Polymeric Liquid Crystals and Applications

This Reprint compiles key research articles on polymeric liquid crystals, focusing on their synthesis, characterization, and innovative applications. Liquid crystal polymers combine the self-organization of mesogens with the mechanical integrity of polymers in order to produce materials with stimuli...

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description This Reprint compiles key research articles on polymeric liquid crystals, focusing on their synthesis, characterization, and innovative applications. Liquid crystal polymers combine the self-organization of mesogens with the mechanical integrity of polymers in order to produce materials with stimuli-responsive, optical, and mechanical functionalities. The contributions explore auxetic elastomers, photonic sensors, molecular design, and fabrication techniques, hence revealing an interdisciplinary potential for LCPs in smart materials, sensing, and advanced manufacturing. The included studies investigate the molecular relaxation dynamics and strain response of auxetic liquid crystal elastomers, present a porous cholesteric polymer film for selective alcohol sensing, and examine how molecular core orientation and heterocycles influence mesophase behavior using experimental and computational approaches. Other works demonstrate the microfabrication of aligned liquid crystalline fibers through spatial confinement, review biological applications of LCEs, introduce solvent-free synthesis methods for Schiff base liquid crystals, and explore LCE-based photoelastic strain sensors with high sensitivity. Further research presents hydrogel-dispersed liquid crystals as a platform for detecting heavy metal ions in water. Collectively, these studies showcase the versatility and promise of polymeric liquid crystals in modern technology and materials science.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1754322026-04-16T20:52:23Z Polymeric Liquid Crystals and Applications de Almeida, Pedro Marques Trindade, Ana Catarina Canejo, João Interdisciplinary perspective Basic concepts Molecular physics Lyotropic liquid crystals Molecular biophysics Biology Liquid crystalline elastomer Dielectric spectroscopy Shear rheology Polymer relaxations Cholesteric liquid crystal polymer Alcohol sensor Methanol detection Carboxylate polymer Schiff base ester liquid crystals DFT Heterocycles impact Liquid crystal Liquid crystal polymers Confinement Fibers Polymer dispersed liquid crystal Outcoupling efficiency Organic light emitting diode Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal Bilayer Electro-optical properties Gd2O3 nanoparticles Fluorescent dyes Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals Memory effect Birefringence Molecular orientation Side-chain liquid crystalline polymer Nematic liquid crystal Polyacrylate Π-conjugated mesogen Aggregation-induced emission N A thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general This Reprint compiles key research articles on polymeric liquid crystals, focusing on their synthesis, characterization, and innovative applications. Liquid crystal polymers combine the self-organization of mesogens with the mechanical integrity of polymers in order to produce materials with stimuli-responsive, optical, and mechanical functionalities. The contributions explore auxetic elastomers, photonic sensors, molecular design, and fabrication techniques, hence revealing an interdisciplinary potential for LCPs in smart materials, sensing, and advanced manufacturing. The included studies investigate the molecular relaxation dynamics and strain response of auxetic liquid crystal elastomers, present a porous cholesteric polymer film for selective alcohol sensing, and examine how molecular core orientation and heterocycles influence mesophase behavior using experimental and computational approaches. Other works demonstrate the microfabrication of aligned liquid crystalline fibers through spatial confinement, review biological applications of LCEs, introduce solvent-free synthesis methods for Schiff base liquid crystals, and explore LCE-based photoelastic strain sensors with high sensitivity. Further research presents hydrogel-dispersed liquid crystals as a platform for detecting heavy metal ions in water. Collectively, these studies showcase the versatility and promise of polymeric liquid crystals in modern technology and materials science. 2026-04-16T20:52:15Z 2026-04-16T20:52:15Z 2026 book ONIX_20260416T142754_9783725866144_37 9783725866144 9783725866151 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175432 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/ https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/12351 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-6615-1 10.3390/books978-3-7258-6615-1 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725866144 9783725866151 164 CH open access
spellingShingle Interdisciplinary perspective
Basic concepts
Molecular physics
Lyotropic liquid crystals
Molecular biophysics
Biology
Liquid crystalline elastomer
Dielectric spectroscopy
Shear rheology
Polymer relaxations
Cholesteric liquid crystal polymer
Alcohol sensor
Methanol detection
Carboxylate polymer
Schiff base ester liquid crystals
DFT
Heterocycles impact
Liquid crystal
Liquid crystal polymers
Confinement
Fibers
Polymer dispersed liquid crystal
Outcoupling efficiency
Organic light emitting diode
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal
Bilayer
Electro-optical properties
Gd2O3 nanoparticles
Fluorescent dyes
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals
Memory effect
Birefringence
Molecular orientation
Side-chain liquid crystalline polymer
Nematic liquid crystal
Polyacrylate
Π-conjugated mesogen
Aggregation-induced emission
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A
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
Polymeric Liquid Crystals and Applications
title Polymeric Liquid Crystals and Applications
title_full Polymeric Liquid Crystals and Applications
title_fullStr Polymeric Liquid Crystals and Applications
title_full_unstemmed Polymeric Liquid Crystals and Applications
title_short Polymeric Liquid Crystals and Applications
title_sort polymeric liquid crystals and applications
topic Interdisciplinary perspective
Basic concepts
Molecular physics
Lyotropic liquid crystals
Molecular biophysics
Biology
Liquid crystalline elastomer
Dielectric spectroscopy
Shear rheology
Polymer relaxations
Cholesteric liquid crystal polymer
Alcohol sensor
Methanol detection
Carboxylate polymer
Schiff base ester liquid crystals
DFT
Heterocycles impact
Liquid crystal
Liquid crystal polymers
Confinement
Fibers
Polymer dispersed liquid crystal
Outcoupling efficiency
Organic light emitting diode
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal
Bilayer
Electro-optical properties
Gd2O3 nanoparticles
Fluorescent dyes
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals
Memory effect
Birefringence
Molecular orientation
Side-chain liquid crystalline polymer
Nematic liquid crystal
Polyacrylate
Π-conjugated mesogen
Aggregation-induced emission
N
A
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
topic_facet Interdisciplinary perspective
Basic concepts
Molecular physics
Lyotropic liquid crystals
Molecular biophysics
Biology
Liquid crystalline elastomer
Dielectric spectroscopy
Shear rheology
Polymer relaxations
Cholesteric liquid crystal polymer
Alcohol sensor
Methanol detection
Carboxylate polymer
Schiff base ester liquid crystals
DFT
Heterocycles impact
Liquid crystal
Liquid crystal polymers
Confinement
Fibers
Polymer dispersed liquid crystal
Outcoupling efficiency
Organic light emitting diode
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal
Bilayer
Electro-optical properties
Gd2O3 nanoparticles
Fluorescent dyes
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals
Memory effect
Birefringence
Molecular orientation
Side-chain liquid crystalline polymer
Nematic liquid crystal
Polyacrylate
Π-conjugated mesogen
Aggregation-induced emission
N
A
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
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