Sentences with phrase «nematic order»

In this case, called nematic order, every space on the checkerboard is white, but the shapes of the spaces are distorted from a square to a rectangle; as you turn round and round on one space, your neighboring space is nearer or farther depending on the direction you are facing.

Not exact matches

In this situation, we would say the worms form a nematic liquid crystal, an ordered phase similar to the materials used in many flat panel displays.

A collaborative effort among experimentalists and theorists established the particular nematic nature of the order.