Research Article

Functional Smart Dispersed Liquid Crystals for Nano- and Biophotonic Applications: Nanoparticles-Assisted Optical Bioimaging

Table 1

Laser-induced change of the refractive index in the structured LC cells treated at  nm.

Structure Dopants content, wt.%Energy density, J⋅Spatial frequency, mm−1Pulse duration, nsRef.

Pure LC00.2 W⋅сm−2 at 514.5 nm0.16 × 10−3[31]

LC based on COANP–C70517.5 × 10−3100201.4 × 10−3[24]

LC based on COANP–C70130 × 10−390101.45 × 10−3Now

LC based on COANP–C70130 × 10−3130101.1 × 10−3Now

LC based on COANP–CNTs0.518.0 × 10−390–10010–203.2 × 10−3[32]

LC based on COANP–C700.530 × 10−3100101.2 × 10−3[33]

LC based on COANP–CNTs0.130 × 10−3100102.8 × 10−3[33]

LC based on DNA0.10.190–1201.39 × 10−3[30]

LC based on QDs CdSe(ZnS)+DNA0.10.190–1201.35 × 10−3[30]

LC based on QDs CdSe(ZnS)+DNA0.10.11301.0 × 10−3Now

Content of DNA (salmon fish) in the water solution was ~4.72 g⋅L−1, and the relation between LC and DNA was 5 : 1.