Do the liquid crystals physically protect the bacteria ... it could be very powerful in treating the bacterial biofilm disease. There are many ways bacteria can avoid antibiotics and it depends ...

In Australia more than 3,600 people live with cystic fibrosis with one in every 2,500 babies born with the disease. Lead investigator UniSA's Professor Clive Prestidge says that liquid crystal ...

Liquid crystal nanoparticles (LCNPs) are a unique class of nanomaterials that combine ... The incorporation of imaging agents allows for the simultaneous diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Despite ...

In 1888, liquid crystals were identified by Austrian botanist Friedrich Reinitzer and German physicist Otto Lehmann. Studying the cholesterol in carrots using a temperature-controlled polarizing ...

Our research group fabricates and studies colloidal particles with different numbers of handles and genus g. When introduced into a nematic liquid crystal, these particles induce three-dimensional ...