Required Field
★ I. | Field of Liquid Crystals Research Make your single choice out of the following four fields: | 4 areas |
1.1 – Physics-oriented liquid crystal research
1.2 – Chemistry-oriented liquid crystal research
1.3 – Materials science in liquid crystal technology
1.4 – Technological advances in liquid crystal applications
Required Field
★ II. | Focused Type of Liquid Crystals Choose only one alternative that best fits your work. | 9 areas |
2.1 – Ionic liquid crystals
2.2 – Ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
2.3 – Thermotropic calamitics (including bent-core molecules)
2.4 – Hydrogen-bonded mesogens
2.5 – Trimers, tetramers, discotics, and bowlics
2.6 – Oligomers and dendrimers
2.7 – Polymers, elastomers, gels, and LC–polymer composites
2.8 – Lyotropic (chromonic) liquid crystals
2.9 – Colloids, (nano)composites, complex fluids, and other soft matter
A – Nonlinear Optics | 6 areas |
A1 – Laser-induced director reorientation
A2 – Density and temperature fluctuations
A3 – Optical wave (frequency) mixing and phase conjugation
A4 – Nonlinear optical switching
A5 – Ultrafast nonlinearities
A6 – Self-action effects
B – Liquid Crystals of Biological and Biomedical Interest | 3 areas |
B1 – Instabilities, pattern formation and chaos, and fibers
B2 – Biological and bioinspired liquid crystals
B3 – Biophotonics, (optical) biosensors, bioimaging, biofunctionalization, and biomedicine
C – Electromagnetic and Physical Properties | 3 areas |
C1 – Birefringence, elasticity, and viscosity
C2 – Dielectric, electrical, flexoelectric, ferroelectric, and ferromagnetic properties
C3 – Acousto-, electro-, magneto-, opto-, and thermo-optical effects
D – Interfaced and Confined Liquid Crystals | 5 areas |
D1 – Colloids and self-assembling phenomena
D2 – Frustrated phases and complex systems
D3 – Surfaces, confined systems, and alignment control
D4 – Nanomaterials, nanocomposites, and nanostructured systems
D5 – Nanophotonics and plasmonics: Photonic crystals, metamaterials, and metasurfaces
E – New Liquid Crystalline Materials | 5 areas |
E1 – Molecular design, synthesis, and structural properties
E2 – Antiaromatic and nonaromatic liquid crystals
E3 – Macromolecular and functional liquid crystals
E4 – Photoresponsive liquid crystals
E5 – Electromechanical and magnetoelectric liquid crystals
F – AI, Machine Learning, Modeling, Simulation, and Observations | 7 areas |
F1 – Light propagation and light–matter interactions
F2 – Phase transitions, phase structures, and defects
F3 – Dynamics and pattern formation
F4 – Symmetry and topology
F5 – Hydrodynamics and rheology
F6 – Theory, simulation, and modeling
F7 – Other multidisciplinary areas involving machine learning and artificial intelligence
G – Novel Applications in Liquid Crystal Optics | 8 areas |
G1 – Quantum electronics, lasers, and nonlinear optical devices
G2 – Tunable lenses, (polarization) optical elements, filters, modulators, displays, and others
G3 – Optical waveguides, resonators, signal processing, encryption, security, and communications
G4 – Optoelectronics, photovoltaics, energy, environment, and sustainability applications
G5 – Holography, storage, anti-forgery, and physically unclonable functions
G6 – Actuators, biomimetic devices, and systems for switching and sensing
G7 – Fluorescent, chromogenic, and (semi)conductive liquid crystals for innovative applications
G8 – Smart textiles, smart windows, wearable devices, and other intelligent solutions