Recent Advances in Liquid Crystals
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Carbon Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 359
Special Issue Editor
Interests: soft matter; liquid crystals; organic synthesis; materials chemistry; nanomaterials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Liquid crystals (LC) combine the flow properties of a liquid with the orientational and/or positional ordering of the solid state. The discovery of liquid crystals in the late 19th century generated immense scientific interest, eventually leading to the development of liquid crystal displays (LCD) in the second half of the 20th century. LCD technology enabled low-power, high information density displays to become a reality and helped to change the way we access and consume information and media.
In the 21st century, the interest in liquid crystalline materials and their applications has shown no signs of abaitment, and much progress has been made in the development of novel materials, new applications of LC materials, and new theoretical insights.
This Special Issue aims to highlight some of the recent advances in liquid crystals which have taken place in the early part of this century, such as: the discovery of new mesophases; new materials classes, functional LC materials, modulated LC phases; mesophases in biological systems, LC polymers and elastomers; nanoparticle–LC dispersions; guest–host LC systems and devices; active nematics and collective motion; chromonic and lyotropic systems; LC actuators; LC photonic materials; and LC organic electronics.
Dr. Richard J. Mandle
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- • liquid crystals • soft matter • thermotropics • lyotropics • chromonics • guest–host • photonics • elastomers • polymers • soft actuators • self-organization • complex matter
