Liquid Crystals and Their Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Liquid crystals (LCs) have become an important part of our daily life and are widely known, for example, due to their application in display technology. New areas of application continue to be discovered due to important improvements, such as in organic synthesis. Given this, this Topical Collection will explore the progress made in LCs in several fields, namely chemistry, physics, engineering, optics, material science and biology, in recent years. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their theoretical, experimental and computational research in this open access peer-reviewed Topical Collection of Crystals, “Liquid Crystals and Their Applications”.

This volume aims to enrich the collective knowledge in the liquid crystal field with a commitment to sustainability.

We would be delighted to feature your work and welcome contributions of original research articles, reviews and perspectives.

Dr. Ana Almeida
Prof. Dr. Pedro Marques De Almeida
Dr. Ana Catarina Baptista
Collection Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the collection website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2100 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.