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Theoretical Model for Detecting and Understanding Transition State in Liquid Crystals

A unique form of phase change occurs in liquid crystals. At a specific temperature, their cigar-shaped molecules change from a disordered jumble to a highly ordered arrangement in which all the molecules point almost in the same direction.

23 May 2018

Researchers Discover and Analyze Complex Forms of Defects in Liquid Crystal Droplets

Researchers investigated the droplets of a cholesteric liquid crystal (compounds that move into the mesophase) with a twisted defect loop.

5 Feb 2018

UCSB Researchers Examine Growth of Crystals

Gallium nitride or silicon-based crystals discovered in LEDs & other electronics need coaxing in order to obtain their perfect alignments and shapes.

31 Jan 2018

Mystery of a Multiplier Mechanism in an Organic Crystal Solved

Organic solar cells comprise of materials that are cheaper, but they are less efficient in transforming sunlight to electricity than standard solar cells.

25 Jan 2018

Light Microscopy Used for Combining Two X-Ray Methods

A team of scientists at KIT have obtained three-dimensional insights into the interior of crystals by employing non-destructive imaging methods. They have established the vital data about line-shaped defects that immensely influence the deformation behavior of crystals.

4 Dec 2017

Sulfur-Containing Alkylthio Groups Enhance Birefringence of Liquid Crystals

Yuki Arakawa, Assistant Professor at Toyohashi University of Technology, has headed a research team to successfully liquid-crystallize π-conjugated rod-like molecules including alkylthio groups comprising sulfur.

28 Nov 2017

Intermediate Compounds Govern Properties of Perovskite Layer in Solar Cells

Scientists at the Department of Material Sciences, Lomonosov MSU, have described the manner in which the battery efficiency and structure of created films are influenced when the ratio of components that form light-absorbing layer of a perovskite solar cell is altered. The outcomes of the research have been reported in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

6 Oct 2017

New Machine Learning Technique for Modeling the Behavior of Interatomic Forces

A research team from MIPT, Skoltech, and Dukhov Research Institute of Automatics, headed by ArtemOganov, employed a machine learning technique for modeling the behavior of uranium and aluminum in the crystalline and liquid phases at various pressures and temperatures.

4 Oct 2017

New Strategy for Growing Perovskites into Centimeter-Scale, Highly Pure Crystals

As part of the race to replace silicon in low-cost solar cells, semiconductors called metal halide perovskites are favored as they can be solution-processed into thin films with exceptional photovoltaic efficiency.

27 Sep 2017

Innovative Technique for Analyzing the Growth of Methane Hydrate Crystals

Scientists from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have adopted an innovative technique for analyzing the formation of methane hydrate from water and methane. The technique has enabled the scientists to rapidly and very efficiently investigate the individual steps in the formation process.

23 Aug 2017

Crystallography News

Theoretical Model for Detecting and Understanding Transition State in Liquid Crystals

Researchers Discover and Analyze Complex Forms of Defects in Liquid Crystal Droplets

UCSB Researchers Examine Growth of Crystals

Mystery of a Multiplier Mechanism in an Organic Crystal Solved

Light Microscopy Used for Combining Two X-Ray Methods

Sulfur-Containing Alkylthio Groups Enhance Birefringence of Liquid Crystals

Intermediate Compounds Govern Properties of Perovskite Layer in Solar Cells

New Machine Learning Technique for Modeling the Behavior of Interatomic Forces

New Strategy for Growing Perovskites into Centimeter-Scale, Highly Pure Crystals

Innovative Technique for Analyzing the Growth of Methane Hydrate Crystals

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