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

Tiny DNA Molecules Show Liquid Crystal Phases, Pointing Up New Scenario For First Life On Earth Date: November 23, 2007 Source: University of Colorado at Boulder ...

Liquid crystal molecules form nano rings Quantized self-assembly enables design of materials with novel properties Date: February 6, 2018 Source: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY ...

New research published in Nature reveals that, when cooled, droplets containing chain-like liquid crystal molecules transform from spheres into complex shapes such as flowers, corals, and fibrous ...

image: A colorful microscope image showing that a solution of tiny DNA molecules has formed a liquid-crystal phase. The DNA molecules pair to form DNA double helices, which, in turn stack end-to ...

Stripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to 'chiral' fluids. Hold your hands out in front of you, and no matter how you rotate them, it's impossible to superimpose one over the other.

Orientational Order: The liquid crystal molecules within LCNPs exhibit long-range orientational order, which can be controlled by external stimuli such as electric or magnetic fields, temperature, or ...

It could stand for Liquid Crystal Digital in some contexts, but it never does. Oh, and the first “LCD” in the article should be “LCDs”. At least he never put an apostrophe in there.

Liquid crystal molecules flow like a liquid, but they have a common orientation like in solids, and this orientation can change in response to stimuli. They are useful in LCD screens, biomedical ...

A proposal for a computer built using liquid crystals – similar to those found in LCD TVs – would use the orientation of the molecules to store data. Calculations would look like ripples ...