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Technology Research News November 19, 2003 |
Liquid Crystal Tunes Fiber Researchers have combined photonic crystal and liquid crystal to make an optical fiber whose properties can change according to temperature. The combination allows the researchers to change the properties of the light inside the fiber.  |
Technology Research News February 25, 2004 |
Nanotube mix makes liquid crystal Carbon nanotubes are rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that can be as narrow as 0.4 nanometers, or the span of four hydrogen atoms. They have useful electrical and mechanical properties and are a leading player in nanotechnology.  |
Chemistry World February 9, 2015 Hugh Cowley |
Unexpected success with luminescent liquid crystals A simple and effective procedure to incorporate strongly-emitting inorganic clusters into nematic liquid crystals has been reported by a team from France.  |
Reactive Reports Issue 33 David Bradley |
Two-faced Liquid Crystals A new class of programmable liquid crystals could be used to make variable optical filters for laboratory instrumentation and digital cameras; they might even be used to treat dyslexia.  |
Chemistry World October 16, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Colorful polymers on demand Electrochromic compounds are those which can change color in response to electrical signals, but they have previously come with a high price tag and slim range of available colours.  |
Chemistry World May 19, 2011 Jon Cartwright |
Liquid crystals spot bacteria to order Liquid crystals could one day be used as bio-sensors, detecting the presence of minute amounts of pathogens. That is the claim of a US group of researchers, who have demonstrated how a liquid crystal changes orientation in the presence of bacteria.  |
Chemistry World July 24, 2009 Nina Notman |
Chiral isotropic liquids from achiral molecules Boomerang-shaped liquid crystal phase molecules that don't exhibit 'handedness' (chirality) have been found to form unusual chiral structures that spontaneously separate into left- and right-handed domains.  |
IEEE Spectrum November 2012 Benjamin Gross |
How RCA Lost the LCD RCA owned the early patents but failed to commercialize the liquid crystal display  |
Chemistry World September 11, 2009 Tom Bond |
Just heat and heal A polymer system based on weak, reversible bonds that can heal itself when heated has been created by UK and US chemists. The new polymers could be further developed and used in the aerospace and other industries, say the researchers.  |
Chemistry World November 23, 2007 Jonathan Edwards |
OLED Chemists Have a Bright Idea Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) can be made more cheaply and easily thanks to a new molecule made by Chinese chemists.  |
Chemistry World March 27, 2014 Simon Hadlington |
Popcorn-like explosion of single crystals explained Chemists have created single crystals of metal coordination complexes that explode violently when exposed to UV light, leaping high into the air.  |
Defense Update Issue 3, 2005 |
How OLED Works? OLED devices use less power and can be capable of high, higher brightness and fuller color than liquid crystal microdisplays.  |
Chemistry World June 12, 2008 Michael Gross |
Light Drives Plastic Motor Chemists in Japan have built a rotary motor driven purely by light shining onto a polymer film.  |
Chemistry World September 13, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Red Oxygen Structure Revealed An international team of researchers has cracked a conundrum that has baffled scientists for years: they have elucidated the crystalline structure of an enigmatic phase of solid oxygen that arises when the molecule is subjected to high pressure.  |
Technology Research News April 9, 2003 |
Liquid crystals go 3D Researchers from Sheffield University in England and the University of Pennsylvania have unlocked some of the secrets of liquid crystals, materials that self-assemble into lattices of geometric shapes that are neither solid nor liquid, but somewhere between.  |
Chemistry World July 22, 2014 Charlie Quigg |
Polymer changes color in the heat of the moment Scientists in China, the UK and the Netherlands have engineered a polydiacetylene polymer that reversibly changes color within 1 second of being heated or cooled.  |
Chemistry World November 30, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Crystal Clear Structure Prediction One team of researchers has hit the jackpot by correctly predicting the crystal structures of four organic molecules in a competition organized by the University of Cambridge.  |
Chemistry World October 28, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
Crystal within a crystal Colleagues at the University of Strasbourg used a molecular tectonics strategy to prepare the crystals.  |
Chemistry World January 28, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
Colourful Crystals Monitor Humidity Chinese chemists have developed a material that changes color according to the humidity of the air around it.  |
Chemistry World August 13, 2014 Stephen McCarthy |
Wind-powered lighting is almost a breeze Scientists in South Korea have created a material that emits bright white light when a stream of nitrogen is blown over it. The discovery paves the way for eco-friendly displays and lighting systems.  |
Chemistry World March 11, 2011 David Barden |
Out of the blue - a new phosphor for flat screen displays Materials chemists in China have developed a compound that they believe should improve the quality of field emission displays, bringing applications a step closer.  |
Technology Research News June 29, 2005 |
Micro marbles make nano rings Using chemical methods, researchers have found a cheaper way to make nanoscale rings. The rings can then be used to make materials to bend light.  |
Chemistry World January 23, 2008 Lewis Brindley |
New Light on Fluorescent Gels Organic gels that fluoresce in a wide range of vibrant colors could one day be used in devices ranging from digital displays to photovoltaic cells.  |
Technology Research News August 25, 2004 Kimberly Patch |
Liquid Crystal IDs Pathogens Liquid crystal is not only the stuff of computer screens and watch displays, it is also how your cell membranes are structured. Combining the similarly structured artificial and biological materials makes a device that detects viruses and toxins.  |
Chemistry World August 9, 2013 Daniel Johnson |
Mystery of jumping crystals solved The riddle of why a certain type of crystal leaps more than 10,000 times its length when exposed to light may have been solved. The crystals' rapid movement is a result of stresses generated in the crystal when light induces a structural change within it.  |
Chemistry World January 6, 2015 Jon Cartwright |
Mystery of why 'structural red' colors are not found in nature is solved Purple, green, blue -- photonic glasses can produce a wide variety of colors. But not red, which is mysteriously absent from both man made and natural microstructures.  |
Chemistry World November 17, 2014 James Urquhart |
Beetle behind breath test for bank notes Simply breathing on money could soon reveal if it's the real deal or counterfeit thanks to a beetle-inspired ink that reversibly changes color in response to humidity.  |
Chemistry World July 9, 2012 Jessica Cocker |
Color changing paper sensor Paper with the ability to change color in response to different ions, solvents and UV irradiation has been developed by US scientists and could be used to develop faster and more stable chemical sensors.  |
Chemistry World June 5, 2009 Nina Notman |
Color e-books just over the page E Ink Corporation is to be brought by Prime View International in Taiwan for approximately $215 million. The companies say this should speed to market the colored ink devices that are currently being trialled.  |