nematic

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The order parameter approaches a saturated value of 0.75 for actin concentrations above the region of the isotropic-nematic phase transition.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to the mesomorphic phase of a liquid crystal in which the molecules are oriented in loose parallel lines.

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  • Rigorous analysis of weak boundary-coupling effects in twisted chiral nematic liquid crystals —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • General expressions for the threshold and saturation fields are derived analytically for field-controlled twisted chiral nematic layers with weak boundary coupling. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Director deformation of a twisted chiral nematic liquid crystal cell with weak anchoring boundaries —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The surface anchoring energy of the Rapini-Papoular type for a twisted nematic slab should be generally expressed as the interfacial energy per unit area for a two-dimensional deformation which is a nonlinear combination of the azimuthal and polar angles. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Phase diagrams and interfacial properties of nematic liquid crystals —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. From Greek nēma, nēmat-, thread; see (s)nē- in Indo-European roots.
 

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