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Nature 391, 745-746 (19 February 1998) | doi:10.1038/35753

Liquid crystals New designs in cholesteric colour

Peter Palffy-Muhoray1

Since their discovery in 1888, cholesteric liquid crystals have been subject to considerable attention, resulting in applications in ink and paint technologies, flat-panel displays and thermal imaging. Writing in Advanced Materials1, Tamaoki and co-workers describe a new technique for rewritable full-colour image recording on thin cholesteric films.