Nanoparticles and Liquid Crystals Dispersed Nanoparticles
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Liquid Crystals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 2683
Special Issue Editors
Interests: liquid crystals; nanomaterials; carbon nanotubes; quantum dots; graphene; ferroparticles
Interests: liquid crystals; theoretical models; optical nonlinearities; field interactions; Freedericksz transiton; relaxation phenomena
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Liquid crystals are no longer used only for display devices (LCD). Recently, there are more and more applications in other electro-optic or magneto-optic devices, in environmental and other sciences such as biology, food science or the last but not the least, material science. Here we can notice that nanomaterials are gathering more interest each day due to their potential use in various fields from engineering to medicine and environmental sciences. Since their discovery, it has been well proven that their properties are significantly different from those of bulk material from the same substance. The biggest problems occurring when trying to determine nanoparticle parameters are dispersion and orientation. If the dispersion can be easily achieved by chemical methods such as coatings and functionalization, the orientation problem remains, and it is crucial for physical properties
Liquid crystals may be a good host for well-dispersed and organized nanoparticles suitable for any life science application. Rod-like thermotropic LC are organic materials presenting orientational order in a defined temperature range (around room temperature) just like solid crystals but in liquid state. Thus, particles are efficiently controlled, and the measurements performed on such a system are precise and reproductible. Despite the obvious interest of researchers and considerable number of publications, liquid crystal-based nanomaterials are still new, and there are still many things to be said about them. With your help, the present Special Issue on “Liquid Crystal, Nanoparticles and Liquid crystal Based Nanomaterials” may become a complex source of information for young and experienced scientists in the field.Dr. Cristina Cirtoaje
Prof. Dr. Emil Petrescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- liquid crystals
- nanomaterials
- carbon nanotubes
- graphene
- quantum dots
- ferro-particles
- liquid crystals nanocomposites
- freedericksz transitions
- dynamic behavior
- relaxation times
- saturation field
- distortion angle
- anchoring strength
