Liquid crystal

When Lisa Tran set out to investigate patterns in liquid crystals, she didn't know what to expect. When she first looked through the microscope, she saw dancing iridescent spheres with fingerprint-like patterns etched into them that spiraled and flattened as the solution they were floated in changed.

Contributing geometric and topological analyses of micro-materials, mathematicians aided experimental physicists by successfully explaining the observed "beautiful and complex patterns revealed" in three-dimensional liquid crystal experiments. The work is expected to lead to creation of new materials that can be actively controlled.

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Scientists have discovered a fundamentally new state of matter: 3D quantum liquid crystals. These have the potential to advance microchip technology and quantum computing. 3D Quantum Liquid Crystals Caltech physicists at the Institute for Quantum Inform…

Have you ever thought that liquid crystal flowers could be used as lenses? Lately, a group of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania has grown liquid crystal flowers, making it possible to create lenses.

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Researchers engineer liquid crystals that can be arranged into compound lenses similar to insect eyes.

Why We Need and Fear Mercury, the Liquid Metal - Mercury, which usually appears as a thick silvery fluid, is the only metal that's liquid at room temperature.

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If you don't have the time or patience to grow crystals over hours, days, or longer, try growing these sheet crystals. You'll get results almost instantly!

(Phys.org) —Squeeze a piece of silicone and it quickly returns to its original shape, as squishy as ever. But scientists at Rice University have discovered that the liquid crystal phase of silicone becomes 90 percent stiffer when silicone is gently and repeatedly compressed. Their research could lead to new strategies for self-healing materials or biocompatible materials that mimic human tissues.