With liquid-crystal displays now ubiquitous in everyday life, liquid-crystal research is moving beyond these applications and evolving in entirely new and unexpected directions.
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Stannarius, R. More than display fillings. Nature Mater 8, 617–618 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2503
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