In joint research with the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology ...

Using a slow wave (SW) and liquid crystal (LC) inverted microstrip structure, a tiny phase shifter is designed in this research. The liquid crystal phase-shifter is proposed as a three-periodic ...

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely ...

In this work, the feasibility of microwave liquid crystal based dielectric waveguide phased shifters is investigated in a phased rod antenna array for the first time. For this, a 1×4 rod antenna array ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered how much salt you could extract by boiling down seawater? I recently embarked on a hands-on, ...

As few as five electrons in a semiconductor can exhibit collective behaviour, forming a “Coulomb liquid”, according to researchers in Europe. This extends the study of correlated systems to electron ...

Liquid crystal mixture E7 (obtained from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, nematic isotropic phase transition temperature (T NI) = 61.5 °C) (see Figure S1). To prepare the LC/ND composite, an ...

A new study details how researchers successfully built and operated a motor using coils woven from pure carbon nanotubes instead of the heavy copper that has been the standard for a century. But can ...

Two mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline polyelectrolytes, poly{sodium 2,5-bis[(4-sulfophenyl)aminocarbonyl]styrene} and poly{sodium 2.5-bis[(4-sulfophenyl)oxycarbonyl]styrene}, with rigid cores ...

Awareness of these phenomena can be useful in the characterization of liquid crystal shells, even for non-chiral liquid crystal phases that exhibit no inherent reflection phenomena, in particular for ...