Liquid Crystals

Article	Citations
Optical approaches for the simple and sensitive detection of aflatoxin B1 via a liquid crystal aptasensor	99
Synthesis and phase behavior of Y-shaped Schiff base liquid crystal oligomers	60
Polymer sustained alignment for vertical aligned liquid crystal devices with a fast response and high contrast	51
Spatially periodic deformations in hybrid aligned flexoelectric nematic layers	49
Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of new azo H-shaped liquid crystal compounds	49
Kerr coefficient and third-order nonlinear optical absorption coefficient of isotropic diacrylate mesogens at 632.8 nm wavelength	39
A liquid crystal leaky-wave antenna with fixed-frequency beam scanning and open-stop-band suppression	34
Preface	29
Taylor & Francis Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine	27
Effects of ferroelectric nanoparticles on smectic-A to chiral smectic-C* phase transition	24
Thermoplastic liquid crystal elastomer soft actuators	22
Continuous modulation of geometric phase via electrically tuning the in-plane orientation of nematic liquid crystal	21
Columnar liquid crystalline phases of surfactant-DNA complexes	21
Pseudo-polar order in the tilted smectic phases of bent-core hockey stick shaped molecules	20
Investigation of the mesogenic behavior of alkoxy and fluorine tail terminated alkoxy nitrobiphenyls for chemoresponsive liquid crystals	20
Colourful cholesteric liquid crystal polymer network gratings prepared through nanoimprinting	19
Effects of polar end group, flexible spacer length and molecular conformation on properties of the liquid crystal dimers	19
Dielectric and thermodynamic studies of n-cyano-biphenyl (nCB) liquid crystals at microwave frequency	18
Preparation and applications of the epoxy resin-based polymer- stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal films with microcracks at the surface	18
Optical sensing of organic vapor using blue phase liquid crystals	18
High efficiency, lossless, large free-standing photonic bandgap polymer films	18
Optical characterisation of dyed liquid crystal cells	17
Transmittance spectra expression for dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystal with large optical activity	17
Modulation of electro-optical properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals by multi-walled carbon nanotube/polymer nanocomposite fibres	17
A ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal vitrified at room temperature	17

Spontaneous polarisation due to flexoelectric effect in liquid crystalline elastomers prepared by cross-linking under splay distortion	17
Novel properties of high-performance multi-component mixture for Vertically Aligned mode LCDs	16
Inclusion of CoFe 2 O 4 ultrafine nanoparticles in 7CB liquid crystal: effects on temperature-dependent magnetic properties and in	16
Insights into the dynamic symphony: a comprehensive computational exploration of pure and fluorinated 6O.6 liquid crystals with the help of DFT analysis	16
Broadband reflective liquid crystal films prepared by doping fluorescent dyes-loaded nanofiber membranes	15
Size effect of submicron barium titanate particles on dielectric properties of smectic A liquid crystal 4-nitrophenyl 4‘-decyloxy benzoate	14
Liquid crystal textures, neural networks and art	14
Cholesterol based mesogenic Schiff’s base derivatives with carbonate linkage: Synthesis, characterisation and photoluminescence study	13
Preparation of triple-layer polymer dispersed liquid crystal films with progressive driving functionality	13
Fast-response and high figure of merit phase shifter based on polymer- stabilised liquid crystals	13
Influence of different small styryl molecules on electro-optical characteristics of reverse-mode polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal devices	13
Manipulated deformation of lipid bilayer vesicles in magnetic fields	12
Studies of some bio-inspired liquid crystals	12
Effect of internal energy depletion on active nematic texture and dynamics	12
Fluorescent cholesteric liquid crystal polymers with dual properties: design, synthesis and characterisation	11
Balance the trade-offs between high birefringence, large dielectric anisotropy and low viscosity in nematic liquid crystals through molecular splicing strategy	11
Dual-field responsive polymer-dispersed liquid crystal films with polymer spacer columns and fluorescent properties	11
Optimisation of stratified anisotropic media for security films	11
Zero-field bandwidth stable, reflection bandwidth controllable polymer- stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals enabled by dynamic covalent boronic ester bonds	11
Numerical simulation of the 2D lid-driven cavity flow of chiral liquid crystals	10
Fabrication of optical vortex array by fixing standing wave mediated periodic defects in nematic liquid crystals via photopolymerization	10
Tunable spectral manifestation of Tamm plasmon-polaritons in a hybrid structure with 2d black phosphorus in the terahertz range	10
Beam scanning leaky wave antenna based on liquid crystals with gesture-controlled system	10
Electrooptics of mm-scale polar domains in the ferroelectric nematic phase	10
Stepwise driving and multi-transparency of polymer dispersion liquid crystals	10
The morphology and the electro-optical properties of PDLCs cured in the presence of electric fields	10
Effect of π-conjugation units on the liquid crystal and photovoltaic performance of heterocyclic pyridine-based compounds	10
Light-controllable chiral dopant based on azo-fragment: synthesis and characterisation	10
Symmetry arguments and the totalitarian principle in the physics of liquid crystals and other condensed matter systems	10
Optical sensor for butylamine vapour based on the photonic structure infiltrated by liquid crystal	10
The helical twisting power of chiral dopants in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals	10
Enlarging the colour gamut of LCD with YAG-LED by using a liquid crystal based polarisation interference filter	10
Two-dimensional blue phase liquid crystal microlens array with low driving voltage and polarization independence	9
Flexible liquid crystal micro-lens arrays for curved integral imaging 2D/3D convertible display	9
Broadband reflection in polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal film with zinc oxide nanoparticles film thermal diffusion method	9
Liquid crystal and photophysical properties of laterally fluorinated azo-ester materials	9
Real-time visual humidity response films of interpenetrating polymer network based on cholesteric liquid crystal and poly (acrylic acid)	9
Thermotropic liquid crystal doped with silica, silica grafted with aniline (ANI@SiO2) and polyaniline (PANI@SiO2)	9
Synthesis, mesomorphic and magnetic properties at room temperature of biphenyl ester-aromatic imine with terminal alkoxy chains and methoxy substituent	9
On the measurement of the bend elastic constant in nematic liquid crystals close to the nematic-to-SmA and the nematic-to-NTBphase transitions	9
Influence of the molecular structure of compounds with terminal isothiocyanate group on the induction of the smectic A phase: Part II	9
Oxazoline derivatives exhibiting chiral liquid crystalline mesophases	9
Band-gap-tailoring in Liquid Crystals: Organizing Metal Atoms and Nanoclusters in LC Media	9
Unsymmetrical Coumarin based dimeric liquid crystals: Synthesis, Characterization, Mesomorphic investigation, Photoluminescence and Thermal conductivity	9
Modelling dielectric behaviour and anomalous relaxation in chromonic liquid crystals	9
1,2,3-Triazole lamellar liquid crystal and its non-covalent palladium complex dimer: structure, mesomorphism and self-assembly properties	9
Skyrmions in blue phases of chiral liquid crystals	8
Equilibrium locations of defects in two-dimensional configurations of the NLC director field	8
Ferroelectric nematic fluids as spontaneous polarization field for enhanced orientational-dependent second-harmonic generation	8
Mesomorphic, magnetic and DFT studies of biphenyl-based molecule with various substituted anilines	8

Synthesis and examination of alkoxycyanobiphenyl mesogens with a single fluorine atom at specific locations in the tail	8
Difluoromethoxyl bridged substituted 2-cyano-pyrrole based pure organic luminescent liquid crystals towards white light emitting single-molecule	8
Selenium-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers: the effects of chalcogen linkage and spacer length on the twist-bend nematic phase	8
Running streams of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal on a lithium niobate surface	8
Three-layer polarisation volume grating with enhanced diffraction efficiency and FOV in AR and VR applications	8
Preparation of reverse mode polymer dispersion liquid crystals with vertically oriented layers and the electro-optical properties	8
Structural investigation of the liquid crystalline phases of three homologues from the nOS5 series ( n = 9, 10, 11) by X-ray diffraction	8
Unlocking the potential of 2,1,3-benzoxadiazole-based luminescent liquid crystals	8
Liquid crystal trimers containing secondary amide groups	8
Influence of the molecular structure of calamitic compounds with trifluoromethoxy terminal group on the induction of the smectic a phase. Part I	8
Broadband reflective films with temperature response combined with thermochromic materials	8
Design of 5CB liquid crystal antenna for tunable microwave frequency applications	8
A novel multi-stimuli responsive fluorescence liquid crystal material with aggregation-induced emission effect	8
Novel fluorescence liquid crystals based on thiophene-vinylnitrile Schiff-base derivatives	7
Enhancing morphological, electro-optical and dielectric properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal by doping of disperse Orange 25 dye in LC E7	7
Synthesis and properties of biphenyl liquid crystal diluters terminated by 2,2-difluorovinyloxyl for high birefringence liquid crystals	7
A cinnamate liquid crystal for rapid optical recording	7
Optimization of the properties of nematic matrix suspended with subtle quantities of the nanoparticles for improved alignment and operating voltage	7
Colorful patterns prepared using alicyclic epoxy-based cholesteric liquid crystal inks for decoration	7
Synthesis and mesomorphic characterisation of coumarin-Schiff base and carboxylate molecules	7
The influence of the side-arms structure on the properties of the liquid crystal dimers centred on mandelic acid	7
Mesophase behavior of four ring ester/azomethine/ester liquid crystals in pure and mixed states	7
Flexible bistable polymer stabilised cholesteric texture light shutter display	7
Electrochromic reverse-mode PDLCs as smart windows	7
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	7
Chirality exists in the isotropic liquid above blue phase III	7
Ionic liquid crystal elastomers for actuators, sensors, and organic transistors	7
Cybotactic nematic liquid crystal – an overview	7
Modifying mesomorphic and optical properties of 4-isothiocyanoterphenyls through terminal moiety variation	7
Determination of the flexoelectric coefficient in nematic liquid crystals by using fully leaky optical guided mode	7
Correction	7
Tunable liquid crystal metamaterial filter with polarization-insensitive characteristic	6
The 2020 Luckhurst-Samulski Prize	6
Aroyloxycinnamates with wide mesophase temperature ranges	6
Electrically-controlled generation and switching of arbitrary vector vortex beams on multiple hybrid-order Poincaré spheres based on liquid crystal devices	6
Improving PDLC electro-optical performance using a photomask multi-step polymerisation method	6
The smectogenity as a crucial factor of broadening of the selective light reflection peak in cholesteric photopolymerizable mixtures	6
Colorful patterned polyacrylate films prepared using cholesteric liquid-crystalline mixtures with a smectic order	6
Asymmetrically anchored liquid crystal cell for display and photonics applications	6
Effect of mesogenic linkages on two novel aromatic series-based liquid crystals: synthesis, theoretical and comparative studies	6
Gold nanoparticles doped organic liquid crystalline material for fast charge migration in nano-devices	6
Synthesis of helical branched carbodiimide polymers with liquid crystalline properties	6
Broadband reflection cholesteric liquid crystal film fabricated by near-infrared photothermal response technology	6
Gamma-radiation exposure-induced modifications in the thermal, dielectric, and electro-optical properties of two-room temperature antiferroelectric liquid crystal mixtures	6
Enhancement of electro-optical properties and phase transition temperature of thermotropic liquid crystal 5CB by doping with 4-n-pentylbenzoic acid	6
Decomposition of topological defects in liquid crystal wells with homeotropic anchoring	6
Optical switching of bent-core liquid crystals with azocinnamoyl units	6
Polymer dispersed liquid crystals doped with CeO2 nanoparticles for the smart window	6
Lyotropic isotropic to columnar phase transition in RNA solutions	6
The role of sub-regional electrostatic spinning nanofiber loaded with WO 3 nanoparticle in modulating electro-optic performance and stepwise display of polymer dispe	6
Synthesis and performance evaluation of fluorinated biphenyl diluters for high birefringence liquid crystals	6
Chirality transfer to harness mesophase transitions in liquid crystal mixtures containing an oxadiazole derivative	6
Novel graphene oxide derivatives and its effect in broad-band reflectors	6
Systematic development for fast and high-accuracy wavefront corrector based on liquid crystal on silicon device	6
Compact integral imaging 2D/3D compatible display based on liquid crystal micro-lens array	6
Preparation of a novel ternary photosensitive polyimide for liquid crystal alignment films	6
Interplay between bulk and molecular viscosity of a soft glassy nematic gel	5
Tuning the colour of glassy cholesteric liquid crystals using copolymerization of two left-handed menthyl- and cholesteryl-based mesogenic monomers	5
Optical activity and linear electrooptic response in the paraelectric subphase of an achiral ferroelectric nematic compound	5
Synthesis and study the liquid crystalline behaviors of double Schiff bases bearing ester linkage as a central core	5
Synthesis and characterisation of novel aromatic ester swallow-tailed cholesteric liquid crystal polymers	5
Optical Tamm states in a hybrid structure with a holographic polymer-liquid crystal grating	5
Luminance and chrominance parameters through image analysis in ferroelectric liquid crystals	5
A label-free liquid crystal-based immunosensor for the detection of indole-3-acetic acid	5
Linear and circular dichroisms of cholesteric liquid crystals in a longitudinal external magnetic field	5
Liquid crystal assisted optical DNA biosensor for the selective detection of bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae	5
In Loving Memory of Maria Teresa Cidade	5
Lateral fluoro-substitution driven molecular packing difference in a series of pyridinium-based chiral ionic liquid crystals	5
Enhanced broadband reflection properties of PSCLCs films supported by electrospun nanofiber networks loaded with Cs 0.33 WO 3 nano	5
On the effects of Ericksen and Deborah numbers on the flow in microfluidic capillaries	5
Mesophase properties of fluorene-core mesogens and their effects on blue phase liquid crystals	5
Mechano-chemical synthesis of liquid crystal materials: an easy method towards fast, simple and almost solvent-free molecular screening	5
Determining dielectric properties of nematic liquid crystals at microwave frequencies using inverted microstrip lines	5
Rupture of thin nematic walls between isotropic droplets of the same mesogenic material	5
Nematic liquid crystals in lens shape geometry	5
Increasing the negative dielectric anisotropy of liquid crystals with polar substituents parallel to their long molecular axis through adding terminal 2,2-difluoroethyl group	5
Low-temperature properties of nematic liquid crystal materials for display	5
Nematic-isotopic phase separations induced by hydrogen bonding between a rodlike polymer and solvent molecules	5
A long-term stable low-viscous self-organized blue phase liquid crystal superstructure with wide operation temperature range	5
Improvement in molecular ordering of ferroelectric liquid crystal by incorporating CuGaS 2 /ZnS core/shell quantum dots	4

Photo-responsive graphene oxide liquid crystal hybrid modified with imidazolium surfactant containing azobenzene	4
4-(Aroyloxybenzoyloxy)benzonitriles with pronounced homeotropic SmA alignment	4
Enhancement of thermal, dielectric and electro-optical properties of fluoro hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals	4
Observation of a frustrated nematic phase in amphiphilic, disc-like complexes of gold(III) containing hydrocarbon and semiperfluorocarbon terminal chains	4
Effects of thiols on electro-optical properties of reverse polymer-stabilised liquid crystal films	4
Multi-field driven thermochromic films and preparation of multi-color patterns	4
Intensity-dependent optical nonlinearities of composite materials made of ionic liquid crystal glass and bimetallic nanoparticles	4
Young’s interference experiment using self-aligned liquid crystal optical control devices	4
Effect of nematic liquid crystal on light extraction in perovskite light-emitting diodes	4
Fringe-field-induced out-of-plane reorientation in vertically aligned nematic spatial light modulators and its effect on light diffraction	4
Planar and Vertical Alignment of Rod-like and Bent-core Liquid Crystals Using Functionalized Indium Tin Oxide Substrates	4
Tunable THz absorbers based on LC-tuned Yagi-Uda antennas	4
Characterising nematic liquid crystals using a circular patch resonator	4
Liquid-crystal-based resonant cavities as a strategy to design low-threshold electrically-tunable lasers	4
Synthesis and microwave dielectric properties of polyphenylene liquid crystal compounds with lateral substitution by methyl and fluorine	4
Aided- and self-assembly of liquid crystalline nanoparticles in bulk and in solution: computer simulation studies	4
Low driving voltage reverse-mode polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal devices using small phenylacetylene molecule	4
Rack-gear structures in columnar liquid crystal phases of trialkoxybenzyl pentafluorobenzoates and their influences on intercolumnar interdigitation and macroscopic morphologies	4
Enhancement of the physical parameters due to the dispersion of functionalised gold nanoparticles in a room temperature nematic liquid crystal	4
Critical behaviour near the nematic-smectic- C and nematic-smectic- A phase transitions of a binary system: a comparative study from calor	4
Exploring the electro-optical properties of nematic liquid crystal through incorporation of ZnCuGaS 2 core/shell quantum dots	4
Cholesterol-based nonsymmetric dimers comprising phenyl 4-(benzoyloxy)benzoate core: the occurrence of frustrated phases	4
Mesomorphic property and gelation ability of rod-shaped compounds having a coumarin skeleton	4
Chiral ferronematic liquid crystals: a physico-chemical analysis of phase transitions and induced helical twisting	4
Helical polymerisation using a polymer network derived from a blue phase as a template for chirality transfer	4
Thermotropic liquid crystalline and fluorescence resonance energy transfer under temperature excitation of imidazolium salt/CdTe quantum dots composites	3
The effect of doping sulphhydryl-functionalised silica with different diameters on the electro-optical properties of PDLC	3
Accurate numerical calculation method for liquid crystal phase shifter loaded with metallic NaM	3
The effects of side-chain flexibility on the photosensitivity of polyimide alignment film	3
Effects of diluents and Ag nanowires on the electrical-optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystal films based on aromatic polyurethane acrylate	3
Mechanism of the effect of gel doping on the electro-optical properties of PDLC	3
Rheological behaviour and antibacterial activities of MWCNTs/ lyotropic liquid crystals based nanocolloids	3
Molecular organization and molecular order of two rod-like smectogens in mesophases	3
Ferroelectric nematic phase in the system of perfectly aligned cylindrically symmetric rods	3
Optical gain and photo-bleaching of organic dyes, quantum dots, perovskite nanoplatelets and nanodiamonds	3
Automated flow synthesis of algorithmically designed ferroelectric nematogens	3
Role of Fluorescent Material on Electro-optical Performance of PDLC Devices	3
Nematic liquid crystalline polymer films for gas separation	3
Theory of nematic ordering driven by hydrogen bonding between rods and solvent molecules	3
Self-assembly and antistatic property of poly(styrene sulfonic acid)-based graphene oxide liquid crystal compounds	3
Improvement of rewriting time of optically driven liquid crystal display by azo-dye doping	3
Theory of elastic interaction between axially symmetric 3D skyrmions in confined chiral nematic liquid crystals and in skyrmion bags	3
Melted grain boundaries in smectic A under imposed bend: role of the anisotropy	3
Smectic layers reorientation with stripes and heliconical structure in surface stabilised ferroelectric liquid crystal	3
Dielectric response of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phase in thin cells	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
Molecular engineering controlled electric-optical performance of polymer dispersed liquid crystals	3
High-quality deformed lying helix in chiral LC on surface with periodic alignment prepared by two-step optical treatment	3
Correction	3
Mesophase behaviour of 1,2,3-triazole-based nematic liquid crystals influenced by varying alkyl chains and halogen atom substitution	3
Controlling the self-assembly and photophysical properties of biscyanovinyl terphenyl-based hexacatenars by changing the degree of fluorination	3
Odd-even effects in liquid crystals	3
Spiralling defect cores in chromonic hedgehogs	3
Novel chiral multi-arm liquid crystal polymers containing azobenzene mesogens and cholic acid	3
Alkoxycarbonylphenyl 4-alkoxycinnamate liquid crystals with antiparallel packing	3
New self-organised benzo[b]thiophene-based materials for GHz applications	3
A series of organosilane liquid crystals and their application for the preparation of structurally colored organic–inorganic hybrid silica films	3
Triphenylene discotic liquid crystals: biphenyls, synthesis, and the search for nematic systems	3
Steric effect of di-lateral methyl substituent on the mesophase behavior of four-ring azo/ester/azo homologues	3
Enhancing the electro-optic response of polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals with ionic dopants	3
Influence of proteins on the dielectric characteristics of 5CB and 8CB liquid crystals	3
Distinctive features of pretransitional behaviour between nematic phases as revealed by DDM	3
The influence of core fluorination on the phase behaviour of rod-like mesogens	3
The ferroelectric nematic phase: on the role of lateral alkyloxy chains	3
Generalization of the Maier-Saupe theory to the ferroelectric nematic phase	3
Investigation of electro-optical and dielectric properties of pure and dispersed nematic liquid-crystal	3
The formation and stability of single-peak and multi-peak gap nematicons in a periodic potential	3
Computational studies of the optical properties of 4-cyano-4-hexyl biphenyl using a combination of DFT and molecular dynamics simulation	3
The influence of the benzimidazole-based nematic liquid crystals containing ethynyl and difluoro-substitution on mesomorphic and birefringence properties	3
Cholesteric nanostructure biosensors on flexible paper fibres for disease detection through label-free techniques and image analysis	3
Designing, generating and reconfiguring disclination interconnects in nematic liquid crystals	3
Nano-doped PDLC combined with photochromic material for bifunctional optical control films	3
Dual-panel liquid crystal displays with wide colour gamut and high luminance	3
Probing cytoplasmic streaming using liquid crystal droplets	3
Multiple pathways to stabilize/induce an ordered phase in a system exhibiting a reentrant sequence	3
A label-free 5CB-based aptasensor for highly selective optical detection of amoxicillin residue in freshwater samples	3
Broadband reflection and infrared shielding characterisation of cholesteric liquid crystals doped with UV–absorbing layer	3
A design approach to obtaining highly polar liquid crystal dimers	3
A facile synthesis of a room-temperature chiral discotic nematic liquid crystal based on pentaalkynylbenzene core	2
Preparation and characterisation of liquid crystal elastomer films with selective reflectivity	2
Deviation from the prediction of the Maier-Saupe theory of mixtures of charged discotic Gay-Berne and Lennard-Jones particles	2
Luminescent liquid crystals: from supramolecular plant dyes to emissive flavylium salts	2
Synchronised flexoelectric instability in an LC cell with periodic planar-homeotropic alignment	2
Fast-response liquid crystal display device with trapezoidal pixel electrodes	2
Twist-grain boundary phase characterized by AFM technique	2
Detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody for the diagnosis of past-COVID-19 infection cases using a liquid-crystal-based immunosensor	2
Electro-optical properties of a liquid crystalline colloidal solution of rod shaped V2O5 nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes in an alternating current electric field	2
A novel phthalocyanine based discotic liquid crystal for efficient corrosion inhibition of mild steel	2
Multi-stable cholesteric liquid crystal windows with four optical states	2
Dielectric and Material Properties of 5CB Nematic Dispersed with Graphene Nanoparticles	2
Experimental and computational simulations of nematogenic liquid crystals based on cinnamic acid in pure and mixed state	2
Chemical and physical aspects of recent bent-shaped liquid crystals exhibiting chiral and achiral mesophases	2
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	2
Ideal mixing of paraelectric and ferroelectric nematic phases in liquid crystals of distinct molecular species	2
Gelled lyotropic nematic liquid crystals	2