Researchers add another tool in their directed-assembly toolkit
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 10:00
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —An interdisciplinary team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has already developed a technique for controlling liquid crystals by means of physical templates and elastic energy, rather than the electromagnetic fields that manipulate them in televisions and computer monitors. They envision using this technique to direct the assembly of other materials, such as nanoparticles.