The first successful LCDs used two types of liquid crystals – chiral and nematic. By combining these two types of molecules in the right proportion, the display can ‘twist’ the polarized ...

Research is directed toward understanding and using the properties of condensed phases, ranging from experiments on the fundamental physics of phase transitions and chirality in liquid crystals, to ...

This first bacteria-driven microrotary motor was shown to rotate with a frequency of 2 r.p.m. Ben Feringa (University of Groningen) described how the supramolecular chirality of liquid crystals ...