Takuya Ohzono (Leader) of Soft Mechanics Group and Jun-ichi Fukuda (Senior Researcher) of Soft Matter Modeling Group (Leader: Makoto Yoneya), the Nanosystem Research Institute (Director: Kiyoshi Yase) ...

Jun-ichi Fukuda (Senior Researcher), Soft Matter Modeling Group (Leader: Makoto Yoneya), Nanosystem Research Institute (Director: Kiyoshi Yase) of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science ...

What are Liquid Crystal Nanoparticles? Liquid crystal nanoparticles (LCNPs) are a unique class of nanomaterials that combine the properties of liquid crystals with the advantages of nanoparticles.

Schematic diagram providing an overview of this review. Liquid crystals can be categorized into nematic, smectic, columnar, and cholesteric liquid crystals. Recently, metasurfaces have been integrated ...

Portable, intuitive wearable devices have been sought after in recent years. Despite the flexibility and miniaturization of current electronic devices, the power supply and complex structural design ...

A study finds chiral structures, with mirror-image configurations, can emerge from nonchiral systems, suggesting new ways to engineer these materials. Hold your hands out in front of you, and no ...