Tag: liquid crystals

Quantised self-assembly enables design of materials with novel properties

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At DESY’s X-ray source PETRA III, scientists have investigated an intriguing form of self-assembly in liquid crystals: When the liquid crystals are filled into cylindrical nanopores and heated, their molecules form ordered rings as they cool – a condition that otherwise does not naturally occur in the material. This behavior allows nanomaterials with new optical Read more about Quantised self-assembly enables design of materials with novel properties[…]

Antimatter helps to unveil the secrets of liquid crystals

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The chaos typical of liquid molecules, and the ordering characteristics of crystals. There are states of matter connecting such contradictory features: liquid crystals. Thanks to an innovative application of antimatter, it has been demonstrated at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow that the structures formed by certain molecules Read more about Antimatter helps to unveil the secrets of liquid crystals[…]