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Nov 6, 2015
University of Colorado at Boulder

Liquid Crystal Nano-Flowers

The nanoscale structures of liquid crystals are rarely more exotic than that of the sponge phases of bent-core molecules, visualized here in an electron microscope image made by researchers at the Liquid Crystal Materials Research (MRSEC) Center of the University of Colorado, Boulder.   The image shows a plant stalk-like network that gives the appearance of a grayscale photo of dense tropical foliage, but here the stalk
Sep 23, 2015
Columbia University in the City of New York

Summer MRSEC outreach and education programs at Columbia University / CCNY

The center seeks to provide graduate and postgraduate training in research and other professional skills; to guide hands-on education about materials and Materials Science, provide support for local teachers, and encourage student research at the secondary level.