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

Lee, W., Godinho, M.H., Yang, D.-K., Zyryanov, V.// Optical Materials Express//

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.