Although the use of liquid crystals is now a common feature of modern life, the lyotropic liquid crystals studied by Yamamoto and Tanaka are quite different to the thermotropic liquid crystals ...

Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) are unique materials that exhibit liquid crystalline properties when mixed with solvents, leading to organized structures that can be utilized in various ...

“We hope that our findings will inspire experimental investigations of bend-stabilized 3D blue phase III and 2D skyrmion ...

The two primary elements in our research program are: Functional Nanostructured Polymer Materials Based on Liquid Crystal Building Blocks: Functional liquid crystal monomer ... new ionic polymers and ...