Other phases are termed "smectic" (i.e. soap-like), where the molecules can also flow, but only in two dimensions, in parallel layers. From Wordnik.com. [Press Release: The 1991 Nobel Prize in Physics] Reference
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes developed the theory for the behavior of liquid crystals and their transitions between different ordered phases (nematic, smectic, etc). From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prizes in Physics 1901-2000] Reference
"Before this, no discotic smectic phase was known to exist," Cheng said. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Stress-strain results are reported for two series of smectic C main chain liquid crystalline elastomers. From Wordnik.com. [iMechanica - Comments] Reference
Some recent experiments in Washington have focussed on the actuation of smectic elastomers with an electric field. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The project will model deformation smectic elastomers using numerical techniques, and their actuation using electric fields. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The findings, which appear in the scientific journal Physical Review E, detail how Cheng and his colleagues were able to orient the disc-shaped molecules of liquid crystals into distinct and separate layers - a phenomenon labeled by scientists as a "smectic phase.". From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
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