Keywordsiron oxide nanoparticles; magnetic nanoparticles; nanosheets; nanodiscs; nanoflakes; lyotropic liquid crystals; template syntheses; graphitic flakes; liquid crystal; Maxwell-Wagner polarization; dynamic response; liquid crystal; lyotropic; inorganic nanoparticle; clay; tobacco mosaic virus (TMV); Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); cellulose nanocrystal; nanotube; nanowire; nanorod; graphene; graphene oxide; liquid crystals; nanomaterials; ferroelectric nanoparticles; spontaneous polarization; aggregation; nanocolloids; electro-optics; ions; magnetic nanoparticles; cholesteric liquid crystal; Bragg reflection; microfluidics; sphere phase; lasers and laser optics; materials; liquid crystal; image sticking; dielectric property; liquid crystal; γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles; capacitance model; dynamic response; threshold voltage; n/a; liquid crystals; ions; contaminated nanoparticles; kinetics; ion-capturing films; ion trapping; adsorption/desorption; nematic liquid crystal; quantum dot; nanoparticle; self-assembly; phase transition; reversibly reconfigurable; dynamic self-assembly; nanoparticle assemblies; superlattices; morphing nanoparticles; plasmonic nanoparticles; n/a