Tag Archive for 'Liquid crystal'

Graphic showing how a cone slowly builds up in an elastomer film, then inverts to launch the film high into the air over the span of less than a second. Image credit: Hebner et al., doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade1320.

Newly-Developed Material Can Leap High into Air Like Grasshopper

Jan 19, 2023 by News Staff

The novel rubber-like material developed by University of Colorado Boulder researchers responds a bit like how grasshoppers jump by storing and releasing...

View of a new phase of liquid crystal as seen under the microscope. Image credit: Chen et al, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2002290117.

Researchers Confirm Existence of Elusive Phase of Liquid Crystals

Jun 11, 2020 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Utah has confirmed the existence of a ferroelectric nematic phase of...