Liquid crystal elastomer actuators and sensors: Glimpses of the past, the present and perhaps the future. Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Programmable Materials. 1, e9 (2023).
*Continuous flow microfluidic production of arbitrarily long tubular liquid crystal elastomer peristaltic pump actuators. Najiya, Nikolay Popov, Venkata Subba Rao Jampani, and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Small (2022). DOI: 10.1002/smll.202204693. Special issue on Synthetic Biology and Biomimicry.
*Unclonable human-invisible machine vision markers leveraging the omnidirectional chiral Bragg diffraction of cholesteric spherical reflectors. Hakam Agha, Yong Geng, Xu Ma, Deniz Isinsu Avsar, Rijeesh Kizhakidathazhath, Yan-Song Zhang, Ali Tourani, Hriday Bavle, Jose-Luis Sanchez-Lopez, Holger Voos, Mathew Schwartz, and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Light, Science and Applications, 11, no. 309 (2022). Special issue to celebrate 10th anniversary of the journal.
From equilibrium liquid crystal formation and kinetic arrest to photonic bandgap films using suspensions of cellulose nanocrystals Christina Schütz, Johanna R, Bruckner, Camila Honorato-Rios, Zornitza Tosheva, Manos Anyfantakis and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Crystals (Special issue on Novel Trends in Lyotropics), 10, 3, pp. 199 (2020)
Macroscopic control of helix orientation in films dried from cholesteric liquid crystalline cellulose nanocrystal suspensions Ji Hyun Park, JungHyun Noh, Christina Schütz, German Salazar-Alvarez, Giusy Scalia, Lennart Bergström, and Jan P. F. Lagerwall ChemPhysChem, 15, 7, p. 1477 (2014), part of a special issue on ‘physical properties and behavior of liquid crystals’.
Liquid crystal-functionalization of electrospun polymer fibers (Perspective article) Dae Kyom Kim, Minsik Hwang and Jan P. F. Lagerwall J. Polym. Sci. B Polym. Phys. 51, 11, pp. 855-867 (2013)Note: download is free for everyone, requiring no subscription to the journal
Tuning the defect configurations in nematic and smectic liquid crystalline shells Hsin-Ling Liang, JungHyun Noh, Rudolf Zentel, Per Rudquist and Jan P. F. Lagerwall Philos. Trans. A371, 1988, 20120258 (2013)
Morphology and Core Continuity of Liquid-Crystal-Functionalized, Coaxially Electrospun Fiber Mats Tuned via the Polymer Sheath Solution Giusy Scalia, Eva Enz, Oronzo Calò, Dae Kyom. Kim, Minsik Hwang, Jong Hwan Lee, and Jan P.F. Lagerwall Macromol. Mater. Eng. 298, 5, pp. 583.589 (2013)
A new era for liquid crystal research: applications of liquid crystals in soft matter nano-, bio- and microtechnology (Review article) Jan P. F. Lagerwall and Giusy Scalia Curr. Appl. Phys., 12, 6, pp. 1387-1412 (2012)Note: download is free for everyone; no subscription required.
Coaxial electrospinning of liquid crystal-containing poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) microfibers Eva Enz, Ute Baumeister, Jan Lagerwall Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 5, 58, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.58 (2009), themed issue on ‘Progress in Liquid crystal Chemistry’. Note: download is free for everyone, requiring no subscription to the journal
Tunable templating of photonic microparticles via liquid crystal order-guided adsorption of amphiphilic polymers in emulsions Xu Ma, Yucen Han, Yan-Song Zhang, Yong Geng, Apala Majumdar and Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Nat. Commun., 15, 1404 (2024)
Multiresponsive Cylindrically Symmetric Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers Templated by Tubular Confinement Yong Geng, and Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Adv. Sci., 10, 2301414 (2023)
Impact of mesogenic aromaticity and cyano termination on the alignment and stability of liquid crystal shells. Anjali Sharma, Rijeesh Kizhakidathazhath and Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Soft Matter, 19, 14, 2637-2645 (2023)
*Pixelating Structural Color with Cholesteric Spherical Reflectors Hakam Agha, Yan-Song Zhang, Yong Geng, and Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Adv. Photon. Research, 4, 4, 2200363 (2023)
Embedding intelligence in materials for responsive built environment: a topical review on liquid crystal elastomers and sensors Mathew Schwartz and Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Build. Environ., 226, 109714 (2022)
*Robust cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer fibres for mechanochromic textiles Yong Geng, Rijeesh Kizhakidathazhath, and Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Nat. Mater., 21, 1441 (2022).
Combining responsiveness and durability in liquid crystal-functionalised electrospun fibres with crosslinked sheath Shameek Vats, Lawrence W. Honaker, Francesco Basoli and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Liq. Cryst., 49, 5, p.690–698 (2022)
Electrospinning Ethanol–Water Solutions of Poly(Acrylic Acid): Nonlinear Viscosity Variations and Dynamic Taylor Cone Behavior Shameek Vats, Lawrence W. Honaker, Margaret Frey, Francesco Basoli and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Macromol. Mater. Eng., 307, 2100640 (2022)
*Quantitative volatile organic compound sensing with liquid crystal core fibers Katrin Schelski, Catherine Reyes, Lukas Pschyklenk, Peter-Michael Kaul and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Cell Rep. Phys. Sci, 2, 12, 100661 (2021)
*Stable electrospinning of core-functionalized coaxial fibers enabled by the minimum-energy interface given by partial core–sheath miscibility Shameek Vats, Manos Anyfantakis, Lawrence W. Honaker, Francesco Basoli and Jan P.F. Lagerwall,
Measuring the Anisotropy in Interfacial Tension of Nematic Liquid Crystals Lawrence W. Honaker, Anjali Sharma and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Crystals, 11, 6, p.687 (2021)
Dynamic tuning of the director field in liquid crystal shells using block copolymers JungHyun Noh, Yiwei Wang, Hsin-Ling Liang, Venkata Subba Rao Jampani, Apala Majumdar and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Phys. Rev. Research, 2, 033160 (2020)
High-contrast imaging of 180° ferroelectric domains by optical microscopy using ferroelectric liquid crystals Guillaume F. Nataf, Maël Guennou, Giusy Scalia, Xavier Moya, Tim D. Wilkinson, Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Appl. Phys. Lett., 116, 21, 212901 (2020)
*Facile anisotropic deswelling method for realizing large-area cholesteric liquid crystal elastomers with uniform structural color and broad-range mechanochromic response Rijeesh Kizhakidathazhath, Yong Geng, Venkata Subba Rao Jampani, Cyrine Charni, Anshul Sharma, Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Adv. Funct. Mater.30, 7, 1909537 (2020)
Realignment of Liquid Crystal Shells Driven by Temperature-Dependent Surfactant Solubility Anjali Sharma, V.S.R. Jampani and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Langmuir, 35, 34, pp. 11132–11140 (2019)
Elastic sheath–liquid crystal core fibres achieved by microfluidic wet spinning Lawrence W. Honaker, Shameek Vats, Manos Anyfantakis and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, J. Mater. Chem. C, 7, 37, pp. 11588–11596 (2019)
Isotropic-isotropic phase separation and spinodal decomposition in liquid crystal-solvent mixtures Catherine G. Reyes, Jörg Baller, Takeaki Araki and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Soft Matter, 15, 30, pp. 6044-6054 (2019). Featured on journal cover.
*Liquid Crystal Elastomer Shell Actuators with Negative Order Parameter Venkata Subba Rao Jampani, Ross. H. Volpe, Kevin Regungo de Sousa, Joana Ferreira Machado, Christopher M. Yakacki Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Sci. Advances, 5, 4, eaaw2476 (2019)
Micrometer scale porous buckling shell actuators based on liquid crystal networks Venkata Subba Rao Jampani, Dirk J. Mulder, Kevin Reguengo De Sousa, Anne-Hélène Gélébart, Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Albertus P.H.J. Schenning Adv. Funct. Mater. 28, 31, 1801209 (2018)
Fractionation of cellulose nanocrystals: enhancing liquid crystal ordering without promoting gelation Camila Honorato-Rios, Claudius Lehr, Christina Schütz, Roland Sanctuary, Mikhail A. Osipov Jörg Baller, Jan P.F. Lagerwall NPG Asia Materials, 10, 455-465 (2018)
Microfluidic Tensiometry Technique for the Characterization of the Interfacial Tension between Immiscible Liquids Lawrence Honaker, Jan Lagerwall, Venkata Subba Rao Jampani Langmuir, 34, 7, pp. 2403–2409 (2018)
Through the spherical looking-glass: asymmetry enables multicolored internal reflection in cholesteric liquid crystal shells Y. Geng , J.-H. Jang, K.-G, Noh , J. Noh, J. Lagerwall and S.-Y. Park Adv. Opt. Mater., 6, 1700923 (2018)
Why organically functionalized nanoparticles increase the electrical conductivity of nematic liquid crystal dispersions M. Urbanski, J.P.F. Lagerwall J. Mater. Chem. C., 5, 34, pp. 8802-8809 (2017)
Taming Liquid Crystal Self-Assembly: The Multifaceted Response of Nematic and Smectic Shells to Polymerization J. Noh, B. Henx, J.P.F. Lagerwall Adv., Mater, DOI 10.1002/adma.201603158 (2016)
Correlation between structural properties and iridescent colors of cellulose nanocrystalline films M. Ličen, B. Majaron, J. Noh, C. Schütz, L. Bergström, J. Lagerwall, I. Drevenšek-Olenik Cellulose, DOI 10.1007/s10570-016-1066-z (2016)
Enhancing Self-Assembly in Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions Using High-Permittivity Solvents Johanna Bruckner, Anja Kuhnhold, Camila Honorato-Rios, Tanja Schilling and Jan P. F. Lagerwall Langmuir, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02647 (2016)
Nanoparticles dispersed in liquid crystals: Impact on conductivity, low-frequency relaxation and electro-optical performance Martin Urbanski and Jan P. F. Lagerwall J. Mater. Chem. C, 4, 16, pp. 3485-3491 (2016)
Influence of interface stabilisers and surrounding aqueous phases on nematic liquid crystal shells JungHyun Noh, Kevin Reguengo da Sousa and Jan P. F. Lagerwall Soft Matter, 12, 2, pp. 367 - 372 (2016)
Multifunctional responsive fibers produced by dual liquid crystal core electrospinning YooMee Kye, Changsoon Kim and Jan P. F. Lagerwall J. Mater. Chem. C, 3, 8979-8985 (2015)
Ultra-long ordered nanowires from the concerted self-assembly of discotic liquid crystal and solvent molecules Ji Hyun Park , Kyung Ho Kim , Yung Woo Park , Jan P. F. Lagerwall , and Giusy Scalia Langmuir, 31, 34, 9432–9440 (2015)
Rod Packing in Chiral Nematic Cellulose Nanocrystal Dispersions Studied by Small-Angle X-ray Scattering and Laser Diffraction Christina Schütz, Michael Agthe, Andreas B. Fall, Korneliya Gordeyeva, Valentina Guccini, Michaela Salajková, Tomás S. Plivelic, Jan P. F. Lagerwall, German Salazar-Alvarez, and Lennart Bergström Langmuir, 31, 23, 6507–6513 (2015)
Cellulose nanocrystal-based materials: from liquid crystal self- assembly and glass formation to multifunctional thin films Jan Lagerwall, Christina Schütz, Michaela Salajkova, JungHyun Noh, Ji Hyun Park, Giusy Scalia and Lennart Bergström NPG Asia Materials, 6, e80, doi:10.1038/am.2013.69 (2014), open access
*One-piece micropumps from liquid crystalline core-shell particles Featured in the May 2013 issue of Soft Matter World Click here for a a 1-page popular science introduction to this paper. Eva-Kristina Fleischmann, Hsin-Ling Liang, Nadia Kapernaum, Frank Giesselmann, Jan P.F. Lagerwall, and Rudolf Zentel Nat. Commun., 8, (2012), DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2193
Utilizing the Krafft phenomenon for achieving ideal micelle-free surfactant-stabilized nanoparticle suspensions Sarah Dölle, Bob-Dan Lechner, Ji Hyun Park, Stefan Schymura, Jan P. F. Lagerwall and Giusy Scalia Angewandte Chemie - Int. Ed., 51, pp. 3254-3257 (2012)
Towards Efficient Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals Stefan Schymura, Martin Kühnast, Vanessa Lutz, Stefan Jagiella, Ursula Dettlaff-Weglikowska, Siegmar Roth, Frank Giesselmann, Carsten Tschierske, Giusy Scalia, and Jan Lagerwall Adv. Funct. Mater., 20, 19, pp. 3350–3357 (2010)
Self-assembled ordered structures in thin films of HAT5 discotic liquid crystal P. Morales, J. Lagerwall, P. Vacca, S. Laschat, and G. Scalia, Beilstein J. Org. Chem.6, 51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.51 (2010)Note: download is free for everyone, requiring no subscription to the journal
Electrolyte effects on the stability of nematic and lamellar lyotropic liquid crystal phases – colligative and ion-specific aspects Ute Dawin, Jan P.F. Lagerwall and Frank Giesselmann J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 33, pp. 11414-11420 (2009)
Partitioning and reorientational dynamics of phenylalcohols in SDS lyotropic liquid crystalline mesophases: an ALC-µSR study Aleksandra Martyniak, Herbert Dilger, Iain McKenzie, Robert Scheuermann, Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Emil Roduner Colloid Surf. A,309, 1-3, pp. 224-230 (2007)
Nanotube alignment using lyotropic liquid crystals Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Giusy Scalia, Miroslav Haluska, Ursula Dettlaff-Weglikowska, Siegmar Roth, Frank Giesselmann Adv. Mater.19, 3, pp. 359-364 (2007)
Simultaneous alignment and dispersion of carbon nanotubes with lyotropic liquid crystals Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Giusy Scalia, Miroslav Haluska, Ursula Dettlaff-Weglikowska, Frank Giesselmann, Siegmar Roth Phys. Status Solidi B, 246, 13. pp. 3046-3049 (2006)
Effect of phenyl rings in liquid crystal molecules on SWCNTs studied by Raman spectroscopy Giusy Scalia, Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Miroslav Haluska, Ursula Dettlaff-Weglikowska, Frank Giesselmann, Siegmar Roth Phys. Status Solidi B, 246, 13. pp. 3238-3241 (2006)
The peculiar optic, dielectric and x-ray diffraction properties of a fluorinated de Vries asymmetric-diffuse-cone-model ferroelectric liquid crystal This paper was the second most downloaded article in the 2006 volume of the journal ‘Liquid Crystals’, as of 18.5.2007. Jan P. F. Lagerwall, David Coleman, Eva Körblova, Chris Jones, Renfan Shao, José M. Otón, David M. Walba, Noel A. Clark, Frank Giesselmann Download from University of Luxembourg repository here Liq. Cryst. 33, 1, pp. 17-24 (2006)
Electrolyte effects on the nematic-isotropic phase transition in lyotropic liquid crystals Prabir K. Mukherjee, Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Frank Giesselmann Liq. Cryst. 32, 10, pp. 1301-1306 (2005)
Differences between smectic homo- and copolysiloxanes as a consequence of microphase separation Martin Rößle, Lydia Braun, Dieter Schollmeyer, Rudolf Zentel, Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Frank Giesselmann, Ralf Stannarius Liq. Cryst. 32, 5, pp. 533-538 (2005)
A chameleon chiral polar liquid crystal: rod-shaped when nematic, bent-shaped when smectic Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Frank Giesselmann, Michael D. Wand and David M. Walba Chem. Mater.16, 19, pp. 3606 - 3615 (2004)
On the origin of high optical director tilt in a partially fluorinated orthoconic antiferroelectric liquid crystal Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Frank Giesselmann, Alexander Saipa and Roman Dabrowski Liq. Cryst. 31, 9, pp. 1175-1184 (2004)
On the phase sequence of antiferroelectric liquid crystals and its relation to orientational and translational order Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Per Rudquist, Sven T. Lagerwall and Frank Giesselmann Liq. Cryst.30, 4, pp. 399 - 414 (2003)
Phases, phase transitions and confinement effects in a series of antiferroelectric liquid crystals Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Deven D. Parghi, Daniel Krüerke, Fathi Gouda, Pontus Jägemalm Liq. Cryst. 29, 2, pp. 163-178 (2002)
Dielectric Investigations of a Chiral Monomer and Side Chain Polymer Fathi Gouda, Abdul A. Kutub, Katalin Fodor-Csorba, Giancarlo Galli, Emi Chiellini, Lachezar Komitov, Jan P. F. Lagerwall and Sven T. Lagerwall Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 352, pp. 169- 177 (2000)
The Case of Thresholdless Antiferroelectricity: Polarization-Stabilized Twisted SmC* Liquid Crystals give V-shaped Electro-Optic Response Per Rudquist, Jan P. F. Lagerwall, Marius Buivydas, Fathi Gouda, Sven T. Lagerwall, Noel A. Clark, Joseph E. Maclennan, Renfan F. Shao, David Coleman, Sebastien Bardon, Tommaso Bellini, Darren R. Link, Giorgio Natale, Matthew A. Glaser, David M. Walba, Michael D. Wand and X. H. Chen Download from University of Luxembourg repository here J. Mater. Chem., 9, 6, pp. 1257-1261 (1999)
Preprints
Embedding Intelligence in Materials for Responsive Built Environment using Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators and Sensors Mathew Schwartz and Jan P.F. Lagerwall, arXiv:2103.11005 (19 March 2021)