liquid crystalline
11liquid — 1. adjective 1) liquid fuels Syn: fluid, liquefied; melted, molten, thawed, dissolved; Chemistry hydrous Ant: solid, gaseous 2) her liquid eyes Syn …
12liquid crystal — noun Date: 1891 an organic liquid whose physical properties resemble those of a crystal in the formation of loosely ordered molecular arrays similar to a regular crystalline lattice and the anisotropic refraction of light …
13liquid — adj 1. fluid, flowing, running, streaming, sappy, freely flowing; watery, runny, liquidy; liquefied, melted, molten, liquescent; dissolved, solvent, thin; muddy, slushy, sloshy, splashy, sloppy, squishy, oozy, miry, sloughy, plashy; viscous,… …
14liquid crystal — liq′uid crys′tal n. opt phs elo a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, esp. different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field, used in electronic displays • Etymology: 1890–95 …
15liquid crystal — /lɪkwəd ˈkrɪstl/ (say likwuhd kristl) noun a liquid containing long molecules having different optical properties in different directions and other crystalline characteristics …
16Lyotropic liquid crystal — A liquid crystalline material is called lyotropic if phases having long ranged orientational order are induced by the addition of a solvent. Historically the term was used to describe materials composed of amphiphilic molecules. Such molecules… …
17Electron liquid — The Electron Liquid is a model system used by physicists to theoretically study interactions among electrons. The uniform electron liquid is a well known model for simple metals like sodium or Aluminum. The ionic charges are assumed to be smudged …
18String-net liquid — is the phrase used for a hypothetical state of matter in which the atoms do not line up in opposing spins , but in a more erratic order, as if they had partial spins or charges. Herbertsmithite, a crystalline material occurring in nature, may… …
19industrial polymers, major — Introduction chemical compounds used in the manufacture of synthetic industrial materials. In the commercial production of plastics, elastomers, man made fibres, adhesives, and surface coatings, a tremendous variety of polymers are… …
20Quasicrystal — Atomic model of an aluminum palladium manganese (Al Pd Mn) quasicrystal surface. Similar to Fig. 6 in Ref.[1] A quasiperiodic crystal, or, in short, quasicrystal, is a structure that is ordered but not periodic. A quasicrystalline pattern can… …
