Nanomaterials and liquid crystal materials are two excellent functional materials. Combination of nanomaterials and liquid crystal materials is of great interest due to their excellent properties. In addition to their own characterizations

the composite materials also show some new properties due to the interaction between nanomaterials and liquid crystal materials. Nanomaterials can be divided into metal nanoparticles

metal oxide nanoparticles

carbon nanotubes et al. This article describes the recent and significant development in different nanomaterials doping liquid crystal composite materials. The dispersion of nanoparticles in liquid crystals was examined. The effects of nanomaterials on the phase transition temperature of liquid crystal

photoelectric and conductive properties of the composites were investigated.