Liquid Crystal Optical Sensor
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Liquid Crystals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2022) | Viewed by 2845
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The advanced development of liquid crystal technologies has attracted great attention in recent years for their applications in electronic displays, photonic devices and optical sensors. Liquid crystal (LC) exists in an intermediate phase between cystalline solid and isotropic liquid, simultaneously exhibiting fluidity and anistropicity. As a highly sensitive, stimuli-responsive material, LC responds quickly to external stimuli, including temperature, electric field, magnetic field, light and surfactants. The long-range order of LC molecules enables it to be used in optical signal amplifiers in sensing platforms. It can achieve a simple, rapid and sensitive detection of various targets, such as temperature, chemical analytes and biomolecules. LC-based chemical sensors and biosensors are regarded as up-to-date sensing platforms for appllication in environmental monitoring, industry and the disease diagnostics field.
This Special Issue aims to collate recent, innovative research and review papers—surrounding liquid crystal optical sensing technology—which provide a state-of-the-art study in materials, structure, detection techniques, device fabrication, sensing performances and applications. Researchers are warmly invited to contribute to the Special Issue—we believe that your work will have a great impact in the field of liquid crystal optical sensors.
Dr. Dan Luo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- liquid crystal
- stimuli-responsive material
- optical signal amplification
- biosensor
- chemical sensor
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