Research on Liquid Crystal Materials and Optical Devices
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Liquid Crystals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2026 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editors
2. i3N, CENIMAT, Materials Science Department, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Campus da Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Interests: polymeric materials; liquid crystalline polymers; liquid crystals; liquid crystals applications; electro-optical properties; sensors
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the field of new charge transporting materials for applications in Organic Electronics, molecules with liquid crystalline properties are being investigated as self-organizing semiconductors due to the combination of long-range molecular order and fluidity. The main advantage of using these materials in optoelectronic devices is the possibility of controlling molecular orientation on the surface. The control of planar or homeotropic alignment of the LC molecules (which can act as an active layer or as interfacial layers) has a significant impact on the efficiency of devices such as OLEDs, solar cells, and transistors. The use of semiconducting or metallic nanoparticles as dopants can also significantly enhance the performance of LC, improving the electro-optical properties. This Special Issue aims to research the development of new LC compounds, focusing on their design, synthesis, characterization, and applications into optical devices such as displays, smart windows, optical sensors, light-emitting diodes, solar cells, transistors and tunable optics, and flexible devices, exploring new LC phases and the molecular order.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of original research articles, reviews, and theoretical and experimental investigations that align with the LC synthesis and applications.
Prof. Dr. Pedro Marques de Almeida
Dr. Juliana Eccher
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- columnar liquid crystals
- self-organizing
- optical devices
- planar and homeotropic alignment
- organic electronics
- semiconducting nanoparticles
- solar cells
- oleds
- transistors
- displays
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