Microfiber fabrication via wet-spinning of lyotropic liquid crystals (LCs) with anisotropic nanomaterials has gained increased attention due to the microfibers’ excellent physical/chemical properties ...

A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The ...

A uniform orientation of liquid crystal is achieved by a polarized UV irradiation of glass substrates covered with the polymer Azo-Pam-II. The obtained data show that the synthesis strategy of the Azo ...

Scientists have created tiny disk-shaped particles that can swim on their own when hit with light, akin to microscopic robots ...