Light enters the display, goes through a polarizer, and is twisted by a liquid crystal material. The first successful LCDs used two types of liquid crystals – chiral and nematic. By combining ...

Studying the cholesterol in carrots using a temperature-controlled polarizing microscope, they noticed that the light ... crystal when heat was applied. By 1907, Germany-based Merck was selling ...

Scientists in the UK have created glasses that can block out specific wavelengths of light known to cause seizures ... These lenses contain liquid crystals that change their optical properties ...

Science often surprises us with its ability to connect seemingly unrelated phenomena. Have you ever stopped to marvel at how ...

Liquid crystal nanoparticles (LCNPs ... The release of the encapsulated drugs can be triggered by external stimuli, such as temperature, pH, or light, enabling spatiotemporal control over drug ...

This change in orientation affects the light's ability to pass through the liquid crystal layer, enabling the display to produce images. An LCD consists of several layers, including two polarizing ...

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Liquid crystal displays (LCD) belong to the class of nonemissive technologies, or displays that do not generate light of their own but control the transmission or reflection of an external light ...

Liquid-crystal-on-silicon-based televisions are available ... metal patterned above the silicon to flex in order to deflect light. Microelectromechanical-system chips have to be hermetically ...