List: Liquid Crystals | Curated by Thermoaesthetics

Apr 9, 2022
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Liquid CrystalsStories on Medium about matter in the liquid crystalline phase.
Science Bulletin
Materials scientists learn how to make liquid crystal shape-shift
Oct 2, 2020
Oct 2, 2020
Thermoaesthetics
Rapid Eye Movements and Brain HeatRapid, random eye movements during sleep are probably related to increased temperature in eye-connected parts of the brain, or the speed…
Mar 26, 2022
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Mar 26, 2022
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Thermoaesthetics
Consciousness and Liquid CrystalsConsciousness is probably related to the liquid crystalline physical state of animal brains.
Feb 19, 2022
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Feb 19, 2022
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Penn Engineering
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Penn Engineering
Penn Researchers Demonstrate How to Control Liquid Crystal PatternsWhen Lisa Tran set out to investigate patterns in liquid crystals, she didn’t know what to expect. When she first looked through the…
Nov 8, 2017
Nov 8, 2017
Avoni Gharde, Ph.D.
Liquid Crystals — Somewhere In BetweenHave you ever seen a cat take the shape of the container and wonder, “Gee, how is it able to that? Is it in a state of solid, a fluid, or…
Oct 17, 2019
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Oct 17, 2019
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Science Bulletin
Liquid crystals create easy-to-read, color-changing sensors
Jul 13, 2020
Jul 13, 2020
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Penn Engineering
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Penn Engineering
Drops of Liquid Crystal Molecules Branch Out Into Strange StructuresShaped by surface tension and elasticity, spherical drops of chain-like liquid crystal molecules transform upon cooling into complex…
Dec 19, 2019
Dec 19, 2019
Thermoaesthetics
The Physical State of LifeThe history of thought is filled with the recognition that living things are semifluid, semisolid phenomena.
Apr 15, 2021
Apr 15, 2021
Thermoaesthetics
Liquid Crystallinity in Living SystemsOne thing we all share as organisms is our physical situation in a state between the solidness of a crystal and the fluidity of a liquid.
Apr 15, 2021
Apr 15, 2021
Thermoaesthetics
Liquid Crystals and the Origin of LifePrior to the evolution of the first living things the world was made of crystals, liquids and gasses. Life’s beginnings must have involved…
Apr 30, 2021
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Apr 30, 2021
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