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Liquid-crystal conformations

This was work with Ruth Pachter at Wright Patterson AFB. We studied the conformation of liquid crystal molecules in crystalline and non-crystalline forms. The movie shows the differences for the 2 cases.

Related publications

  • Modelling a nematic liquid crystal, S. S. Patnaik, S. J. Plimpton, R. Pachter, and W. W. Adams, Liquid Crystals 19, 213 (1995). doi:10.1080/02678299508031971