Researchers have demonstrated that not only could patterns on liquid crystals be controlled at nanoscales, but the changes could be visible without microscopes. The work could potentially pave the ...

Penn researchers demonstrate how to control liquid crystal patterns. University of Pennsylvania. Journal Physical Review X Funder Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Simons Foundation ...

The surface alignment of liquid crystal 4¡ä-n-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl multilayers formed by evaporation on photoalignment polyvinylcinnamate (PVCi) film was observed by means of novel ...

In conventional nematic liquid crystals, tiny parallel rod-like particles align in near perfect order. In active nematics, however, each particle self-propels into continuous motion, interacting with ...

Liquid lensing: the lens created by the Osaka University researchers. (Courtesy: H Yoshida) A new way to control light using liquid crystals has been developed by researchers in Japan, who believe ...

Spatial Photo‐Patterning of Nematic Liquid Crystal Pretilt and its Application in Fabricating Flat Gradient‐Index Lenses. Advanced Materials , 2024; DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310083 Cite This Page : ...

Posted: Nov 01, 2017: Researchers demonstrate how to control liquid crystal patterns (w/video) (Nanowerk News) When Lisa Tran set out to investigate patterns in liquid crystals, she didn't know what ...

The team, which includes Johns Hopkins physics professor Robert Leheny and assistant research professor Francesca Serra, discovered they could manipulate the three-dimensional orientation of liquid ...