Liquid crystals - A missing phase found at last?

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作者
Luckhurst, GR [1 ]
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[1] Univ Southampton, Sch Chem, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
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10.1038/430413a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Molecules that form liquid crystals are usually rod-like, but bend them and a new liquid-crystal phase — a biaxial nematic — should form. Strong evidence for the existence of this phase has only now emerged.
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