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Liquid Crystal Textures

Liquid Crystal Textures is a characteristic optical pattern observed under polarized light microscopy that represents the spatial arrangement and orientation of liquid crystal domains, distinguished by its dependence on molecular alignment, defects, and phase type within anisotropic soft matter systems.

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<i>The Physics of Liquid Crystals</i>

P. G. de Gennes, Jacques Prost, Robert A. Pelcovits · Physics Today · 1995 · 9.8K citations

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Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk

Fritz Vollrath, David P. Knight · Nature · 2001 · 1.6K citations

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Banana-Shaped Compounds—A New Field of Liquid Crystals

G. Pelzl, Siegmar Diele · Advanced Materials · 1999 · 919 citations

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Optical patterning of multi-domain liquid-crystal displays with wide viewing angles

Martin Schadt, Hubert Seiberle, Andreas Schuster · Nature · 1996 · 782 citations

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Cosmology in the Laboratory: Defect Dynamics in Liquid Crystals

Isaac L. Chuang, Ruth Durrer, Neil Turok et al. · Science · 1991 · 706 citations · Full text

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    Nicholas L. Abbott

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    13 publications · 1.2K citations

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    Hideo Takezoe

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    13 publications · 538 citations

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    Oleg D. Lavrentovich

    Kent State University, United States

    12 publications · 818 citations

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    Alejandro D. Rey

    McGill University, Canada

    16 publications · 647 citations

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    M. L. N. Madhu Mohan

    Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

    11 publications · 226 citations

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  1. Kent State University

    Kent, United States

    29 h-index

    127 publications

    11.2K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    70 publications

    3.9K citations

  3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    19 h-index

    80 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

    Halle, Germany

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Crystal Research (United States)

    Olympia, United States

    15 h-index

    40 publications

    1.6K citations

  6. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    12 h-index

    24 publications

    943 citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    40 publications

    1.9K citations

  8. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

    Daejeon, South Korea

    12 h-index

    44 publications

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  1. Liquid Crystals

    112 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals

    MCLC · 24 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 17 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Physical Review E

    PRE · 24 publications · 998 citations

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  5. Soft Matter

    26 publications · 958 citations

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