Liquid-Crystalline Materials for Optical and Photonic Applications: introduction to the feature issue

Abstract

This is an introduction to the feature issue of Optical Materials Express on “Liquid-Crystalline Materials for Optical and Photonic Applications.” Underscoring recent advances in a broad scope of optical phenomena and photonic applications of liquid crystals, it consists of 12 peer-reviewed original research articles primarily concerned with the thermotropic nematic phase.