Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the mesomorphic phase of a liquid crystal in which molecules are closely aligned in a distinct series of layers, with the axes of the molecules lying perpendicular to the plane of the layers.
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- adjective chemistry, physics Describing a class of
liquid crystals whose molecules are aligned in layers, with the molecules lying perpendicular to the plane of the layers - noun Such a liquid crystal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Other phases are termed "smectic" (i.e. soap-like), where the molecules can also flow, but only in two dimensions, in parallel layers.
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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes developed the theory for the behavior of liquid crystals and their transitions between different ordered phases (nematic, smectic, etc).
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The findings, which appear in the scientific journal Physical Review E, detail how Cheng and his colleagues were able to orient the disc-shaped molecules of liquid crystals into distinct and separate layers - a phenomenon labeled by scientists as a "smectic phase."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The findings, which appear in the scientific journal Physical Review E, detail how Cheng and his colleagues were able to orient the disc-shaped molecules of liquid crystals into distinct and separate layers - a phenomenon labeled by scientists as a "smectic phase."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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"Before this, no discotic smectic phase was known to exist," Cheng said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"Before this, no discotic smectic phase was known to exist," Cheng said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Stress-strain results are reported for two series of smectic C main chain liquid crystalline elastomers
iMechanica - Comments Ajay B Harish 2010
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The findings, which appear in the scientific journal Physical Review E, detail how Cheng and his colleagues were able to orient the disc-shaped molecules of liquid crystals into distinct and separate layers - a phenomenon labeled by scientists as a "smectic phase."
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Stress-strain results are reported for two series of smectic C main chain liquid crystalline elastomers
iMechanica - Comments Lifeng Wang 2010
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"Before this, no discotic smectic phase was known to exist," Cheng said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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