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SUBMITTER: Jampani VSR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461453 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science advances 20190412 4
Liquid crystals (LCs) are nonsolids with long-range orientational order, described by a scalar order parameter 〈 P 2 〉 = 1 2 〈 3 cos 2 β - 1 〉 . Despite the vast set of existing LC materials, one-third of the order parameter value range, <sup>-1</sup>/<sub>2</sub> < 〈<i>P</i> <sub>2</sub>〉 < 0, has until now been inaccessible. Here, we present the first material with negative LC order parameter in its ground state, in the form of elastomeric shells. The optical and actuation characteristics a ...[more]