We present a molecular design of a preprogrammed supermolecule that can stabilize frustrated molecular organization of an isotropic liquid-crystalline phase. The tapered amphiphilic compound ...

A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The ...

In a new study, scientists have shown for the first time that even without additional corrections, the standard GAFF interatomic interaction potential can reproduce an isotropic-nematic phase ...

Liquid crystals are substances that flow like a liquid but maintain some of the ordered structure of crystals. Liquid-crystal molecules tend to be elongated and to orient in specific directions.

The graphite found in your favorite pencil could have instead been the diamond your mother always wears. What made the ...

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong studying the structure of 2D materials have predicted new types of phase transitions that have yet to be seen in experiments ...

Many electric motors currently use copper in their stators and often their rotors. In a search for alternatives, researchers ...

A new silicon material switches from insulator to metal in picoseconds. This breakthrough could speed up future computers.

The graphite found in your favorite pencil could have instead been the diamond your mother always wears. What made the ...

An international team of researchers have observed a phenomenon called virtual melting in colloidal crystals. They studied how it helps enable changes from one crystalline structure to another ...

New compressor control system CCS-3200 is a significant piece of equipment for managing and optimising the operation of screw ...

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