Liquid-crystal and bacterial living materials self-organize and move in their own way
Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 19:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Smart glass, transitional lenses and mood rings are not the only things made of liquid crystals; mucus, slug slime and cell membranes also contain them. Now, a team of researchers is trying to better understand how liquid crystals, combined with bacteria, form living materials and how the two interact to organize and move.