Liquid crystals are systems which flow like liquids while retaining the mechanical and optical anisotropy of crystals. On a microscopic level they are characterized by molecular orientational order accompanied by a partial or complete translational disorder of the molecular positions (1~3) • Thermotropic liquid crystals are formed upon heating many anisotropic organic compounds, while lyotropic...

"Phycomyces blakesleeanus" sporangiophores contain octahedral crystals throughout their cytoplasm and vacuole. More octahedral crystals were found in the wild-type strain G5 (+) than in the beta-carotene-deficient mutant C5 (-), and much more than in the mutant C141 (-), which is sensitive to only high light intensity. In the wild type, the number of crystals per sporangiophore increased until ...

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Barnacle shell is a very complex and strong composite bioceramic composed of different structural units which consist of calcite 15 microcrystals of very uniform size. In the study reported herein, the microstructural organization of these units has been examinated in detail with optical and scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction techniques. These analyses showed that the external ...

Two-dimensional (2D) layered semiconductors are a novel class of functional materials that are an ideal platform for electronic applications, where the whole electronic states are directly modified by external stimuli adjacent to their electronic channels. Scale-up of the areal coverage while maintaining homogeneous single crystals has been the relevant challenge. We demonstrate that wafer-size...

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Organic molecular crystals represent an excellent platform for fundamental studies of optoelectronic properties of organic semiconductors. [ 1 ] Rubrene, in particular, has attracted signifi cant attention due to a very low density of charge traps, recordhigh charge carrier mobility, and a very large micrometer-scale exciton diffusion length. [ 2 , 3 ] In this study, using rubrene as a model co...