Liquid Crystals

Liquid crystals are materials that exhibit phases at the boarder between the solid and the liquid phase,balancing between disorder and order and between high and low symmetry, responding to external fields and adapting to boundary conditions. Liquid crystals are important components in the living systems and are used extensively today as electro-optically active media in the vast majority of displays incorporated in a variety of electronic devices, ranging from electronic watches, cellular phones and laptops to video projectors, space light modulators and large.