Smectic Liquid Crystals
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Liquid Crystals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2022) | Viewed by 4918
Special Issue Editors
Interests: liquid crystals; smectic phases; glass transition; cold crystallization; crystallization kinetics; high pressure effects; relaxation dynamics; vibrational dynamics; differential scanning calorimetry; broadband dielectric spectroscopy; fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Interests: liquid crystals; polymers; electro-optical properties
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Interests: liquid crystals; glass transition; crystallization; structural studies; X-ray diffraction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although the history of liquid crystals is over 130 years old, they are still eagerly studied in the context of searching for new materials that would meet the constantly growing needs of applications, as well as building up specific knowledge in the field of fundamental sciences about soft condensed matter. One of the more interesting representatives of liquid crystalline states is smectic phases which form layered structures. A special form of the smectic phases are the chiral smectic phases composed of chiral molecules forming a helical superstructure. A systematic study of such materials is still highly desired, since the chiral smectic phases are promising for liquid crystal display technology, because devices with short switching time, large contrast and many scales can be realized.
In this Special Issue, we would like to include articles on the fundamental research of smectic liquid crystals as well as those describing their applications. We are open to all advanced issues related to the leading topic, and keywords should be considered only as examples.
Dr. Anna Drzewicz
Dr. Michał Czerwiński
Dr. Aleksandra Deptuch
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Synthesis of smectic liquid crystals
- Characterization of smectic liquid crystals
- Relaxation dynamics of smectic liquid crystals
- Spectroscopic studies of smectic liquid crystals
- Glass transition, cold crystallization, and kinetics of crystallization
- Smectic liquid crystals under confinement
- Application of smectic liquid crystals
- Chiral smectic liquid crystals