A team at the University of Colorado Boulder has designed new kinds of liquid crystals that mirror the complex structures of some solid crystals—a major step forward in building flowing materials that ...

Under the right conditions, liquid crystals condense into astonishing structures, spontaneously generating filaments and flattened discs that can transport material from one place to another, much ...

In the last couple of weeks, there have been several stories coming out of SE Asia and other parts of the world regarding liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). These stories range from CRT plant closings to ...

Current generation portable computers and instruments utilize back-lit liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps (CCFLs) provide the highest available efficiency for backlighting ...

Figure 1. Schematic representation of molecular orientation and the low-frequency power-saving mode in fringe-field switching liquid crystal displays (FFS-LCDs). (a) Molecular alignment in the nematic ...

Sharp Corp. Aquos liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions sit in the thermostatic aging room at the company’s plant in Yaita, Tochigi prefecture, Japan. Select an option below to continue reading ...

Check out the latest liquid-crystal display monitors. They come big-screen (19-plus inches) with high-resolution (at least 1,600- by 1,200-pixel) flat panel displays. They don't come cheap, but ...

Kaiser Electronics is developing a new multifunction F-22 cockpit display that uses rear projection rather than liquid crystal technology - the first such display for any aircraft, according to the ...

A new technique to change the structure of liquid crystals could lead to the development of fast-responding liquid crystals suitable for next generation displays -- 3D, augmented and virtual reality - ...

I enjoyed reading the article, “A Century of Chemistry and of C&EN” in the Aug. 7/14, 2023, issue of C&EN (page 18). I wanted to mention one development that was not covered in the piece. In 1966, my ...

Liquid crystals are all around us, from cell phone screens and video game consoles to car dashboards and medical devices. Run an electric current through liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and they ...

A close-up image of a mm-size Blue-phase liquid crystal during its formation stage. Credit: Khoo Lab, Penn State A close-up image of a mm-size Blue-phase liquid crystal during its formation stage.