A ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal is more organized. Within specific patches or “domains”, all of its molecules point in the same direction. This phenomenon is known as polar ordering, and its ...

The newly discovered phase is a form of nematic liquid crystal, which offer a mix of fluid- and solid-like characteristics that allow for some unique abilities, namely an ability to control light.

Researchers at CU Boulder’s Soft Materials Research Center (SMRC) have discovered an elusive phase of matter, first proposed more than 100 years ago and sought after ever since. The team describes the ...

Clark agrees, saying that the discovery of a liquid crystal could lead to new technological innovations, from new types of display screens to reimagined computer memory. "There are 40,000 research ...

AK&M 09 July 2025 15:52. Scientists from the MIPT LPHI Center for Computational Physics, together with colleagues from the Institute of Physics and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the ...

Liquid crystal is widely used nowadays, for example, as a core element of LCD devices. The magnetic analog of this kind of material is dubbed the "spin-nematic phase," where spin moments play the ...

“When it comes to nematic liquid crystals, the kind in most displays, we only have a few that have been demonstrated so far.” Top: A traditional, "nematic" liquid crystal seen under the microscope; ...

The liquid crystals used in displays nowadays are usually in a nematic phase, i.e. a liquid-like state of almost parallel oriented molecules. However, there is another liquid crystal phase which ...

Dunkel says that because the liquid crystal computer wouldn’t use only 0s and 1s, some of its computations would be analogous to how quantum computers work, as they can simultaneously process ...