Liquid crystal — Schlieren texture of liquid crystal nematic phase Liquid crystals (LCs) are a state of matter that have properties between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal.[1] For instance, an LC may flow like a liquid, but its… … Wikipedia
Liquid crystal polymer — Liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) are a class of aromatic polyester polymers. They are extremely unreactive and inert, and highly resistant to fire.BackgroundLiquid crystallinity in polymers may occur either by solving a polymer in a solvent… … Wikipedia
Biaxial nematic — A biaxial nematic is a spatially homogeneous liquid crystal with three distinct optical axes. This is to be contrasted to a simple nematic, which has a single preferred axis, around which the system is rotationally symmetric. The symmetry group… … Wikipedia
Smart glass — or switchable glass, also called smart windows or switchable windows in its application to windows or skylights, refers to electrically switchable glass or glazing which changes light transmission properties when voltage is applied.Certain types… … Wikipedia
Water-in-water emulsion — An emulsion is two immiscible liquids mixed together (by shaking for example) with small droplets of one liquid dispersed (separated and distributed throughout the space) in the other liquid. This dispersion is usually not stable and all the… … Wikipedia
Roy Sambles — John Roy Sambles, FRS is an English experimental physicist.Sambles, originally from Callington in Cornwall,cite web|url=http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=144125 command=displayContent sourceNode=232450 contentPK=20559915… … Wikipedia
Lyotropic — A material is called lyotropic if it forms liquid crystal phases because of the addition of a solvent. Historically the term was used to describe materials composed of amphiphilic molecules. Such molecules comprise a water loving hydrophilic head … Wikipedia
Lambda transition — The λ (lambda) universality class is probably the most important group in condensed matter physics. It regroups several systems possessing strong analogies, namely, superfluids, superconductors and smectics (liquid crystals). All these systems… … Wikipedia
Corannulene — IUPAC name … Wikipedia
Journal of Materials Chemistry — Infobox Journal discipline = Materials Science abbreviation = J. Mater. Chem website = http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/jm/ publisher = Royal Society of Chemistry country = United Kingdom history = 1991 to present ISSN = 0959 9428 eISSN =… … Wikipedia
