A liquid crystal is a substance that apparently falls between the solid and liquid states. The three well-known states of matter are solids, liquids, and gases. These three states of matter exist because of the different degrees of order and energy in...

Liquid crystals do not follow the conventional classification of matter into three states: gas, liquid, and solid. In solids the orientation and position of the molecular building blocks are well determined, whereas in liquids the molecules move around...

Liquid crystals are a highly ordered liquid material that has a unique molecular structure which causes them to behave like a solid crystal. When first discovered by H. Reinitzer in 1889, liquid crystals were considered little more than a scientific...

Liquid crystals are substances that exhibit a phase of matter that has properties between those of a conventional liquid, and those of a solid crystal. For instance, a liquid crystal (LC) may flow like a liquid, but have the molecules in the liquid...

Bicontinuous Liquid Crystals M. Lynch and P. Spicer (Eds.) , CRC Press,Taylor and Francis Group, 2005. 512 pages ISBN: 1-57444-449-2 Bicontinuous Liquid Crystals is an informative, concise, well-written monograph on liquid crystalline cubic phases. It will be most useful to graduate students, research...

Advances in liquid-crystal-display (LCD) technology are promoting the technology for growing range of flat-panel applications. Common applications of LCDs in low cost alphanumeric displays in watches and calculators and low-end laptop computers are now being accompanied by advanced LCD video-graphics terminals and high-performance monochrome...

Drug and chemical maker Merck KGaA said Thursday that fourth-quarter net profit rose by more than 18.2 percent, powered by increased sales of liquid crystals used in displays.Merck earned 129.5 million euros ($171.08 million) in the fourth quarter compared with 109.5 million euros a year...

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, who was dubbed the "Isaac Newton of our time" for his pioneering research on liquid crystals, has died. He was 74.He died Friday in Orsay, a suburb of Paris, Le Monde reported Tuesday. A relative confirmed the death but...