The optical properties of liquid crystals have been a subject of study for many years now, with previous papers investigating second harmonic generation in ferroelectric smectic liquid crystals being ...

The internal structure of LCNPs is characterized by the self-assembly of liquid crystal molecules into ordered domains, such as nematic, smectic, or cholesteric phases, depending on the specific ...

In 1888, liquid crystals were identified by Austrian botanist Friedrich Reinitzer and German physicist Otto Lehmann. Studying the cholesterol in carrots using a temperature-controlled polarizing ...

Preliminary studies of the highly polar organic molecule DIO revealed a mysterious liquid crystal phase between the nematic and ... suggesting the possibility of a new smectic phase. We report on ...