Nanowerk

Physicists have created a new 'time crystal' - it won't power a time machine but could have many other uses

Physicists used liquid crystals to build a near-perpetual clock-like system, demonstrating a 'time crystal' phase where ...

Scientists create stable, switchable vortex knots inside liquid crystals

The knots in your shoelaces are familiar, but can you imagine knots made from light, water, or from the structured fluids ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Researchers use ‘laser tweezers’ to boost liquid crystal technology

Liquid crystals, with their uniform molecular structure and orientation, offer exciting possibilities for future technology. They are already the basis of displays, which use the crystals’ orientation ...
CU Boulder News & Events

After a century of searching, scientists find new liquid phase

Researchers at CU Boulder’s Soft Materials Research Center (SMRC) have discovered an elusive phase of matter, first proposed more than 100 years ago and sought after ever since. Nematic liquid ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Researchers show how to make ‘computer’ out of liquid crystals

Researchers with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have shown for the first time how to design the basic elements needed for logic operations using a kind of material ...