Liquid Crystals, Volume 47, Issue 1 (2020)

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That was the year that was 2019
Corrie T. Imrie
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 21 Jan 2020
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Synthesis and properties of fluorine tail-terminated cyanobiphenyls and terphenyls for chemoresponsive liquid crystals
Kunlun Wang, Prabin Rai, Ashani Fernando, Tibor Szilvási, Huaizhe Yu, Nicholas L. Abbott, Manos Mavrikakis & Robert J. Twieg
Pages: 3-16
Published online: 23 May 2019
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Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of four ring, rod-like fluorene derivatives – the influence of the lateral substitution on mesomorphic properties of 2,7-bis(4-alkylphenyl)-fluorenes
Ewelina Dmochowska, Aneta Bombalska & Przemysław Kula
Pages: 17-27
Published online: 12 Jun 2019
AbstractforSynthesis and mesomorphic properties of four ring, rod-like fluorene derivatives – the influence of the lateral substitution on mesomorphic properties of 2,7-bis(4-alkylphenyl)-fluorenes | Full Text | References | PDF (2.3 MB) | EPUB | Supplemental
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Isoflavone-based trimer liquid crystals: synthesis, characterization, thermal and mesomorphic properties evaluations
Abdulkarim-Talaq Mohammad, Srinivasa H. T.Rusul Yousif Alrawi
Pages: 28-35
Published online: 13 Jun 2019
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Nano P(VDF-TrFE) doped polyimide alignment layers for twisted nematic liquid crystal devices
John V. Nimmy, Subash Cherumannil Karumuthil & Soney Varghese
Pages: 36-41
Published online: 12 Jun 2019
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Effects of the chain length of crosslinking agent and dye-doped amount on the electro-optical properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal films prepared by nucleophile-initiated thiol-ene click reaction
Li Zhang, Zhiqing Shi, Taoyu He, Yawen Liu & Yinghan Wang
Pages: 42-53
Published online: 13 Jun 2019
AbstractforEffects of the chain length of crosslinking agent and dye-doped amount on the electro-optical properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal films prepared by nucleophile-initiated thiol-ene click reaction | Full Text | References | PDF (2.5 MB) | EPUB
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Low gamma shift blue-phase liquid crystal display with electric field induced multi-domain electrode structure
Yuqiang Guo, Xiaoshuai Li, Yan Sun, Chi Zhang, Yanling Yang, Hui Zhang, Hongmei Ma & Yubao Sun
Pages: 54-66
Published online: 13 Jun 2019
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Accurate modelling of nematic liquid crystal under the combination of microwave signal and applied voltage
Jin-Ling Geng & Lizhong Song
Pages: 67-75
Published online: 01 Jul 2019
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Short-focus nematic liquid crystal microlens array with a dielectric layer
Li-Lan Tian, Fan Chu, Hu Dou, Qiong-Hua Wang & Lei Li
Pages: 76-82
Published online: 20 Jun 2019
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Dielectric properties of two high birefringence liquid crystal mixtures in the Sub-THz band
Andong Zheng, Xiang Xia, Sheng Gao, Jun Yang, Hongbo Lu, Guangsheng Deng & Zhiping Yin
Pages: 83-88
Published online: 08 Jul 2019
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Broadband complex permittivity measurements of nematic liquid crystals based on cavity perturbation method
Chengyong Yu, En Li, Zhiyong Zhang, Xiangru Wang, Chong Gao, Yafeng Li, Gaofeng Guo & Hu Zheng
Pages: 89-98
Published online: 20 Jun 2019
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Landau theory for isotropic, nematic, smectic-A, and smectic-C phases
Dora Izzo & Mário J. De Oliveira
Pages: 99-105
Published online: 20 Jun 2019
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An electrically light-transmittance-switchable film with a low driving voltage based on liquid crystal/polymer composites
Chunxin Li, Mei Chen, Lanying Zhang, Wenbo Shen, Xiao Liang, Xiao Wang & Huai Yang
Pages: 106-113
Published online: 20 Jun 2019
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New calamitic thermotropic liquid crystals of 2-hydroxypyridine ester mesogenic core: mesophase behaviour and DFT calculations
M. Hagar, H.A. Ahmed & G.R. Saad
Pages: 114-124
Published online: 20 Jun 2019
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Structure and optical properties of the 4-cyano-4′-n-pentylbiphenyl dimers and trimers
Tatiana Andreeva & Marina Bedrina
Pages: 125-135
Published online: 20 Jun 2019
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Improvement of the electro-optical properties of nematic liquid crystals doped with strontium titanate nanoparticles at various doping concentrations
Eun-Gon Park, Chan-Woo Oh & Hong-Gyu Park
Pages: 136-142
Published online: 08 Jul 2019
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Synthesis and characterization of two series of pressure-sensitive cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers with optical properties
Ze-Ping Liu, Xiao-Zhi He, Yue-Hua Cong, Bao-Yan Zhang, Fan-Bao Meng, Mei Tian & Ying-Gang Jia
Pages: 143-153
Published online: 29 Jul 2019
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