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Structural transitions and guest/host complexing of liquid crystal helical nanofilaments induced by nanoconfinement

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High-Resolution and High-Throughput Plasmonic Photopatterning of Complex Molecular Orientations in Liquid Crystals

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Lassoing saddle splay and the geometrical control of topological defects

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Large-scale self-organization of reconfigurable topological defect networks in nematic liquid crystals

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Colloidal matter: Packing, geometry, and entropy

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Harnessing Optical Vortex Lattices in Nematic Liquid Crystals

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Towards tunable defect arrangements in smectic liquid crystal shells utilizing the nematic–smectic transition in hybrid-aligned geometries

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Smectic Liquid Crystal Defects for Self-Assembling of Building Blocks and Their Lithographic Applications

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Nematic-Smectic Transition under Confinement in Liquid Crystalline Colloidal Shells

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Optically Selective Microlens Photomasks Using Self-Assembled Smectic Liquid Crystal Defect Arrays

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Shape-Controlled Colloidal Interactions in Nematic Liquid Crystals

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