Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are a type of electronic display used in everything from televisions and computer monitors to digital watches and PDAs. An LCD is made up of two sheets of polarizing ...

LCD technology utilizes the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers. These crystals do not emit light directly but use a backlight or reflector to produce images in ...

The liquid crystals used in displays nowadays are usually in a nematic phase, i.e. a liquid-like state of almost parallel oriented molecules. However, there is another liquid crystal phase which has a ...

Ripples and imperfections in liquid crystals like those found in TVs could be used to build a new type of computer. Žiga Kos at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia and Jörn Dunkel at the ...