Design and phase transition behavior of siloxane-based monomeric and dimeric liquid crystals bearing cholesteryl mesogenic groups

Cyanostilbene‐Based AIEgen Smart Film: Optical Switching by Engineering Molecular Packing Structure and Molecular Conformation Through Thermal and Photoinduced Monotropic Phase Transition

“…For example, there are liquid crystal (LC) molecules with different molecular shapes and sizes, amphiphilic supramolecules with different chemical functions, block copolymers with different volume fractions, and host–guest complexes. [ 7–12 ] In practice, the controlled molecular packing structures and programmed phase transitions of soft materials had a critical effect on maximizing target properties in various fields. [ 13–18 ]…”

“…For example, there are liquid crystal (LC) molecules with different molecular shapes and sizes, amphiphilic supramolecules with different chemical functions, block copolymers with different volume fractions, and host-guest complexes. [7][8][9][10][11][12] In practice, the controlled molecular packing structures and programmed phase transitions of soft materials had a critical effect on maximizing target properties in various fields. [13][14][15][16][17][18] Recently, aggregation-induced emissive luminogen (AIEgen) has been intensively studied because it has high emissivity in the aggregate state and its optical properties can be tuned by controlling its molecular conformations and self-assembled molecular packing structures through external stimuli such as heat and pressure.…”