The Universe’s most abundant ice isn’t formless—it’s secretly laced with crystals. And that might change how we think about ...

In an elegant fusion of art and science, researchers at Rice University have achieved a major milestone in nanomaterials engineering by uncovering how ...

Now, after trying more than 100 compounds, RCA scientists have produced a crystal that responds to even small amounts of electricity throughout a temperature range from 20° F. to more than 200° F.

Like smart glass, the functionality of smart film relies on polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) technology. This film contains liquid crystal droplets that are embedded within a polymer layer.

New short film Crystal Hitters: Beamtime, following a group of scientists from the University of Connecticut and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, reveals just that, shining a light on ...

A Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal film can be added to the mix to adjust background opacity in super bright venues for improved image clarity.

*PDLC film: A PDLC film is a polymer dispersed liquid crystal film whose transparency can be adjusted by controlling the fine liquid crystals using an electric field.

More information: Shan Li et al, When quantum dots meet blue phase liquid crystal elastomers: visualized full-color and mechanically-switchable circularly polarized luminescence, Light: Science ...

The liquid crystals may represent another leap forward. Prior research on liquid crystals used them as common additives in perovskite films but overlooked their ability to change with temperatures.