Abbott’s team has made sensors out of liquid crystals before (SN: 8/18/01, p. 103: Available to subscribers at Accelerators load some new ammo: Crystals), but those sensors didn’t include ...

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Liquid crystal design method could speed development of cheap chemical sensors Date: November 3, 2016 Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Summary: Chemical engineers have developed a new way ...

Newly developed liquid crystal elastomer material could enable advanced sensors Date: December 22, 2015 Source: Kent State University Summary: World experts have collaborated in new liquid crystal ...

It highlights the necessity for developing tailored solutions to minimize performance gaps in the scale-up process.” Yang and her colleagues reported their findings in “ A Thermotropic Liquid Crystal ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign demonstrated that achiral liquid crystal pathways show a 20 percent efficiency improvement and a three-fold stability improvement ...

Mar 05, 2025 Liquid crystal structures key to organic solar cell performance Researchers improved organic solar cell fabrication by controlling molecular assembly, enhancing efficiency and stability, ...

Posted: Dec 22, 2015 Newly developed liquid crystal elastomer material could enable advanced sensors (Nanowerk News) Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal ...