Liquid crystals - A missing phase found at last?

被引：141
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作者：
Luckhurst, GR [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Southampton, Sch Chem, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
来源：
NATURE | 2004年 / 430卷 / 6998期
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D O I：
10.1038/430413a
中图分类号：
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];
学科分类号：
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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