"Industrial labs and manufacturers could probably adopt the method in a day." Liquid crystal molecules flow like a liquid, but they have a common orientation like in solids, and this orientation ...

The top image illustrates the 3D framework of the structure housing the liquid crystal molecules, shown in blue and green. The bottom sequence details the transition from random orientation (left) to ...

The first successful LCDs used two types of liquid crystals – chiral and nematic. By combining these two types of molecules in the right proportion, the display can ‘twist’ the polarized ...

An electric current runs through the glass. The glass is filled with liquid crystal molecules. When the power is switched on the glass becomes clear. When it's switched off, the glass becomes opaque.

Liquid-crystal molecules tend to be elongated and to orient in specific directions. The Fréedericksz transition, a key electro-optic phenomenon in nonpolar nematic liquid crystals, is suppressed ...

The water molecules that evaporate become a gas called water vapor. Only the water evaporates, leaving the sodium and chloride ions behind. The sodium and chloride ions attract each other and re-form ...

A class of synthetic soft materials called liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) can change shape in response to heat, similar to ...

An LCD consists of several layers, including two polarizing filters with perpendicular axes, a layer of liquid crystal molecules, and electrodes that apply the necessary electric field to the crystals ...

By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers at University of Tsukuba have successfully achieved ...

By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers at University of Tsukuba have successfully achieved ...

Liquid crystals exist in a phase of their own. They can flow like liquids, but because their molecules are arranged in a ...

A research team has discovered that achiral hard banana-shaped particles can spontaneously form exotic structures like ...