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Molecular heterogeneity drives reconfigurable nematic liquid crystal drops

With few exceptions, polydispersity or molecular heterogeneity in matter tends to impede self-assembly and state transformation(1–3). Here we report shape transition studies of nematic liquid crystal oligomer (NLCO) drops, which reveal, surprisingly, that molecular heterogeneity in the drops promote...

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Autores principales: Wei, Wei-Shao, Xia, Yu, Ettinger, Sophie, Yang, Shu, Yodh, A. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6927531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31853082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1809-8