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Negative order appears in liquid crystals

18 Apr 2019 Isabelle Dumé
Reversible shape transformation of an LCE
The image sequence shows the reversible shape transformation of an LCE sphere; where the folded shape similar to spherical pancakes at 20°C turns into a smooth sphere at 60°C and vice versa. The characteristic colours on the sphere resemble the anti-ordered microscale arrangement of molecules. Credit: University of Luxembourg
Researchers have observed spontaneous negative orientational order in a liquid crystal material for

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