4 search results for “liquid crystals” in the Public website
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New theory on liquid crystals with high symmetry
LCD screens use liquid crystals which have a high degree of order, even though they form a fluid. A new theory maps out the interplay between order, temperature and symmetry. Publication in Physical Review X.
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life: some thoughts on self-organized structure formation in active liquids and biological systems
It has been a long-standing mystery how complex biological structures emerge from such seemingly uncoordinated building blocks as cells and tissues, in the presence of only minimal environmental guidance.
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Gauge theory and nematic order : the rich landscape of orientational phase transition
Promotor: J. Zaanen
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Cross-talk between stagnation points in flow and orientation
Publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.