation and photoluminescence study	18
Electrochromic reverse-mode PDLCs as smart windows	17
Studies of some bio-inspired liquid crystals	17
Numerical simulation of the 2D lid-driven cavity flow of chiral liquid crystals	17
Fluorescent cholesteric liquid crystal polymers with dual properties: design, synthesis and characterisation	17
Modelling dielectric behaviour and anomalous relaxation in chromonic liquid crystals	16

Novel fluorescence liquid crystals based on thiophene-vinylnitrile Schiff-base derivatives	16
Kerr coefficient and third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficient of isotropic diacrylate mesogens at 632.8 nm wavelength	16
Unlocking the potential of 2,1,3-benzoxadiazole-based luminescent liquid crystals	16
Thermoplastic liquid crystal elastomer soft actuators	15
Colorful patterns prepared using alicyclic epoxy-based cholesteric liquid crystal inks for decoration	15
Thermotropic liquid crystal doped with silica, silica grafted with aniline (ANI@SiO2) and polyaniline (PANI@SiO2)	15
Synthesis and mesomorphic characterisation of coumarin-Schiff base and carboxylate molecules	15
Real-time visual humidity response films of interpenetrating polymer network based on cholesteric liquid crystal and poly (acrylic acid)	14
Band-gap-tailoring in Liquid Crystals: Organizing Metal Atoms and Nanoclusters in LC Media	14
Unsymmetrical Coumarin based dimeric liquid crystals: Synthesis, Characterization, Mesomorphic investigation, Photoluminescence and Thermal conductivity	14
Flexible liquid crystal micro-lens arrays for curved integral imaging 2D/3D convertible display	14
Ionic liquid crystal elastomers for actuators, sensors, and organic transistors	13
On the measurement of the bend elastic constant in nematic liquid crystals close to the nematic-to-SmA and the nematic-to-NTBphase transitions	13
A novel multi-stimuli responsive fluorescence liquid crystal material with aggregation-induced emission effect	12
Beam scanning leaky wave antenna based on liquid crystals with gesture-controlled system	12
Effects of polar end group, flexible spacer length and molecular conformation on properties of the liquid crystal dimers	11
Optical sensor for butylamine vapour based on the photonic structure infiltrated by liquid crystal	11
Investigation of the mesogenic behavior of alkoxy and fluorine tail terminated alkoxy nitrobiphenyls for chemoresponsive liquid crystals	11
Tunable spectral manifestation of Tamm plasmon-polaritons in a hybrid structure with 2d black phosphorus in the terahertz range	11
Oxazoline derivatives exhibiting chiral liquid crystalline mesophases	11
Flexible bistable polymer stabilised cholesteric texture light shutter display	11
Synthesis and examination of alkoxycyanobiphenyl mesogens with a single fluorine atom at specific locations in the tail	11
Symmetry arguments and the totalitarian principle in the physics of liquid crystals and other condensed matter systems	11
Balance the trade-offs between high birefringence, large dielectric anisotropy and low viscosity in nematic liquid crystals through molecular splicing strategy	11
Two-dimensional blue phase liquid crystal microlens array with low driving voltage and polarization independence	11
Optical approaches for the simple and sensitive detection of aflatoxin B1 via a liquid crystal aptasensor	11
A liquid crystal leaky-wave antenna with fixed-frequency beam scanning and open-stop-band suppression	11
Preparation of triple-layer polymer dispersed liquid crystal films with progressive driving functionality	10
Preparation and applications of the epoxy resin-based polymer- stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal films with microcracks at the surface	10
The morphology and the electro-optical properties of PDLCs cured in the presence of electric fields	10
Broadband reflective films with temperature response combined with thermochromic materials	10
Modulation of electro-optical properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals by multi-walled carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposite fibres	10
Zero-field bandwidth stable, reflection bandwidth controllable polymer- stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals enabled by dynamic covalent boronic ester bonds	10
Broadband reflective liquid crystal films prepared by doping fluorescent dyes-loaded nanofiber membranes	10
Transmittance spectra expression for dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal with large optical activity	10
Optimisation of stratified anisotropic media for security films	10
Synthesis and properties of biphenyl liquid crystal diluters terminated by 2,2-difluorovinyloxyl for high birefringence liquid crystals	10
Colourful cholesteric liquid crystal polymer network gratings prepared through nanoimprinting	10
Preparation of reverse mode polymer dispersion liquid crystals with vertically oriented layers and the electro-optical properties	10
Novel properties of high-performance multi-component mixture for Vertically Aligned mode LCDs	9
Influence of the molecular structure of calamitic compounds with trifluoromethoxy terminal group on the induction of the smectic a phase. Part I	9
Broadband reflection in polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal film with zinc oxide nanoparticles film thermal diffusion method	9
Manipulated deformation of lipid bilayer vesicles in magnetic fields	9
Synthesis, mesomorphic and magnetic properties at room temperature of biphenyl ester-aromatic imine with terminal alkoxy chains and methoxy substituent	9
Dual-field responsive polymer-dispersed liquid crystal films with polymer spacer columns and fluorescent properties	9
Equilibrium locations of defects in two-dimensional configurations of the NLC director field	9
Effect of internal energy depletion on active nematic texture and dynamics	9
Running streams of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal on a lithium niobate surface	9
1,2,3-Triazole lamellar liquid crystal and its non-covalent palladium complex dimer: structure, mesomorphism and self-assembly properties	9
Continuous modulation of geometric phase via electrically tuning the in-plane orientation of nematic liquid crystal	9

Three-layer polarisation volume grating with enhanced diffraction efficiency and FOV in AR and VR applications	9
Deuterated Liquid Crystals - design and synthesis of deuterium labelled 4,4ʺ-dialkyl-2′,3′-difluoro-[1,1′:4′,1ʺ]terphenyls using batch and continuous flow systems	9
Mesomorphic, magnetic and DFT studies of biphenyl-based molecule with various substituted anilines	9
Structural investigation of the liquid crystalline phases of three homologues from the nOS5 series ( n = 9, 10, 11) by X-ray diffraction	8
The helical twisting power of chiral dopants in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals	8
Fabrication of optical vortex array by fixing standing wave mediated periodic defects in nematic liquid crystals via photopolymerization	8
Enlarging the colour gamut of LCD with YAG-LED by using a liquid crystal based polarisation interference filter	8
The influence of the side-arms structure on the properties of the liquid crystal dimers centred on mandelic acid	8
Stepwise driving and multi-transparency of polymer dispersion liquid crystals	8
Spontaneous polarisation due to flexoelectric effect in liquid crystalline elastomers prepared by cross-linking under splay distortion	8
Cybotactic nematic liquid crystal – an overview	8
Design of 5CB liquid crystal antenna for tunable microwave frequency applications	8
Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of new azo H-shaped liquid crystal compounds	8
Influence of the molecular structure of compounds with terminal isothiocyanate group on the induction of the smectic A phase: Part II	8
Effect of π-conjugation units on the liquid crystal and photovoltaic performance of heterocyclic pyridine-based compounds	8
A cinnamate liquid crystal for rapid optical recording	7
Electrooptics of mm-scale polar domains in the ferroelectric nematic phase	7
Determination of the flexoelectric coefficient in nematic liquid crystals by using fully leaky optical guided mode	7
Skyrmions in blue phases of chiral liquid crystals	7
Mesophase behavior of four ring ester/azomethine/ester liquid crystals in pure and mixed states	7
Liquid crystal textures, neural networks and art	7
Light-controllable chiral dopant based on azo-fragment: synthesis and characterisation	7
Modifying mesomorphic and optical properties of 4-isothiocyanoterphenyls through terminal moiety variation	7
Difluoromethoxyl bridged substituted 2-cyano-pyrrole based pure organic luminescent liquid crystals towards white light emitting single-molecule	7
Selenium-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers: the effects of chalcogen linkage and spacer length on the twist-bend nematic phase	7
Ferroelectric nematic fluids as spontaneous polarization field for enhanced orientational-dependent second-harmonic generation	7
Chirality exists in the isotropic liquid above blue phase III	7
Correction	7
Liquid crystal and photophysical properties of laterally fluorinated azo-ester materials	7
Chirality transfer to harness mesophase transitions in liquid crystal mixtures containing an oxadiazole derivative	6
Correction	6
Molecular engineering controlled electric-optical performance of polymer dispersed liquid crystals	6
New self-organised benzo[b]thiophene-based materials for GHz applications	6
High-quality deformed lying helix in chiral LC on surface with periodic alignment prepared by two-step optical treatment	6
Nematic-isotopic phase separations induced by hydrogen bonding between a rodlike polymer and solvent molecules	6
Synthesis and study the liquid crystalline behaviors of double Schiff bases bearing ester linkage as a central core	6
In Loving Memory of Maria Teresa Cidade	6
Melted grain boundaries in smectic A under imposed bend: role of the anisotropy	6
Enhancement of electro-optical properties and phase transition temperature of thermotropic liquid crystal 5CB by doping with 4-n-pentylbenzoic acid	6
Optimization of the properties of nematic matrix suspended with subtle quantities of the nanoparticles for improved alignment and operating voltage	6
Liquid crystal trimers containing secondary amide groups	6
Mechanism of the effect of gel doping on the electro-optical properties of PDLC	6
Calorimetric and optical investigation of the nematic, splay-nematic, and ferroelectric nematic phases of RM734 liquid crystal	6
A label-free liquid crystal-based immunosensor for the detection of indole-3-acetic acid	6
The 2020 Luckhurst-Samulski Prize	6
Lyotropic isotropic to columnar phase transition in RNA solutions	6
Interplay between bulk and molecular viscosity of a soft glassy nematic gel	6
Investigation of electro-optical and dielectric properties of pure and dispersed nematic liquid-crystal	6
Enhancing morphological, electro-optical and dielectric properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal by doping of disperse Orange 25 dye in LC E7	6
The effects of side-chain flexibility on the photosensitivity of polyimide alignment film	6
Optical activity and linear electrooptic response in the paraelectric subphase of an achiral ferroelectric nematic compound	6
The ferroelectric nematic phase: on the role of lateral alkyloxy chains	6
Accurate numerical calculation method for liquid crystal phase shifter loaded with metallic NaM	6
Asymmetrically anchored liquid crystal cell for display and photonics applications	6
The influence of core fluorination on the phase behaviour of rod-like mesogens	5
Improvement in molecular ordering of ferroelectric liquid crystal by incorporating CuGaS 2 /ZnS core/shell quantum dots	5
Aided- and self-assembly of liquid crystalline nanoparticles in bulk and in solution: computer simulation studies	5
The influence of the benzimidazole-based nematic liquid crystals containing ethynyl and difluoro-substitution on mesomorphic and birefringence properties	5
Cholesterol-based nonsymmetric dimers comprising phenyl 4-(benzoyloxy)benzoate core: the occurrence of frustrated phases	5
Influence of proteins on the dielectric characteristics of 5CB and 8CB liquid crystals	5
A label-free 5CB-based aptasensor for highly selective optical detection of amoxicillin residue in freshwater samples	5
Exploring the electro-optical properties of nematic liquid crystal through incorporation of ZnCuGaS 2 core/shell quantum dots	5
Thermotropic liquid crystalline and fluorescence resonance energy transfer under temperature excitation of imidazolium salt/CdTe quantum dots composites	5
Effects of thiols on electro-optical properties of reverse polymer-stabilised liquid crystal films	5
The role of sub-regional electrostatic spinning nanofiber loaded with WO 3 nanoparticle in modulating electro-optic performance and stepwise display of polymer dispe	5
Helical polymerisation using a polymer network derived from a blue phase as a template for chirality transfer	5
Effect of mesogenic linkages on two novel aromatic series-based liquid crystals: synthesis, theoretical and comparative studies	5
Smectic layers reorientation with stripes and heliconical structure in surface stabilised ferroelectric liquid crystal	5
Characterising nematic liquid crystals using a circular patch resonator	5
Mesomorphic property and gelation ability of rod-shaped compounds having a coumarin skeleton	5
Synthesis of helical branched carbodiimide polymers with liquid crystalline properties	5
Steric effect of di-lateral methyl substituent on the mesophase behavior of four-ring azo/ester/azo homologues	5
Enhancement of the physical parameters due to the dispersion of functionalised gold nanoparticles in a room temperature nematic liquid crystal	5
Synthesis and characterisation of novel aromatic ester swallow-tailed cholesteric liquid crystal polymers	5
Linear and circular dichroisms of cholesteric liquid crystals in a longitudinal external magnetic field	5
Gold nanoparticles doped organic liquid crystalline material for fast charge migration in nano-devices	5
Rheological behaviour and antibacterial activities of MWCNTs/ lyotropic liquid crystals based nanocolloids	4
Rack-gear structures in columnar liquid crystal phases of trialkoxybenzyl pentafluorobenzoates and their influences on intercolumnar interdigitation and macroscopic morphologies	4
Lateral fluoro-substitution driven molecular packing difference in a series of pyridinium-based chiral ionic liquid crystals	4
Ferroelectric nematic phase in the system of perfectly aligned cylindrically symmetric rods	4

Young’s interference experiment using self-aligned liquid crystal optical control devices	4
Systematic development for fast and high-accuracy wavefront corrector based on liquid crystal on silicon device	4
Low driving voltage reverse-mode polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal devices using small phenylacetylene molecule	4
Optical Tamm states in a hybrid structure with a holographic polymer-liquid crystal grating	4
On the effects of Ericksen and Deborah numbers on the flow in microfluidic capillaries	4
Photo-responsive graphene oxide liquid crystal hybrid modified with imidazolium surfactant containing azobenzene	4
Effects of diluents and Ag nanowires on the electrical-optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystal films based on aromatic polyurethane acrylate	4
Multi-field driven thermochromic films and preparation of multi-color patterns	4
The smectogenity as a crucial factor of broadening of the selective light reflection peak in cholesteric photopolymerizable mixtures	4
Chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: a physico-chemical analysis of phase transitions and induced helical twisting	4
Molecular organization and molecular order of two rod-like smectogens in mesophases	4
Mechano-chemical synthesis of liquid crystal materials: an easy method towards fast, simple and almost solvent-free molecular screening	4
Controlling the self-assembly and photophysical properties of biscyanovinyl terphenyl-based hexacatenars by changing the degree of fluorination	4
Triphenylene discotic liquid crystals: biphenyls, synthesis, and the search for nematic systems	4
Distinctive features of pretransitional behaviour between nematic phases as revealed by DDM	4
Nematic liquid crystals in lens shape geometry	4
Aroyloxycinnamates with wide mesophase temperature ranges	4
The effect of doping sulphhydryl-functionalised silica with different diameters on the electro-optical properties of PDLC	4
Optical switching of bent-core liquid crystals with azocinnamoyl units	4
Compact integral imaging 2D/3D compatible display based on liquid crystal micro-lens array	4
Theory of nematic ordering driven by hydrogen bonding between rods and solvent molecules	4
Computational studies of the optical properties of 4-cyano-4-hexyl biphenyl using a combination of DFT and molecular dynamics simulation	4
Tunable THz absorbers based on LC-tuned Yagi-Uda antennas	4
Liquid crystal assisted optical DNA biosensor for the selective detection of bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae	4
Decomposition of topological defects in liquid crystal wells with homeotropic anchoring	4
A long-term stable low-viscous self-organized blue phase liquid crystal superstructure with wide operation temperature range	4
Improving PDLC electro-optical performance using a photomask multi-step polymerisation method	4
Mesophase properties of fluorene-core mesogens and their effects on blue phase liquid crystals	4
Generalization of the Maier-Saupe theory to the ferroelectric nematic phase	3
Synthesis of β-cyclodextrin Functionalized silica nanoparticles and their effects on the dielectric, optical and electro-optic properties of nematic liquid crystal	3
Cholesteric nanostructure biosensors on flexible paper fibres for disease detection through label-free techniques and image analysis	3
Self-assembly and antistatic property of poly(styrene sulfonic acid)-based graphene oxide liquid crystal compounds	3
Gamma-radiation exposure-induced modifications in the thermal, dielectric, and electro-optical properties of two-room temperature antiferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures	3
Deviation from the prediction of the Maier-Saupe theory of mixtures of charged discotic Gay-Berne and Lennard-Jones particles	3
The Influence of quantum dots on the optical properties of a room temperature cholesteric liquid crystal	3
Probing cytoplasmic streaming using liquid crystal droplets	3
From Single to Multi Mode Lasing: The role of materials revealed in optical simulations	3
Planar and Vertical Alignment of Rod-like and Bent-core Liquid Crystals Using Functionalized Indium Tin Oxide Substrates	3
Dielectric and Material Properties of 5CB Nematic Dispersed with Graphene Nanoparticles	3
Synthesis and performance evaluation of fluorinated biphenyl diluters for high birefringence liquid crystals	3
Calibration-free method to study temperature dependence of microwave dielectric properties of nematic liquid crystals	3
Mesophase behaviour of 1,2,3-triazole-based nematic liquid crystals influenced by varying alkyl chains and halogen atom substitution	3
Dielectric response of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phase in thin cells	3
Dielectric reorientation and electrohydrodynamic instabilities in dichroic-dye-doped dual-cell liquid crystal smart window	3
Some heterogeneous structures in liquid crystals made of bent core molecules and their mixtures with rod-like molecules	3
Polymer dispersed liquid crystals doped with CeO2 nanoparticles for the smart window	3
Spider dragline silk fibres maintain rectangular columnar liquid crystalline phase	3
Enhanced broadband reflection properties of PSCLCs films supported by electrospun nanofiber networks loaded with Cs 0.33 WO 3 nano	3
Equilibrium surface force measurements in thin liquid crystal films	3
The formation and stability of single-peak and multi-peak gap nematicons in a periodic potential	3
Preparation and characterisation of liquid crystal elastomer films with selective reflectivity	3
Liquid-crystal-based resonant cavities as a strategy to design low-threshold electrically-tunable lasers	3
Study on the influence of oils on the formation of liquid crystal structure of hydrogenated lecithin system	3
A design approach to obtaining highly polar liquid crystal dimers	3
Tuning and turning of the liquid crystal alignment by photosensitive composites	3
Multiferrocity in ferroelectric liquid crystal by incorporating core/shell CoFe 2 O 4 /ZnO nanocrystals	3
Novel graphene oxide derivatives and its effect in broad-band reflectors	3
Preface	3
Improvement of rewriting time of optically driven liquid crystal display by azo-dye doping	3
Anchoring effects on the propagation of modes in a blue phase cylindrical fibre	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
A series of organosilane liquid crystals and their application for the preparation of structurally colored organic–inorganic hybrid silica films	3
Critical behaviour near the nematic-smectic- C and nematic-smectic- A phase transitions of a binary system: a comparative study from calor	3
Rheo-NMR velocimetry characterisation of PBLG/ m -cresol	3
Designing, generating and reconfiguring disclination interconnects in nematic liquid crystals	3
Odd-even effects in liquid crystals	3
Tunable liquid crystal metamaterial filter with polarization-insensitive characteristic	3
Preface	3
Intensity-dependent optical nonlinearities of composite materials made of ionic liquid crystal glass and bimetallic nanoparticles	3
Cholesteric liquid crystalline polysiloxanes containing furan ring with selective reflection – synthesis and properties	3
Automated flow synthesis of algorithmically designed ferroelectric nematogens	3
Theory of elastic interaction between axially symmetric 3D skyrmions in confined chiral nematic liquid crystals and in skyrmion bags	3
Electrically-controlled generation and switching of arbitrary vector vortex beams on multiple hybrid-order Poincaré spheres based on liquid crystal devices	3
Controlled formation of topological defects of liquid crystals in micro-wells	3
Observation of a frustrated nematic phase in amphiphilic, disc-like complexes of gold(III) containing hydrocarbon and semiperfluorocarbon terminal chains	3
A novel double-layer liquid crystal electro-optic switch and its infrared shielding properties investigation	3
Enhancing the electro-optic response of polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals with ionic dopants	3
Nematic liquid crystalline polymer films for gas separation	3
New alkoxyphenyl azomethine phenyl toluate liquid crystals	3
Rupture of thin nematic walls between isotropic droplets of the same mesogenic material	3
Giant flexoelectric effect with liquid crystal dimer CB7CB between concentric cylinders	3
Luminance and chrominance parameters through image analysis in ferroelectric liquid crystals	3
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	3
Determining dielectric properties of nematic liquid crystals at microwave frequencies using inverted microstrip lines	3
Effect of hydrophobic aerosil dispersions on the Goldstone mode dynamics in ferroelectric liquid crystal near the point of polarisation sign reversal	3
4-(Aroyloxybenzoyloxy)benzonitriles with pronounced homeotropic SmA alignment	3
Optical gain and photo-bleaching of organic dyes, quantum dots, perovskite nanoplatelets and nanodiamonds	3
Increasing the negative dielectric anisotropy of liquid crystals with polar substituents parallel to their long molecular axis through adding terminal 2,2-difluoroethyl group	3
Synthesis and study the mesomorphic behaviour of some new 1,3,4-thiadiazoline derivatives	3
Preparation of a novel ternary photosensitive polyimide for liquid crystal alignment films	3
Comparative studies of DFT and experimental Raman spectra of pure 5O.14 liquid crystalline compound	3
Colorful patterned polyacrylate films prepared using cholesteric liquid-crystalline mixtures with a smectic order	3
Unknots, knots, links and necklaces made of dislocations in cholesterics	3
Spiralling defect cores in chromonic hedgehogs	3
A convenient one-pot synthesis, and characterisation of the ω-bromo-1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4’-yl) alkanes (CBnBr)	3