Birefringence and photoluminescence properties of diphenylacetylene-based liquid crystal dimers

Yuki Arakawa, Shunsuke Sasaki, Kazunobu Igawa, Masatoshi Tokita, Gen-ichi Konishi and Hideto Tsuji

New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 17531
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High birefringence liquid crystals with a wide temperature range and low melting point for augmented reality displays

Ran Chen, Liang Zhao, Yannanqi Li, Jian Li, Pei Chen, Xinbing Chen and Zhongwei An

Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 2119
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Balance the trade-offs between high birefringence, large dielectric anisotropy and low viscosity in nematic liquid crystals through molecular splicing strategy

Jiaxing Tang, Chenhe Yao, Zhongwei An, Ran Chen, Zihao Mao, Xinbing Chen and Pei Chen

Liquid Crystals, 2023, 50, 1902
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Synthesis and properties of fluorine tail-terminated cyanobiphenyls and terphenyls for chemoresponsive liquid crystals

Kunlun Wang, Prabin Rai, Ashani Fernando, Tibor Szilvási, Huaizhe Yu, Nicholas L. Abbott, Manos Mavrikakis and Robert J. Twieg

Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47, 3
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Nonmechanical two-user tracking method of space-polarization division using the liquid crystal optical phased array

Hongru Guo, Xiangru Wang, Xiaopeng Liu, Xiaoxian He, Liang Wu, Xinning Huang, Xiaoping Xie, Qinggui Tan, Jie Cao and Wen Xie

Optics Communications, 2019, 447, 74
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Dynamics of a liquid crystal-based modulator with germanium substrates for mid-infrared radiation

Anna Margareta Risse, Jürgen Schmidtke and Heinz-Siegfried Kitzerow

Liquid Crystals, 2021, 48, 1025
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Development of High-Birefringence Liquid Crystals for Future Optical Materials

Yuki Arakawa and Gen-ichi Konishi

J. Syn. Org. Chem., Jpn., 2018, 76, 1076
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Achieving both low thermal expansion and low birefringence for polyimides by regulating chain structures

Qiangsheng Sun, Yudi Feng, Jia Guo and Changchun Wang

European Polymer Journal, 2023, 189, 111986
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New-Generation Liquid Crystal Materials for Application in Infrared Region

Piotr Harmata and Jakub Herman

Materials, 2021, 14, 2616
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Liquid crystals for IR: Part II synthesis and properties of perfluoroalkyl- or perfluoroalkoxy-terminated tolanes

Piotr Harmata, Jakub Herman and Przemysław Kula

Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47, 2144
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Adjustable 2-cyano-3,4-difluoro-1H-pyrrole-based luminescent liquid crystals: Synthesis, properties and substituent effect

Mei Zhang, Xiaoe Bu, Tingting Liu, Weijie Guo, Hui Wang and Zhuo Zeng

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018, 264, 425
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Synthesis and study of physicochemical properties of relatively high birefringence liquid crystals: Tolane-type with symmetric alkoxy side groups

Ridha Hamdi, Chaima Ben Khalfallah and Taoufik Soltani

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 310, 113205
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Dissecting terminal fluorinated regulator of liquid crystals for fine-tuning intermolecular interaction and molecular configuration

Shengbo Zhu, Ran Chen, Wenzhi Zhang, Xiaoling Niu, Weixing Chen, Lingchao Mo, Minggang Hu, Lu Zhang, Jian Li, Xinbing Chen and Zhongwei An

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 310, 113225
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Liquid Crystals for IR: Part III - Bi- and multicomponent mixtures based on perfluoroalkyl or perfluoroalkoxy terminated oligophenyls and tolanes

Przemysław Kula, Michał Czerwiński, Jakub Herman and Piotr Harmata

Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47, 2161
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Preparation and properties of high birefringence phenylacetylene isothiocyanato-based blend liquid crystals

Yang Zhao, Yongming Zhang, Zemin He, Huimin Zhang, Haiyang Wang and Yuzhen Zhao

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2022, 744, 1
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Introduction of 5,6-dihydro-4H-cyclopenta[b]thiophene core unit into phenyl-tolane: Expanding the mesophase range and increasing the birefringence and dielectric anisotropy of liquid crystal

Danyang Wan, Fengjiao Shi, Zhaoyi Che, Lingchao Mo, Minggang Hu, Qiang Guo, Juanli Li, Zhongwei An and Jian Li

Liquid Crystals, 2021, 48, 1650
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Bis-tolane liquid crystals terminated by 2,2-difluorovinyloxyl with high birefringence and large electrical anisotropy

Chenhe Yao, Jiaxing Tang, Ran Chen, Zihao Mao, Xinbing Chen, Pei Chen and Zhongwei An

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023, 375, 121369
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Cyano terminated tolane compounds for polymer dispersed liquid crystal application: relationship between cyano terminated tolane based molecular structures and electro-optical properties

Huimin Zhang, Mei Chen, Tianmeng Jiang, Haiguang Chen, Dechao Zhang, Yunfeng Sun, Lanying Zhang, Siquan Zhu and Huai Yang

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 1771
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Synthesis and properties of 5,6-dihydro-4H-cyclopenta[b]thiophene-based nematic liquid crystals: A new access to mesogens with high birefringence and large dielectric anisotropy

Danyang Wan, Xiaozhe Yang, Juanli Li, Minggang Hu, Lingchao Mo, Zhaoyi Che, Qiang Guo, Zhongwei An and Jian Li

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021, 327, 114827
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A direct assessment of refractive indices of nematic liquid crystals at broad VIS - MWIR range

Emilia Miszczyk, Przemysław Morawiak, Rafał Mazur, Mateusz Mrukiewicz, Marek Olifierczuk, Wiktor Piecek, Zbigniew Raszewski, Przemysław Kula, Jerzy Kędzierski, Jerzy Zieliński and Piotr Harmata

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 703
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Synthesis and properties of biphenyl liquid crystal diluters terminated by 2,2-difluorovinyloxyl for high birefringence liquid crystals

Ran Chen, Wenjing Zhao, Xinbing Chen, Pei Chen and Zhongwei An

Liquid Crystals, 2023, 50, 2259
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Alkylthio- and alkyl-substituted asymmetric diphenyldiacetylene-based liquid crystals: phase transitions, mesophase and single-crystal structures, and birefringence

Yuki Arakawa, Satoyoshi Inui, Kazunobu Igawa and Hideto Tsuji

Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46, 1621
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Phase diagram, dielectric and electro optic properties of binary liquid crystals mixtures

Bassem Meddeb, Habib Ayeb, Taoufik Soltani, Ahlem Guesmi, Naoufel Ben Hamadi and Fathi Jomni

Liquid Crystals, 2022, 49, 2155
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Novel diphenylacetylene-based room-temperature liquid crystalline molecules with alkylthio groups, and investigation of the role for terminal alkyl chains in mesogenic incidence and tendency

Yuki Arakawa, Satoyoshi Inui and Hideto Tsuji

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 811
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Midinfrared Birefringence of Liquid Crystals, Polarimetry, and Intensity Modulators

Bernhard Atorf, Chris Holm Auf der Landwehr, Roman Rennerich and Heinz Kitzerow

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2019, 123, 1384
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Synthesis, Mesomorphism and the Optical Properties of Alkyl-deuterated Nematogenic 4-[(2,6-Difluorophenyl)ethynyl]biphenyls

Jakub Herman, Piotr Harmata, Michał Czerwiński, Olga Strzeżysz, Marta Pytlarczyk, Monika Zając and Przemysław Kula

Materials, 2021, 14, 4653
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Low dielectric loss and good miscibility of the tolane liquid crystals by tuning their lateral substituents

Juanli Li, Minggang Hu, Ran Chen, Shengbo Zhu, Jian Li, Zhongwei An, Lu Zhang and Fengjiao Shi

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021, 325, 115236
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Enhanced Asymmetric Light‐Plasmon Coupling in Graphene Nanoribbons for High‐Efficiency Transmissive Infrared Modulation

Guilian Lan, Linlong Tang, Jiduo Dong, Jinpeng Nong, Peng Luo, Xin Li, Zhancheng Li, Yongna Zhang, Yujie Dai, Wei Wang, Haofei Shi and Wei Wei

Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2024, 18
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Switchable Fabry–Perot filter for mid-infrared radiation

U. Chodorow, R. Mazur, P. Morawiak, J. Herman, P. Harmata and P. Martyniuk

Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46, 1877
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