Feature Papers on Liquid Crystals
A Special Issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352) belonging to the section "Liquid Crystals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2027 | Viewed by 121
Editors
Interests: liquid crystals; electrooptics; displays; photonics; photoalignment; photopatterning
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2. Kafedra Photonica, Electronics Department, Electrotechnical University (LETI), St. Petersburg, Russia
Interests: liquid crystal; nano- and bio-technology; laser-matter interaction; interface; coatings
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Interests: condensed matter physics; liquid crystals; electrooptics; photoalignment; machine learning
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Interests: liquid crystals; chiral liquid crystals; liquid crystal-polymer composites; nanoparticle dispersions in anisotropic fluids; defects; defect dynamics and solitons; soft matter machine learning; phase ordering dynamics and fractal structures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Liquid crystal-based display and photonic technology develop rapidly, driving innovation across many scenarios, such as consumer electronics, optical communications, sensing, etc. To highlight recent breakthroughs in this field, we are launching a Special Issue edited by the Section Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Vladimir Chigrinov), and we warmly invite Editorial Board Members and leading researchers to contribute feature papers showcasing their latest work.
This Special Issue will broadly cover innovations in new liquid crystal display technologies and photonics devices, including field-sequential color displays, ultra-high-resolution panels, and super-fast, high-resolution, low power consumption ferroelectric liquid crystal panels. In addition, the Special Issue will encompass tunable photonic devices such as spatial light modulators (SLMs), tunable lenses, optical vortex generators, beam steering devices for AR/VR and LiDAR, optical shutters, attenuators, and switches for telecommunications. Contributions involving reconfigurable antennas, polarization-sensitive sensors, and novel liquid crystal-based systems for microplastics visualization and classification are also highly encouraged.
Through this collection, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge liquid crystal technologies and to offer a valuable resource for researchers working in this fast-advancing field.
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Chigrinov
Prof. Dr. Natalia Vladimirovna Kamanina
Prof. Dr. Aleksey Kudreyko
Dr. Ingo Dierking
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Crystals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- advanced display technologies
- new liquid crystal photonics devices
- new methods of liquid crystal alignment, including photoalignment and photopatterning
- fast, high-resolution, low voltage ferroelectric liquid crystal devices
- liquid crystal sensors
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