Crystals for Molecular Sensing and Detection

The remarkable physical properties of liquid crystals also make them uniquely suitable for many other types of applications. For example, the color changes in cholesteric liquid crystal as a function of temperature are now widely used in temperature serrsing/display. 

Serrsing and detection can also be done on the molecular level. These approaches are based on the fact that the macroscopic properties such as alignment, 

Transmission spectra of an all-dielectric FSS with a liquid crystal superstrate. As the 

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