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At Smallest Scale, Liquid Crystal Behavior Portends New Materials


May 2, 2012

computational models of nanometer-scale droplets Liquid crystals, the state of matter that makes possible the flat screen technology now commonly used in televisions and computers, may have some new technological tricks in store. Full Story

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University of Wisconsin-Madison

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