Featured Liquid Crystal Picture Art of the Month
April 2024
©Ingo Dierking
Microcosm
Description
Texture of a ferroelectric Smectic C* phase at zero Volt after electric field application with reforming helical superstructure. (The longer edge of the image is 700 micrometre in length). Cell thickness is 10 micrometre, temperature 97 degrees Celsius, between crossed polarisers. The image appears to resemble that of a desert-like agricultural area viewed from great height.
Author
Web page: https://softmatter-dierking.myfreesites.net/
Email: ingo.dierking(at)manchester.ac.uk
Jury comment
The combination of vibrant summer colours and striking van Gogh style texture aesthetically portrays the beauty of the science of liquid crystals.
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