Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
Liquid Crystal Research Advancements is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 12.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores advancements in liquid crystal research, focusing on self-organized soft materials, photoinduced motions, functional liquid crystalline assemblies, optoelectronic applications, nanoparticles in liquid crystals, colloidal crystals, polymer-stabilized blue phases, chiral nematic phases, and nanostructured materials.
- Liquid Crystals
- Self-Organization
- Photoinduced Motions
- Functional Materials
- Optoelectronic Applications
- Nanoparticles
- Colloidal Crystals
- Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phases
- Chiral Nematic Phases
- Nanostructured Materials
- Research works
- 39k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 12.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -11% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Liquid Crystal Research Advancements research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (948 and 351 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 948 works
- 2 United States 351 works
- 3 India 341 works
- 4 Japan 279 works
- 5 Russia 144 works
- 6 South Korea 136 works
- 7 United Kingdom 131 works
- 8 Germany 109 works
- 9 France 103 works
- 10 Poland 95 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Liquid Crystal Research Advancements research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Kent State University publishes the most Liquid Crystal Research Advancements research, followed by University of Science and Technology Beijing and Military University of Technology in Warsaw.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Kent State UniversityUnited States 32 works
- 2 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 24 works
- 3 Military University of Technology in WarsawPoland 23 works
- 4 Soochow UniversityChina 21 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 18 works
- 6 Peking UniversityChina 18 works
- 7 Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands 18 works
- 8 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 18 works
- 9 University of Colorado BoulderUnited States 17 works
- 10 Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong 17 works
Who are the leading researchers in Liquid Crystal Research Advancements?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements include Ben Zhong Tang, P. G. de Gennes and Paul J. Flory.
- 1 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
- 2 P. G. de Gennes France 4.3k citations
- 3 Paul J. Flory United States 3.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Liquid Crystal Research Advancements research done?
The largest centres of Liquid Crystal Research Advancements research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kent.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- KentUS · 32.3 works74×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Liquid Crystal Research Advancements than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Liquid Crystal Research Advancements?
Among universities, judged by research, Anhui Jianzhu University, Kent State University and Eindhoven University of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anhui Jianzhu UniversityChina | 62.0 | 40.2% | 35.4× | 10 | — |
| 2 | Kent State UniversityUnited States | 60.2 | 12.7% | 77.0× | 32 | +12.7% |
| 3 | Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands | 55.5 | 12.0% | 15.3× | 18 | +38.5% |
| 4 | Pohang University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 55.5 | 30.3% | 17.9× | 12 | -30.5% |
| 5 | University of LeedsUnited Kingdom | 55.1 | 16.1% | 8.6× | 15 | +104.3% |
| 6 | Nanjing UniversityChina | 54.9 | 34.0% | 6.6× | 17 | +26.5% |
| 7 | University of Colorado BoulderUnited States | 53.1 | 17.2% | 13.8× | 17 | -5.1% |
| 8 | Fujian Normal UniversityChina | 53.1 | 10.0% | 15.1× | 11 | +236.4% |
| 9 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong | 51.3 | 5.5% | 13.6× | 17 | -25.2% |
| 10 | Soochow UniversityChina | 50.5 | 13.9% | 8.0× | 21 | +59.7% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Liquid Crystal Research Advancements research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.