By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers have successfully achieved the living polymerization of polymers with aligned helical structures. In this process, optically ...

By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers at University of Tsukuba have successfully achieved ...

A research team has discovered that achiral hard banana-shaped particles can spontaneously form exotic structures like skyrmions and blue phase III phases. Skyrmions are tiny vortex-like structures ...

A research team has discovered that achiral hard banana-shaped particles can spontaneously form exotic structures like ...

Published in Journal of Photonics for Energy (JPE), the study involves adding a small concentration of nanoporous microparticles (NMPs) to nematic liquid crystals (LCs), resulting in a thin device ...

The patterned VO 2 layer serves two important purposes: it helps align the liquid crystals in a way that improves their function, and it enhances the window's ability to block IR radiation. The ...