These materials are named for possessing long range order but still flowing relatively freely.
The de Pablo group observed thin films of microtubules and kinesin on a spherical surface to behave like one of these materials. They aren't solar cells, but addition of dye to these materials causes the lowering of a transition energy in the Janossy effect. That transition occurs when an an external electric or magnetic field is used to change their structure into the bend, splay, or twist alignment and is named for Freedericksz ["Fredericks"]. The benzoate of (*) cholesterol was the first known version of these materials and a class of them is named for cholesterol. One form of this material is named for its soapy slipperiness and another is named for the threadlike disclinations it exhibits, those are the smectic and nematic phases. These materials are named for possessing long range order but still flowing relatively freely. For 10 points name these materials common in television displays.
The de Pablo group observed thin films of microtubules and kinesin on a spherical surface to behave like one of these materials.
liquid crystals [or nematic liquid crystal or other subtypes]