The best candidate for next-generation magnetic devices—technology that can power, store, sense or transport information—may be, counterintuitively, antiferromagnets. Today, the most widely used ...

Ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) represent a fascinating class of soft materials that exhibit spontaneous polarisation and fast electro‐optic responses. This property underpins their potential use ...

Liquid crystals (LCs) occupy a unique state of matter that bridges the gap between conventional liquids and solid crystals. Their exceptional ability to combine fluidity with long-range molecular ...

Dielectric metasurfaces represent one of the cutting-edge research and application directions in optics. They not only possess the advantage of low loss but also enable the realization of device ...

Under the right conditions, liquid crystals condense into astonishing structures, spontaneously generating filaments and flattened discs that can transport material from one place to another, much ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers have developed a novel way for liquid crystals to retain information about their movement, suggests a new study. Using this method could advance technologies like memory ...

Robots and cameras of the future could be made of liquid crystals, thanks to a new discovery that significantly expands the potential of the chemicals already common in computer displays and digital ...

Scaling up perovskites for potential widespread use in solar cells has been a challenge due to arising defects. Yi Yang, postdoctoral fellow; Ted Sargent, Lynn Hopton Davis and Greg Davis Professor of ...

“Everything is born out of nothing. All you do is shine a light, and this whole world of time crystals emerges,” said University of Colorado Boulder physicist Ivan Smalyukh. In a field where most ...

The knots in your shoelaces are familiar, but can you imagine knots made from light, water, or from the structured fluids that make LCD screens shine? They exist, and in a new Nature Physics study, ...