Pushing the Boundaries of Liquid Crystal-Enabled Technologies and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Original papers expanding the forefront of liquid crystal research are invited, including novel applications (use cases), systems (subsystems), devices (components), techniques (such as design, modeling, fabrication, and measurement), and materials (synthesis and characterization). Submissions that report a wide range of LC-enabled devices and applications across various wavelengths are encouraged, including microwave and mmWave (from MHz to GHz), THz, infrared, and optical. While incremental improvements in device structures and topologies (planar/non-planar transmission lines, waveguides, and a mix) have been targeted over the past three decades, this Special Issue particularly invites submissions on recent successes in theoretical considerations (discovering new mechanisms of device physics and chemistry), advancements in modulation and tuning methods (e.g., LC-driven optical, thermal, and a mix of quasi-electrostatic with photo-chemical methods), as well as experimental validation in pushing the boundaries of device/chip manufacturing and unconventional material synthesis/characterization. Collectively, the data and new methodology presented in this Special Issue are expected to underpin a significant performance improvement and/or cost reduction of LC-enabled technology for commercialization by leveraging cross-disciplinary innovation and multi-objective optimization, i.e., fusing electromagnetism, optics, photonics, photochemistry, thermodynamics, etc.

Dr. Jinfeng Li
Guest Editor

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