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Liquid Crystals: the Mesophase between Solids and Liquids

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	Central Concepts Key Concept: Liquid crystals are materials composed of rigid rod-like or disc-like molecules (mesogens) that have strong dipoles. Additional Related Concepts Physics/Chemistry Crystallization Liquid Liquid crystal Solid return to top



	Benchmarks and Standards NSES Physical-Science: Matter Structure/Properties - 4 The physical properties of compounds reflect the nature of the interactions (Full Text of Standard) Physical-Science: Matter Structure/Properties - 5 Solids, liquids, and gases differ in the distances and angles between molecules (Full Text of Standard) return to top



	Extensions and Connections http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/catalogitems/ScienceKits.htm LED Color Strip Kit that "illustrates the properties of LEDs and semiconductor materials with a series of hands-on, minds-on activities that fulfill NSES Science Content Standards and STL Technology Content Standards." return to top



	Activity Credits Created by CC: Molecular Literacy using Molecular Workbench return to top



	Requirements Java 1.5+ - Java 1.5+ is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X 10.4 and greater. If you are using Mac OS X 10.3, you can download MW Version 1.3 and explore within it instead. return to top

These materials are based upon work supported by the
National Science Foundation under grant number DUE-0402553

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Liquid Crystals: the Mesophase between Solids and Liquids

Central Concepts

Additional Related Concepts

Benchmarks and Standards

Extensions and Connections

Activity Credits

Requirements