Stimuli-Driven Control of the Helical Axis of Self-Organized Soft Helical Superstructures

Photochromism into nanosystems: towards lighting up the future nanoworld

(2018) Ling Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Macroscopic model for analyzing the electro-optics of uniform lying helix cholesteric liquid crystals

(2017) Guanjun Tan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Direct Observation of Changes in Focal Conic Domains of Cholesteric Films Induced by Ultraviolet Irradiation

(2017) Olga V. Sinitsyna et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Amplified Photon Upconversion by Photonic Shell of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

(2017) Ji-Hwan Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stimuli-directed self-organized chiral superstructures for adaptive windows enabled by mesogen-functionalized graphene

(2017) Ling Wang et al.   Materials Today

pH-responsive cholesteric liquid crystal double emulsion droplets prepared by microfluidics

(2017) Ju-Hyun Jang et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL

Mixed emulsion of liquid crystal microresonators: towards white laser systems

(2017) Gia Petriashvili et al.   Soft Matter

Unidirectional rotation of cholesteric droplets driven by UV-light irradiation

(2017) Shinji Bono et al.   Soft Matter

Cholesteric liquid crystals in living matter

(2017) Michel Mitov   Soft Matter

Infrared Regulating Smart Window Based on Organic Materials

(2017) Hitesh Khandelwal et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Chiral nematic liquid crystal microlenses

(2017) Piotr Popov et al.   Scientific Reports

Light-Driven Rotation and Pitch Tuning of Self-Organized Cholesteric Gratings Formed in a Semi-Free Film

(2017) Ling-Ling Ma et al.   Polymers

Robust photonic microparticles comprising cholesteric liquid crystals for anti-forgery materials

(2017) Hyeon Jin Seo et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Dynamically manipulated lasing enabled by a reconfigured fingerprint texture of a cholesteric self-organized superstructure

(2017) Wenbin Huang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Optically reconfigurable chiral microspheres of self-organized helical superstructures with handedness inversion

(2017) Ling Wang et al.   Materials Horizons

Giant Flexoelectro-optic Effect with Liquid Crystal Dimer CB7CB

(2017) Andrii Varanytsia et al.   Scientific Reports

Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Droplets for Biosensors

(2016) Hyun-Gyu Lee et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

An Optical Sensor Based on a Photonic Polymer Film to Detect Calcium in Serum

(2016) Monali Moirangthem et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Light-Directed Dynamic Chirality Inversion in Functional Self-Organized Helical Superstructures

(2016) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Frequency-Driven Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Loaded with Mesogen-Grafted Silica Nanoparticles

(2016) Karla G. Gutierrez-Cuevas et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Light-Driven Liquid Crystalline Materials: From Photo-Induced Phase Transitions and Property Modulations to Applications

(2016) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Finite-difference time-domain analysis of light propagation in cholesteric liquid crystalline droplet array

(2016) Kaho Yamamoto et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Localised polymer networks in chiral nematic liquid crystals for high speed photonic switching

(2016) Chloe C. Tartan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Bimesogen-enhanced flexoelectro-optic behavior of polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal

(2016) A. Varanytsia et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Cooperative Ordering and Kinetics of Cellulose Nanocrystal Alignment in a Magnetic Field

(2016) Kevin J. De France et al.   LANGMUIR

Effects of pretilt angle and anchoring energy on alignment of uniformly lying helix mode

(2016) Kyoung-Seok Park et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Liquid-crystal-droplet optical microcavities

(2016) Matjaž Humar   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Polymeric infrared reflective thin films with ultra-broad bandwidth

(2016) Lipei Zhang et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light

(2016) Zhi-gang Zheng et al.   NATURE

Planar optics with patterned chiral liquid crystals

(2016) Junji Kobashi et al.   Nature Photonics

Electrically tunable laser based on oblique heliconical cholesteric liquid crystal

(2016) Jie Xiang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Colloidal cholesteric liquid crystal in spherical confinement

(2016) Yunfeng Li et al.   Nature Communications

Optimized frequency regime for the electrohydrodynamic induction of a uniformly lying helix structure

(2016) Yu-Lin Nian et al.   Photonics Research

High-fidelity spherical cholesteric liquid crystal Bragg reflectors generating unclonable patterns for secure authentication

(2016) Yong Geng et al.   Scientific Reports

Stimuli-Responsive Materials Based on Interpenetrating Polymer Liquid Crystal Hydrogels

(2015) Jelle E. Stumpel et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Stimuli-Directing Self-Organized 3D Liquid-Crystalline Nanostructures: From Materials Design to Photonic Applications

(2015) Ling Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Luminescence-Driven Reversible Handedness Inversion of Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by a Novel Near-Infrared Light Nanotransducer

(2015) Ling Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electrically Tunable Selective Reflection of Light from Ultraviolet to Visible and Infrared by Heliconical Cholesterics

(2015) Jie Xiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Reconfigurable Photonic Capsules Containing Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Planar Alignment

(2015) Sang Seok Lee et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Formation of a defect-free uniform lying helix in a thick cholesteric liquid crystal cell

(2015) Yo Inoue et al.   Applied Physics Express

Reverse switching of surface roughness in a self-organized polydomain liquid crystal coating

(2015) Danqing Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Creation and manipulation of topological states in chiral nematic microspheres

(2015) Tetiana Orlova et al.   Nature Communications

Interlaced cholesteric liquid crystal fingerprint textures via sequential UV-induced polymer-stabilization

(2015) Wen-Song Li et al.   Optical Materials Express

Superstructures of chiral nematic microspheres as all-optical switchable distributors of light

(2015) Sarah J. Aβhoff et al.   Scientific Reports

Electrically switchable polymer stabilised broadband infrared reflectors and their potential as smart windows for energy saving in buildings

(2015) Hitesh Khandelwal et al.   Scientific Reports

Rationally Designed Dynamic Superstructures Enabled by Photoaligning Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

(2015) Ling-Ling Ma et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Electroinduced Diffraction Gratings in Cholesteric Polymer with Phototunable Helix Pitch

(2015) Alexander Ryabchun et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Rotatable Diffraction Gratings Based on Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Phototunable Helix Pitch

(2015) Alexander Ryabchun et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

The Development of Chiral Nematic Mesoporous Materials

(2014) Joel A. Kelly et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Light-Directing Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From 1D to 3D

(2014) Hari Krishna Bisoyi et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Light-Directing Omnidirectional Circularly Polarized Reflection from Liquid-Crystal Droplets

(2014) Jing Fan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Self-assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid-Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion

(2014) Danqing Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Rationally Designed Axially Chiral Diarylethene Switches with High Helical Twisting Power

(2014) Yannian Li et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Macroscopic Control of Helix Orientation in Films Dried from Cholesteric Liquid-Crystalline Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions

(2014) Ji Hyun Park et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Chiral Plasmonic Films Formed by Gold Nanorods and Cellulose Nanocrystals

(2014) Ana Querejeta-Fernández et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reversible Near-Infrared Light Directed Reflection in a Self-Organized Helical Superstructure Loaded with Upconversion Nanoparticles

(2014) Ling Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electrooptic Response of Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals with Oblique Helicoidal Director

(2014) Jie Xiang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Director/barycentric rotation in cholesteric droplets under temperature gradient

(2014) Jun Yoshioka et al.   Soft Matter

Light controlled friction at a liquid crystal polymer coating with switchable patterning

(2014) Danqing Liu et al.   Soft Matter

Optofluidic sorting of material chirality by chiral light

(2014) Georgiy Tkachenko et al.   Nature Communications

Cellulose nanocrystal-based materials: from liquid crystal self-assembly and glass formation to multifunctional thin films

(2014) Jan P F Lagerwall et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Biomimetic Chiral Nematic Mesoporous Materials from Crab Cuticles

(2014) Thanh-Dinh Nguyen et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Light-Driven Wide-Range Nonmechanical Beam Steering and Spectrum Scanning Based on a Self-Organized Liquid Crystal Grating Enabled by a Chiral Molecular Switch

(2014) Hung-Chang Jau et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Photoresponsive Monodisperse Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline Microshells for Tunable Omnidirectional Lasing Enabled by a Visible Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Switch

(2014) Lujian Chen et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Chemiluminescence emission in cholesteric liquid crystalline core–shell microcapsules

(2014) Y. Iwai et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Chiral-nematic liquid crystals as one dimensional photonic materials in optical sensors

(2014) D. J. Mulder et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Chiral Liquid Crystals: Structures, Phases, Effects

(2014) Ingo Dierking   Symmetry-Basel

Controlled Fabrication and Photonic Structure of Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline Shells

(2013) Yoshiaki Uchida et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Red, Green and Blue Reflections Enabled in an Optically Tunable Self-Organized 3D Cubic Nanostructured Thin Film

(2013) Tsung-Hsien Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Azoarenes with Opposite Chiral Configurations: Light-Driven Reversible Handedness Inversion in Self-Organized Helical Superstructures

(2013) Yannian Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Photodynamic Chiral Molecular Switches with Thermal Stability: From Reflection Wavelength Tuning to Handedness Inversion of Self-Organized Helical Superstructures

(2013) Yannian Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Brightness Enhancement with a Fingerprint Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal

(2013) King-Lien Lee et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Spontaneous and stable uniform lying helix liquid-crystal alignment

(2013) B. I. Outram et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

The use of mould-templated surface structures for high-quality uniform-lying-helix liquid-crystal alignment

(2013) B. I. Outram et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Superhelix Structure in Helical Conjugated Polymers Synthesized in an Asymmetric Reaction Field

(2013) Taizo Mori et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Atomic force microscopy study of surface topography of films of cholesteric oligomer- and polymer-based mixtures with photovariable helix pitch

(2013) Alexey Bobrovsky et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Surface Induced Phase Separation and Pattern Formation at the Isotropic Interface in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals

(2013) R. S. Zola et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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(2013)   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Tuneable multicoloured patterns from photonic cross-communication between cholesteric liquid crystal droplets

(2013) JungHyun Noh et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Liquid crystal polymer networks: switchable surface topographies

(2013) Danqing Liu et al.   Liquid Crystals Reviews

Biomimetic Reflectors Fabricated Using Self-Organising, Self-Aligning Liquid Crystal Polymers

(2012) Ariosto Matranga et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Switches or Motors in Liquid Crystals

(2012) Yan Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with a Broad Light Reflection Band

(2012) Michel Mitov   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Spontaneous induction of the uniform lying helix alignment in bimesogenic liquid crystals for the flexoelectro-optic effect

(2012) Damian J. Gardiner et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Direction switching and beam steering of cholesteric liquid crystal gratings

(2012) Hung-Chang Jau et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Irreversible visual sensing of humidity using a cholesteric liquid crystal

(2012) Abhijit Saha et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Influence of a Change in Helical Twisting Power of Photoresponsive Chiral Dopants on Rotational Manipulation of Micro-Objects on the Surface of Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystalline Films

(2012) Reji Thomas et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Flexoelectric and dielectric in-plane switching behaviour of Grandjean liquid-crystal structures

(2012) B. I. Outram et al.   EPL

Chiral Flexoelectro-Optic Effect in a Surface-Polymer Assisted Cholesterics with Uniform Lying Helix

(2012) Sang Hwa Kim et al.   FERROELECTRICS

Controlling chirality with helix inversion in cholesteric liquid crystals

(2012) Nathalie Katsonis et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Reversible Light-Directed Red, Green, and Blue Reflection with Thermal Stability Enabled by a Self-Organized Helical Superstructure

(2012) Yannian Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reversible Visible-Light Tuning of Self-Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by Unprecedented Light-Driven Axially Chiral Molecular Switches

(2012) Yan Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electrically Controlled 1D and 2D Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Gratings

(2012) R. Hamdi et al.   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Rotatable diffractive gratings based on hybrid-aligned cholesteric liquid crystals

(2012) Chi-Huang Lin et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Photochemically Reversible and Thermally Stable Axially Chiral Diarylethene Switches

(2012) Yannian Li et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Pointillist structural color in Pollia fruit

(2012) S. Vignolini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Stomatopod Dactyl Club: A Formidable Damage-Tolerant Biological Hammer

(2012) J. C. Weaver et al.   SCIENCE

Geometrical frustration of chiral ordering in cholesteric droplets

(2012) David Seč et al.   Soft Matter

Chiral Nematic Fluids as Masks for Lithography

(2011) Hyeon Su Jeong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Directing Dynamic Control of Red, Green, and Blue Reflection Enabled by a Light-Driven Self-Organized Helical Superstructure

(2011) Quan Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Chiral Self-Assembled Solid Microspheres: A Novel Multifunctional Microphotonic Device

(2011) Gabriella Cipparrone et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Band-edge and random lasing in paintable liquid crystal emulsions

(2011) P. J. W. Hands et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A stable and switchable uniform lying helix structure in cholesteric liquid crystals

(2011) Chun-Ta Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Drops and shells of liquid crystal

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

Uniform Lying Helix Alignment on Periodic Surface Relief Structure Generated via Laser Scanning Lithography

(2011) Giovanni Carbone et al.   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Paintable band-edge liquid crystal lasers

(2011) Damian J. Gardiner et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Color selectivity lent to a cholesteric liquid crystal by monitoring interface-induced deformations

(2011) Gonzague Agez et al.   Soft Matter

Horizontally and vertically aligned helical conjugated polymers: Comprehensive formation mechanisms of helical fibrillar morphologies in orientation-controlled asymmetric reaction fields consisting of chiral nematic liquid crystals

(2011) Taizo Mori et al.   Chemical Science

Periodic anchoring condition for alignment of a short pitch cholesteric liquid crystal in uniform lying helix texture

(2010) Gurumurthy Hegde et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Light-driven nanoscale chiral molecular switch: reversible dynamic full range color phototuning

(2010) Ji Ma et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

From helical polyacetylene to helical graphite: synthesis in the chiral nematic liquid crystal field and morphology-retaining carbonisation

(2010) Munju Goh et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Chirality transfer across length-scales in nematic liquid crystals: fundamentals and applications

(2010) Silvia Pieraccini et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Photocontrolled Manipulation of a Microscale Object: A Rotational or Translational Mechanism

(2010) Abu Kausar et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Rotational Behavior of Stripe Domains Appearing in Hybrid Aligned Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Cells

(2010) Toshiaki Nose et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Dynamic color in stimuli-responsive cholesteric liquid crystals

(2010) Timothy J. White et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Thermally, photochemically and electrically switchable reflection colors from self-organized chiral bent-core liquid crystals

(2010) Manoj Mathews et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Light-Driven Reversible Handedness Inversion in Self-Organized Helical Superstructures

(2010) Manoj Mathews et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Macroscopically Aligned Helical Polyacetylene Synthesized in Magnetically Oriented Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Field

(2010) Munju Goh et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Formation Mechanism of Helical Polyacetylene with Spiral Morphology in Asymmetric Reaction Field Consisting of Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal

(2010) Taizo Mori et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Parameters Affecting the Chiral Nematic Phase of Nanocrystalline Cellulose Films

(2010) Jinhe Pan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Fast Electro-Optical Device Based on Chiral Liquid Crystals Encapsulated in Periodic Polymer Channels

(2010) Giovanni Carbone et al.   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic structures

(2010) Kevin E. Shopsowitz et al.   NATURE

Liquid-crystal lasers

(2010) Harry Coles et al.   Nature Photonics

Optically-tunable beam steering grating based n azobenzene doped cholesteric liquid crystal

(2010) Hung-Chang Jau et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

3D microlasers from self-assembled cholesteric liquid-crystal microdroplets

(2010) M. Humar et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Synthesis of Novel Thermally Reversible Photochromic Axially Chiral Spirooxazines

(2010) Li-Mei Jin et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Liquid crystal phase formation by biopolymers

(2010) I. W. Hamley   Soft Matter

Liquid crystal models of biological materials and processes

(2010) Alejandro D. Rey   Soft Matter

Short pitch cholesteric electro-optical device based on periodic polymer structures

(2009) Giovanni Carbone et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Helical Polyacetylene: Asymmetric Polymerization in a Chiral Liquid-Crystal Field

(2009) Kazuo Akagi   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Alignment of the Uniform Lying Helix Structure in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

(2009) Patrick S. Salter et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Fast flexoelectric switching in a cholesteric liquid crystal cell with surface-localized polymer network

(2009) Sang Hwa Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

The influence of chirality on the difference in flexoelectric coefficients investigated in uniform lying helix, Grandjean and twisted nematic structures

(2009) P. S. Salter et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Macroscopically Aligned Helical Conjugated Polymers in Orientation-Controllable Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Field

(2009) Taizo Mori et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Electrically switchable, photoaddressable cholesteric liquid crystal reflectors

(2009) Timothy J. White et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Flexoelectro-optic properties of chiral nematic liquid crystals in the uniform standing helix configuration

(2009) F. Castles et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Structural Origin of Circularly Polarized Iridescence in Jeweled Beetles

(2009) Vivek Sharma et al.   SCIENCE

Diffraction of cholesteric liquid crystal gratings probed by monochromatic light from 450 to 750 nm

(2008) Wen-Chi Hung et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Photoinduced Reorganization of Motor-Doped Chiral Liquid Crystals: Bridging Molecular Isomerization and Texture Rotation

(2008) Alessandro Bosco et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Planar Chiral Azobenzenophanes as Chiroptic Switches for Photon Mode Reversible Reflection Color Control in Induced Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals

(2008) Manoj Mathews et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Measurement of the Continuous Lehmann Rotation of Cholesteric Droplets Subjected to a Temperature Gradient

(2008) Patrick Oswald et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Control of dynamic helicity at the macro- and supramolecular level

(2008) Dirk Pijper et al.   Soft Matter

Liquid crystals and biological morphogenesis: Ancient and new questions

(2007) Yves Bouligand   COMPTES RENDUS CHIMIE