Lipid monolayers on the surface of water have been studied for over a hundred years, but in
the last decade there has been a dramatic evolution in our understanding of the structures …

The controlled transfer of organized monolayers of amphiphilic molecules from the air-water
interface to a solid substrate was the first molecular-scale technology for the creation of new …

A wide variety of two-and three-dimensional physical-chemical systems display domain
patterns in equilibrium. The phenomenology of these patterns, and of the shapes of their …

In the miniaturization of manufactured goods, the practical limits of what can be achieved
when engineering from the “top down” are being approached.(1-9) Despite the continuing …

Thermotropic liquid crystals can be formed by various molecular shapes, some discovered
over 125 years ago. The simplest and most-studied liquid crystals are made of rod-shaped …

This article analyzes modulated phases in liquid crystals, from the long-established
cholesteric and blue phases to the recently discovered twist-bend, splay-bend, and splay …

Any polar-ordered material with a spatially uniform polarization field is internally frustrated:
The symmetry-required local preference for polarization is to be nonuniform, ie, to be locally …

Many types of amphiphilic molecules self-assemble in solution to form cylindrical tubules
and helical ribbons. Some examples include diacetylenic lipids, amide amphiphiles, bile …

We study chiral symmetry-broken configurations of nematic liquid crystals (LCs) confined to
cylindrical capillaries with homeotropic anchoring on the cylinder walls (ie, perpendicular …

Chirality (originated from the Greek word “cheir”, meaning “hand”) is an expression of
nature, which is observed in its various forms. Traditionally, a lack of symmetry is considered …