Voltage-dependent diffraction switching makes a hybrid liquid crystal–carbon nanotube device a good candidate for high-resolution displays.
Switchable Diffraction from Liquid Crystal–Carbon Nanotube Hybrids
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Process turns carbon nanotubes into liquid crystals
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Rice University strategy turns negatively charged carbon nanotubes into liquid crystals that could enhance the creation of fibers and films.
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New liquid crystal properties could boost self-healing materials
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Rice University researchers find that silicone liquid crystals stiffen with repeated compression.
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Extending the range of liquid crystalline blue phase
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Kyushu University researchers demonstrate a new blue phase material with expanded temperature range and Bragg wavelength shift.
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Research creates ‘recipe book’ for building new materials
January 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder open the door for the creation of a host of new materials with properties that do not exist in nature.
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A model for chiral polymer synthesis
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The synthesis of a chiral polymer can be performed in chiral liquid crystals. It could be a model to understand asymmetric polymer synthesis in biology.
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24th International Liquid Crystal Conference held in Mainz, Germany
August 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The 24th International Liquid Crystal Conference was held on August 19th–24th in Mainz, Germany.
Liquid Crystal-Based Microactuators
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A two-dimensional microarray is fabricated from a crosslinked liquid crystalline polymer containing azobenzene groups.
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Breaking and Assembling Liquid Crystals
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Reversible fragmentation and self-assembling of nematic liquid crystal droplets on functionalized pyroelectric substrates
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MaterialsViews Interviews: Quan Li
October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Quan Li tells MaterialsViews about his work on semiconductors and liquid crystals.
