This material can be characterized by an order parameter that measures deviation from the director.
This material can be characterized by an order parameter that measures deviation from the director. Onecan prepare this material by placing it between etched indium tin oxide surfaces. Friedrich Reintzer studiedthe first of these materials to be observed, cholesteryl benzoate. One device that uses this material places its"twisted" form between two perpendicular polarizers. In one of its forms, its particles align in parallel, anexample of its orientational but not positional order. A theoretical question about this material concernsphase transitions between its smectic and nematic forms. For 10 points, name this material with propertiesintermediate between liquid and solid, used in computer and TV displays.
This material can be characterized by an order parameter that measures deviation from the director.
liquid crystals [prompt on partial]