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Nanoscience & Nanomaterials | Electronics

Frustrated liquid crystal film makes continuously rotating soft engine

By Belle Dumé February 28, 2018

Supramolecular structure carries on rotating thanks to spontaneous symmetry breaking.

Read the article in nanotechweb.org.

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