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A New Mechanism for Lubrication in Liquid Crystals
Recent synchrotron X-ray scattering studies on the thermotropic liquid crystal lubricant 8CB under shear flow have shown that for high shear rates the smectic layers are oriented perpendicular to the orientati...
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Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Pattern Formation in Two-Dimensional Films
Thin films of organic molecules, such as Langmuir monolayers and freely suspended smectic films, can exhibit a spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry. This chiral symmetry breaking can occur through at least ...
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Physics of viral dynamics
Viral capsids are often regarded as inert structural units, but in actuality they display fascinating dynamics during different stages of their life cycle. With the advent of single-particle approaches and hig...