LCNPs can also be incorporated into polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films for smart windows and privacy screens. LCNPs are promising candidates for controlled drug delivery and theranostic ...

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has acquired the assets of a liquid-crystal-polymer (LCP) neat resin business from ...

Our research program in LC-based, nanostructured polymers is divided into three main areas. The first area is the development of polymerizable lyotropic LCs for the construction of functional, ...

In their study, the research team synthesized optically active conducting polymers from non-optically active monomers through physical rather than chemical methods using a liquid crystal reaction ...

fundamental properties of liquid crystals, polymers, nano-structured and other functional materials, as well as their photonic and electro-optic applications. The emerging scientific frontiers in ...

Liquid crystals are substances that flow like a ... Skyrmions and fractional skyrmions are promising for spintronics applications but are challenging to create, observe, and manipulate, with ...

The paper is published in the journal Macromolecules. This advance represents a pioneering achievement in both asymmetric chemistry and polymer chemistry. Polyisocyanides are polymers ...

The research team synthesized optically active conducting polymers from non-optically active monomers through physical rather than chemical methods using a liquid crystal reaction field as an ...

Soft matter refers to organic materials having complex structural and dynamic properties between those of crystals and fluids. Materials belonging to this category are polymers, liquid crystals, ...

The potential applications of this discovery ... to conduct further tests with different types of liquid crystal molecules and solidified polymers. The study was published in the journal Advanced ...