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Liquid crystal: History, Applications & Measurement

Liquid crystal (LC) is a state of matter whose properties are between those of conventional liquids and those of solid crystals. There are many types of LC phases, which can be classified by the molecular shape of their subunits, the arrangement and symmetry of the phase, as well as the method by which the liquid crystalline phase is accessed. A molecule…

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Liquid crystal topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Liquid crystal. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
165
Source areas
11
Connected nodes
177
Extracted relationships
90
Related term clusters
44
Bridge connections
177

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 44 topics
History · 31 topics
Applications of liquid crystals · 26 topics
Liquid-crystal phases · 20 topics
Theoretical treatment of liquid crystals · 17 topics
Biological liquid crystals · 9 topics
Effect of chirality · 8 topics
External influences on liquid crystals · 5 topics
Design of liquid crystalline materials · 2 topics
Mineral liquid crystals · 2 topics
Pattern formation in liquid crystals · 2 topics

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Overview

History

Design of liquid crystalline materials

Liquid-crystal phases

Biological liquid crystals

Mineral liquid crystals

Pattern formation in liquid crystals

Theoretical treatment of liquid crystals

External influences on liquid crystals

Effect of chirality

Applications of liquid crystals

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How Liquid crystal connects Entity context

The extracted context around Liquid crystal shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Liquid crystal → Aachen, April, Austrian, Friedrich Reinitzer, Karl-Ferdinands-Universität, Lehmann, March, May, Otto Lehmann, Previously, Privatdozent, Reinitzer, Reinitzer's Viennese, Seeking, Vienna Chemical Society, Zepharovich Another extracted example is Liquid crystal → Accordingly, CCT, CTP, DNA, Lipid, Lyotropic, Many, Monolayers, Together. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Liquid crystal

Top relations

related to history · 16
Liquid crystal → Aachen, April, Austrian, Friedrich Reinitzer, Karl-Ferdinands-Universität, Lehmann, March, May, Otto Lehmann, Previously, Privatdozent, Reinitzer, Reinitzer's Viennese, Seeking, Vienna Chemical Society, Zepharovich
related to Biological liquid crystals · 9
Liquid crystal → Accordingly, CCT, CTP, DNA, Lipid, Lyotropic, Many, Monolayers, Together
has application · 7
Liquid crystal → Chiral, Color LCD, LC, LCDs, Liquid, Similar, Twisted
related to Design of liquid crystalline materials · 6
Liquid crystal → Despite, Discotics, LC, LCs, Low-temperature, Rod-shaped
related to McMillan's model · 6
Liquid crystal → Although, Legendre, Maier, McMillan's, Saupe, William McMillan
related to Mineral liquid crystals · 5
Liquid crystal → Examples, H3Sb3P2O14, Langmuir, Since, Zocher
related to Order parameter · 5
Liquid crystal → EPR, LC, Legendre, NMR, Raman
related to Elastic continuum theory · 4
Liquid crystal → Elastic, Frank, One, Rather
related to Fréedericksz transition · 4
Liquid crystal → Consider, Deformation, Fréedericksz, The Fréedericksz
related to Laboratory analysis of mesophases · 4
Liquid crystal → DSC, In DSC, Lyotropic, Thermotropic

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Important terminology

liquid crystal molecules crystals phase phases nematic order field also temperature lc electric one chiral lyotropic thermotropic used form lcs

Liquid crystal relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 90 structured relationships around Liquid crystal. Examples in this analysis include receptors freely → instance of → These liquid crystal membrane phases can also host important proteins and Liquid crystal → has application → Liquid. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
receptors freelyinstance ofThese liquid crystal membrane phases can also host important proteins0.80text
Liquid crystalhas applicationLiquid0.60section
Liquid crystalhas applicationTwisted0.60section
Liquid crystalhas applicationLC0.60section
Liquid crystalhas applicationColor LCD0.60section
Liquid crystalhas applicationChiral0.60section
Liquid crystalhas applicationLCDs0.60section
Liquid crystalhas applicationSimilar0.60section
Liquid crystalhas effectPermanent0.60section
Liquid crystalhas effectEven0.60section
Liquid crystalhas treatmentMicroscopic0.60section
Liquid crystalrelated to Biological liquid crystalsLyotropic0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Liquid crystal bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Liquid, Crystals and Field. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Liquid crystal
    • Liquid
    • Crystals
    • Field
    • Used
    • Order
    • Phase
    • Electric
    • Nematic
    • Molecules
    • Phases
    • Also
    • Crystalline
  • liquid crystal
    • Liquid
    • Crystals
    • Field
    • Used
    • Electric
    • Phase
    • Order
    • Nematic
    • Molecules
    • Phases
    • Also
    • Two
  • crystals
    • Liquid
    • Properties
    • Thermotropic
    • Lyotropic
    • Nematic
    • Order
    • Light
    • Field
    • Applications
    • Crystalline
    • Also
    • Phases
  • organic molecules
    • Chiral
    • Phase
    • Parallel
    • Field
    • Along
    • Electric
    • Form
    • One
    • Phases
    • Ordering
    • Director
    • Nematic
  • phase transition
    • Nematic
    • Chiral
    • Smectic
    • May
    • Temperature
    • Molecules
    • Phases
    • Thermotropic
    • Form
    • Concentration
    • Called
    • Lyotropic
  • chiral
    • Molecules
    • Lc
    • Phase
    • Phases
    • Smectic
    • Nematic
    • Ordering
    • Form
    • Liquid-crystal
    • Temperature
    • Lcs
    • Thermotropic
  • 3d photonic crystals
    • Liquid
    • Properties
    • Thermotropic
    • Lyotropic
    • Nematic
    • Order
    • Light
    • Field
    • Applications
    • Crystalline
    • Also
    • Phases
  • blue phase mode lcd
    • Nematic
    • Chiral
    • Smectic
    • May
    • Temperature
    • Molecules
    • Phases
    • Thermotropic
    • Form
    • Concentration
    • Called
    • Lyotropic

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Liquid crystal, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Liquid crystal with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Liquid crystal — Overview · splits 133 ⟂ 45
Liquid crystal — History · splits 146 ⟂ 32
Liquid crystal — Applications of liquid crystals · splits 151 ⟂ 27
Liquid crystal — Liquid-crystal phases · splits 157 ⟂ 21
Liquid crystal — Theoretical treatment of liquid crystals · splits 160 ⟂ 18
Liquid crystal — Biological liquid crystals · splits 168 ⟂ 10
Liquid crystal — Effect of chirality · splits 169 ⟂ 9
Liquid crystal — External influences on liquid crystals · splits 172 ⟂ 6
Liquid crystal — Design of liquid crystalline materials · splits 175 ⟂ 3
Liquid crystal — Mineral liquid crystals · splits 175 ⟂ 3
Liquid crystal — Pattern formation in liquid crystals · splits 175 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Liquid crystal

Nodes178
Edges177
Triples90
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011236
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Liquid crystal to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Liquid crystal · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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