State-of-the-Art Liquid Crystals Research in Japan

• Other Authors: Yamada, Shigeyuki (Editor), Isoda, Kyosuke (Editor), Ichikawa, Takahiro (Editor), Kaneko, Kosuke (Editor), Kondo, Mizuho (Editor), Sakurai, Tsuneaki (Editor), Seki, Atsushi (Editor), Hara, Mitsuo (Editor), Watanabe, Go (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Chemistry; Physical chemistry; white emission; liquid crystal; aggregated structure; gold(I) complex; carbazole moiety; molecular chirality; π-conjugated compound; chromonic liquid crystal; ionic liquid; nematic; hexagonal columnar phase; twist-bend nematic phase; direct twist-bend nematic phase transition; liquid crystal dimer; cyanobiphenyl dimer; short spacer; diphenylacetylene; fluorinated tolanecarboxylic acid; fluorine; photoluminescence; liquid crystals; nematic phase; phase transition; polysiloxane; photoalignment; UV curing; rubbing method; composite alignment layer; high pretilt angle; incidence angle dependence; mechanofluorochromic dye; gel; electrochromism; tetrafluorocyclohexa-1,3-diene; tricyclic molecule; aggregation; self-sort; segregated columns; binary mixture; amphiphilicity; homeotropic alignment
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This Special Issue includes ten papers by 45 authors, including excellent cutting-edge research from Japan. Looking at the papers reported here, Japan's liquid crystalline research is a global pioneer within this field. It is clear that Japanese liquid crystalline research will further develop in the future.