• Liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) are polymers with the property of liquid crystal, usually containing aromatic rings as mesogens. Despite uncrosslinked...
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    Liquid crystal (LC) is a state of matter whose properties are between those of conventional liquids and those of solid crystals. For example, a liquid...
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  • Polymeric liquid crystals are similar to monomeric liquid crystals used in displays. Both have dielectric anitroscopy, or the ability to change directions...
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    matter physics. Soft materials include liquids, colloids, polymers, foams, gels, granular materials, liquid crystals, flesh, and a number of biomaterials...
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  • with greater ease. Liquid-crystal polymer Modeling of polymer crystals Andrew Keller (1952). "Morphology of crystallizing polymers". Nature. 169 (4309):...
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    this kind can be synthesized by various technologies, ranging from liquid crystal polymer (same technology as in 3D television), and micro-structured surfaces...
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    A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid...
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    Fermi liquid theory (also known as Landau's Fermi-liquid theory) is a theoretical model of interacting fermions that describes the normal state of the...
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    of a liquid freezing on the surface of a crystal can align with the molecules of the crystal, but with a pattern less symmetric than the crystal: it breaks...
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    Kent Displays, has developed "no power" Liquid Crystal Displays using Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: these are known as ChLCD screens. A...
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    fire-resistant and can melt when ignited. Liquid crystalline polyesters are among the first industrially used liquid crystal polymers. They are used for their mechanical...
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    Vectran is a manufactured fiber, spun from a liquid-crystal polymer (LCP) created by Celanese Corporation and now manufactured by Kuraray. Chemically it...
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  • 2007[update], Kuraray was the sole worldwide producer of Vectran liquid crystal polymer (LCP) fibre. The company is listed in the first section of Tokyo...
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    A Luttinger liquid, or Tomonaga–Luttinger liquid, is a theoretical model describing interacting electrons (or other fermions) in a one-dimensional conductor...
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    Lyotropic liquid crystals result when amphiphiles, which are both hydrophobic and hydrophilic, dissolve into a solution that behaves both like a liquid and...
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    insulatorsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Quantum spin liquid – Phase of matter Ferromagnetism – Mechanism by which materials form into...
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    clearly finite). Thermal fluctuations continuously affect the shape of polymers in liquid solutions, and modeling their effect requires the use of principles...
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    media related to Glass-liquid transitions. Fragility Archived 2007-06-28 at the Wayback Machine VFT Eqn. Polymers I Polymers II Archived 2010-01-11 at...
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  • nematic phase remains elusive. Liquid crystal Liquid crystal display Liquid crystal polymer Lyotropic liquid crystal Plastic crystallinity Smart glass...
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  • Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are slightly crosslinked liquid crystalline polymer networks. These materials combine the entropy elasticity of an elastomer...
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  • during shot travel. The sabot is a four-part spindle sabot made of liquid crystal polymer held together with a rubber O-ring at the rear of the sabot. The...
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  • controllers and 650 g without them. Its cooling component features a liquid-crystal polymer 79-blade fan. Gizmodo wrote that because of the Windows 11 software...
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    A transflective liquid-crystal display is a liquid-crystal display (LCD) with an optical layer that reflects and transmits light (transflective is a portmanteau...
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    Colloid (section Crystals)
    through. Opal is a gel in which water is dispersed in silica crystals. Milk - emulsion of liquid butterfat globules dispersed in water Mist Hydrocolloids...
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    Solid (section Polymers)
    Solid is one of the four fundamental states of matter along with liquid, gas, and plasma. The molecules in a solid are closely packed together and contain...
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    Conducting polymer Fire-safe polymers Liquid crystal polymer Random graph theory of gelation Thermosetting plastic Cowie JM, Arrighi V (2008). Polymers: Chemistry...
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  • Polymer crystals have different properties than simple atomic crystals. They possess high density and long range order. They do not possess isotropy, and...
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    advantage that their properties are nearly isotropic (not aligned along a crystal axis); this results in low coercivity, low hysteresis loss, high permeability...
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    below). Not all solids are crystals. For example, when liquid water starts freezing, the phase change begins with small ice crystals that grow until they fuse...
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  • Vectra (plastic) (category Liquid crystals)
    Vectra is a brand of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) manufactured by Ticona (a subsidiary of Celanese). Physical properties of Vectra were tested in the report...
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