Taming Liquid Crystal Self-Assembly: The Multifaceted Response of Nematic and Smectic Shells to Polymerization

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

(2016) Yubing Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fine Golden Rings: Tunable Surface Plasmon Resonance from Assembled Nanorods in Topological Defects of Liquid Crystals

(2016) Elaine Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Experimental Insights into the Nanostructure of the Cores of Topological Defects in Liquid Crystals

(2016) Xiaoguang Wang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Sensing surface morphology of biofibers by decorating spider silk and cellulosic filaments with nematic microdroplets

(2016) Luis E. Aguirre et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Influence of interface stabilisers and surrounding aqueous phases on nematic liquid crystal shells

(2016) JungHyun Noh et al.   Soft Matter

Topological defects in liquid crystals as templates for molecular self-assembly

(2015) Xiaoguang Wang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Mutually tangled colloidal knots and induced defect loops in nematic fields

(2014) Angel Martinez et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Topography from Topology: Photoinduced Surface Features Generated in Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

(2013) Michael E. McConney et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Wavelength-Selective, IR Light-Driven Hinges Based on Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composites

(2013) Ryan R. Kohlmeyer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tuning the defect configurations in nematic and smectic liquid crystalline shells

(2013) H.-L. Liang et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Assembly and control of 3D nematic dipolar colloidal crystals

(2013) A. Nych et al.   Nature Communications

Imaging liquid crystal defects

(2013) Ingo Dierking et al.   RSC Advances

Micro-wires self-assembled and 3D-connected with the help of a nematic liquid crystal

(2012) H. Agha et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Defect trajectories in nematic shells: Role of elastic anisotropy and thickness heterogeneity

(2012) David Seč et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

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

(2012) Hsin-Ling Liang et al.   Soft Matter

One-piece micropumps from liquid crystalline core-shell particles

(2012) Eva-Kristina Fleischmann et al.   Nature Communications

Photo-Switchable Surface Topologies in Chiral Nematic Coatings

(2011) Danqing Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Drops and shells of liquid crystal

(2011) Teresa Lopez-Leon et al.   COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE

Frustrated nematic order in spherical geometries

(2011) T. Lopez-Leon et al.   Nature Physics

Nematic-Smectic Transition in Spherical Shells

(2011) Teresa Lopez-Leon et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nematic-Smectic Transition under Confinement in Liquid Crystalline Colloidal Shells

(2011) Hsin-Ling Liang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Endotoxin-Induced Structural Transformations in Liquid Crystalline Droplets

(2011) I.-H. Lin et al.   SCIENCE

Reconfigurable Knots and Links in Chiral Nematic Colloids

(2011) U. Tkalec et al.   SCIENCE

Self-Connected 3D Architecture of Microwires

(2010) Jean-Baptiste Fleury et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Topological Defects in Spherical Nematics

(2008) Homin Shin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS