thereby suggesting the possibility of forming a wide variety of liquid-crystalline macrocycles with different aspect ratios and properties. Generating ions from a material and then feeding them ...

One of the most important frontiers in materials chemistry is the architectural control of synthetic materials on the nanometer-scale. Nanometer-scale architecture is primarily responsible for the ...

depending on the specific liquid crystal material used. The properties of LCNPs are governed by both the liquid crystalline nature of the core and the nanoscale dimensions of the particles. Some key ...

Researchers at Duke University have uncovered the molecular inner workings of a material that could underpin next-generation ...

Nature Materials - Meeting their biological counterparts halfway, artificial molecular machines embedded in liquid crystals, crystalline solids and mesoporous materials are poised to meet the ...

Light enters the display, goes through a polarizer, and is twisted by a liquid crystal material. The first successful LCDs used two types of liquid crystals – chiral and nematic. By combining ...

New research combines liquid crystals with metallic metasurfaces in a two-layer design, enabling electrically and thermally switchable displays and security features with superior color control.

Our scientific interests encompass different branches of soft condensed matter and optical physics, including novel laser trapping and imaging techniques, molecular and colloidal self-assembly, ...

By combining the fabricated colored radiation-cooling liquid crystal material with an upper transparent film and a lower ...