Analysis on the birefringence property of lyotropic liquid crystals below Krafft temperature by Ranjini, Radhakrishnan, Matham, Murukeshan Vadakke, Nguyen, Nam-Trung

Get full text
Get full text

Multifunctional laser imaging of cancer cell secretion with hybrid liquid crystal resonators by Gong, Chaoyang, Sun, Fangyuan, Yang, Guang, Wang, Chenlu, Huang, Changjin, Chen, Yu-Cheng

“…Liquid crystal microdroplets are designed as signal amplifiers to report subtle molecular events sandwiched in a Fabry–Pérot microcavity. …”
Get full text

Light-induced wrinkling instability of confined annulus liquid crystal elastomer film by Kang, Jingtian, Liu, Suixin, Li, Hua

“…Authors of previous studies have focused on wrinkling phenomena in thin films with relatively large stiffness under mechanical loadings. A liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) is a smart soft material sensitive to various environmental stimuli. …”
Get full text

4D printing of reprogrammable liquid crystal elastomers with synergistic photochromism and photoactuation by Chen, Mei, Hou, Yanbei, An, Ran, Qi, H. Jerry, Zhou, Kun

Subjects: Get full text

Conoscopic analysis of electric field driven planar aligned nematic liquid crystal by Ranjini, Radhakrishnan, Matham, Murukeshan Vadakke, Nguyen, Nam-Trung

“…This paper illustrates the conoscopic observation of a molecular reconstruction occurring across a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) medium in the presence of an external electric field. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Mueller–Stokes polarimetric characterization of transmissive liquid crystal spatial light modulator by Dev, Kapil, Asundi, Anand Krishna

“…In the twisted nematic liquid crystal spatial light modulators (TN-LCSLM), distortion of uniform twist and decrease in tilt angle of liquid crystal molecules on application of an electric field lead to amplitude and phase modulations of the transmitted or reflected wavefront, respectively. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Flexible liquid crystal polymer-based electrochemical sensor for in-situ detection of zinc(II) in seawater by Wang, Nan, Kanhere, Elgar, Kottapalli, Ajay Giri Prakash, Miao, Jianmin, Triantafyllou, Michael S.

“…The authors describe a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) based bismuth (Bi) film electrode that can be directly deployed for in-situ determination of zinc(II) ions. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Novel flame-actuated soft actuator based on a multilayer liquid crystal elastomer/hydrogel composite by He, Zhenhua, Jiang, Saihua, Liang, Ziwei, Wu, Lingzhi, Wang, Wei, Hou, Yanbei, Zhang, Shuidong, Attia, Nour F.

Subjects: Get full text

Laser beam propagation in a flow aligned nematic liquid crystal : analysis on liquid/light interactions by Matham, Murukeshan Vadakke, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Adiyodi, Amrutha K., Ranjini, Radhakrishnan

“…The propagation of laser beam in a flow aligned nematic liquid crystal (NLC) and its interaction with liquid are illustrated in this letter. …”
Get full text
Get full text

A flexible liquid crystal polymer MEMS pressure sensor array for fish-like underwater sensing by Asadnia, M., Triantafyllou, Michael S., Kottapalli, Ajay G. P., Miao, Jianmin, Barbastathis, George

“…An array of ten sensors with a footprint of 60 (L) mm × 25 (W) mm × 0.4 (H) mm is fabricated using liquid crystal polymer (LCP) as the sensing membrane material. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Investigation of shear-driven and pressure-driven liquid crystal flow at microscale : a quantitative approach for the flow measurement by Zhu, Jianqin, Tang, Runze, Chen, Yu, Yin, Shuai, Huang, Yi, Wong, Teckneng

Subjects: Get full text

Nanoparticles-modified chemical sensor fabricated on a flexible polymer substrate for Cadmium(II) detection by Wang, Nan, Kanhere, Elgar, Miao, Jianmin, Triantafyllou, Michael S.

Subjects: Get full text
Get full text

Noninvasive tissue erosion induced by high-intensity focused ultrasound by Liu, Yang

“…Further, under high intensity focus ultrasound condition, observe spectral circle changes on liquid crystal sheet which inside phantom. Finally, based on the outcome of the experiment, discovery will be concluded and experimental errors will be issued.…”
Get full text

Transparent and compliant electrodes using indium tin oxide thin films for dielectric elastomer actuators by Ong, Hui Ying

“…Indium tin oxide (ITO) has widely been used as transparent electrodes for flat panel displays, liquid crystal display. However, it is brittle and could not be used as compliant electrode for dielectric elastomer actuator. …”
Get full text

Calibration of the DOE lens array based multipoint diffraction strain sensor by Zhu, Hui, Asundi, Anand Krishna

“…These DOE patterns are displayed on the liquid crystal spatial light modulator. So with different focal length, tunable strain sensitivity is achieved. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Fabrication of microscale carbon nanotube fibers by Sun, Gengzhi, Zhang, Yani, Zheng, Lianxi

“…Here in this paper, we review several key spinning techniques including surfactant-based coagulation spinning, liquid-crystal-based solution spinning, spinning from vertical-aligned CNT arrays, and spinning from CNT aerogel. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Creating airy beam using a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) by Siew, Shi Yong.

“…A digital micromirror device (DMD) has certain advantages over a liquid crystal on silicon device such as high frame rate and higher damage threshold. …”
Get full text

Microstructure formation via roll-to-roll UV embossing using a flexible mould made from a laminated polymer–copper film by Zhong, Z. W., Shan, X. C.

“…Flexible moulds were fabricated from a hybrid film substrate made of a liquid crystal polymer with clad copper foils laminated on both sides of it. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Origami-inspired electret-based triboelectric generator for biomechanical and ocean wave energy harvesting by Tao, Kai, Yi, Haiping, Yang, Yang, Chang, Honglong, Wu, Jin, Tang, Lihua, Yang, Zhaoshu, Wang, Nan, Hu, Liangxing, Fu, Yongqing, Miao, Jianmin, Yuan, Weizheng

“…To solve this problem, we propose an origami-inspired TENG integrated with folded thin film electret, which can be facilely formed from two pieces of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) strips through high degrees of paper folding. …”
Get full text

Programmable multistability for 3D printed reinforced multifunctional composites with reversible shape change by Puthanveetil, Shanthini, Liu, Wing Chung, Riley, Katherine S., Arrieta, Andres F., Le Ferrand, Hortense

“…4D printing empowers 3D printed structures made of hydrogels, liquid crystals or shape memory polymers, with reversible morphing capabilities in response to an external stimulus. …”
Get full text