Index

ambipolar

ambipolar charge transport

amphiphilic

biaxial

biaxial nematic phase

bilayer

bilayer OLED

birefringence

blue phase (BP)

bulk heterojunction (BHJ)

block copolymer

boojum

C₆₀

calamitic

carbon nanotube

carbon nanotube (CNT)

charge-carrier mobility

charge-carrier transport

chemical potential

chemical vapor deposition (CVD)

chiral homeotropic LC (CHLC)

cholesteric

cholesteric LC (CLC)

cholesteric polymer

columnar

conduction band

π-conjugated aromatic core

conoscopic

correlation

correlation length

crystal engineering

current-voltage (I-V)

cyclic voltammetry (CV)

defect-free

diblock copolymer

dielectric

dielectric constant

dielectric material

disodium cromoglycate (DSCG)

differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

dipole-dipole interaction

discotic liquid crystal (discotic LC, DLC)

dispersion

dispersion relation

DNA

donor-acceptor complex

donor-acceptor diblock copolymer

donor-acceptor ensembles

donor-acceptor group

electroluminescence (EL)

electromagnetic

electron-acceptor

electron-donating

electron-transport

electrostatic

exciton diffusion length

exciton-binding energy

face-to-face

ferroelectricity

Fermi's Golden Rule

field-effect transistor (FET)

fill factor (ff)

focal conic

fourier transform

fullerene

Gaussian

Gaussian distribution

Grandjean-Cano

hexabenzocoronene (HBC)

hexagonal columnar (Col_h)

highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO)

hole-transporting

homeotropic alignment

homeotropic cell

homogeneous

hydrogen bonding

indium tin oxide (ITO)

π-π stacking

π-π interaction

inhomogeneous

interface

irreversible

kinetic

Kossel

Langmuir-Blodgett (LB)

liquid crystal display (LC display, LCD)

light scattering

light-emitting diode (LED)

lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO)

magnetic

mesogenic

mesogenicity

mesomorphic

monodomain

monolayer

Monte-Carlo simulation

morphology

multi-walled carbon nanotube (multi-wall CNT, MWCNT)

n-type

nonlinear optic (NLO)

non-amphiphilic

non-mesogenic

nucleation

one-dimensional

open circuit voltage

optical path difference (OPD)

π-orbital overlap

order parameter

organic field-effect transistor (OFET)

organic light-emitting diode (OLED)

organic photovoltaic (OPV)

paramagnetic liquid crystal (PLC)

perylene

perylene diimide (PDI)

6,6-phenyl-C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM or PC₆₁BM)

photonic bandgap (PBG)

photostationary state (PSS)

photovoltaic (PV)

phthalocyanine

phthalocyanine-C₆₀ dyad

planar alignment

plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)

polarizing optical microscopy (POM)

poly(acrylonitrile) (PAN)

polyactide (PLA)

polyamide (PA)

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)

poly(diallyldimethyammonium chloride) (PDDA)

poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (PDMA)

polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT)

poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly (styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT/PSS)

poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)

poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)

poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)

polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC)

polymeric cholesteric liquid crystal (PCLC)

polymer sacrificial layer

polymer stabilized cholesteric texture (PSCT)

poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)

poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) (PBO)

poly(para-phenylene vinylene) (PPV)

poly(phosphoric acid) (PPA)

poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE)

poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)

poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP)

porphyrin

poly(styrene) (PS)

power conversion efficiency (PCE)

p-type

pulse-radiolysis time-resolved microwave conductivity (PR-TRMC)

pyroelectric liquid crystal polymer (PLCP)

quasi-boolshelf (QBS)

quaterrylene diimide (QDI)

radial breathing mode (RBM)

radio frequency (RF)

radio-frequency identification (RFID)

red-green-blue (RGB)

relative humidity (RH)

roll-to-roll

saturated calomel electrode (SCE)

scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

scanning tunnelling microscope (STM)

second harmonic generation (SHG)

self-assembled monolayers (SAM)

single crystal

single-molecule magnet (SMM)

single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)

smectic (Sm)

sodium dodecyl benzene sulfate (SDBS)

sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)

solar cell

space charge-limited current (SCLC)

split ring resonator (SRR)

steric interaction

styrene-b-butadiene-b-styrene (SBS)

styrene-b-isoprene-b-styrene (SIS)

sunset yellow (SSY)

surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal (SSFLC)

terrylene diimide (TDI)

thermal annealing

thermal back relaxation (TBR)

time of flight or time-of-flight (TOF)

transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

triblock copolymer

triphenylene

triphenylene-gold nanoparticle (TP-GNP)

twist grain boundary (TGB)

twisted nematic (TN)

unpolarized light (UPL)

van der Waals (VdW)

variable temperature X-ray diffraction (VT-XRD)

very-large-scale integration (VLSI)

wet-processing

whispering gallery mode (WGM)

XRD (X-ray diffraction)

zone casting