Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are heavily employed in the field of soft robotics because they exhibit the such ...

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are of rapidly growing interest in recent years as diverse applications 1,2,3,4,5 have been proposed in various areas such as robotics 6,7,8, micromachines 9,10,11, ...

MIT engineers observed that a liquid crystal’s orderly microstructures will spontaneously assemble into large, twisted structures (pictured) when the liquid is made to slowly flow. Credit: ...

Robots and cameras of the future could be made of liquid crystals, thanks to a new discovery that significantly expands the potential of the chemicals already common in computer displays and digital ...

What are Liquid Crystal Nanoparticles? Liquid crystal nanoparticles (LCNPs) are a unique class of nanomaterials that combine the properties of liquid crystals with the advantages of nanoparticles.

YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x (YBCO or Y123) is the original high-temperature cuprate oxide with a superconducting critical temperature (T c ~93 K) well above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen (77 K) 1, ...

Ions influence conductivity and mobility in molecular liquid crystals, affecting electrical behavior, stability, and performance in both established and emerging technologies. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The ...

The knots in your shoelaces are familiar, but can you imagine knots made from light, water, or from the structured fluids that make LCD screens shine? They exist, and in a new Nature Physics study, ...