The first successful LCDs used two types of liquid crystals – chiral and nematic. By combining these ... segment LCD display out of a pair of microscope slides. It does modulate light, just ...

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

"Using our method, any lab with a microscope and a set of lenses ... Spatial Photo‐Patterning of Nematic Liquid Crystal Pretilt and its Application in Fabricating Flat Gradient‐Index Lenses ...

Meaning "thread" in Greek, nematic LCs are monostable and return to their original alignment when the electric field is removed. In 1888, liquid crystals were identified by Austrian botanist ...

When introduced into a nematic liquid crystal, these particles induce three-dimensional director fields and topological defects dictated by colloidal topology. While electric fields, photothermal ...

By using optically active liquid crystals as reaction sites, researchers have successfully achieved the living polymerization of polymers with aligned helical structures. In this process, optically ...