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Liquid crystals are structures found in an intermediate state between the liquid and solid phases—a duality expressed in their very name. True liquid crystals have both some crystalline properties (orderly structure) and the properties of a liquid (fluidity).
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Monastyrsky, M. (1987). Topology and Liquid Crystals. In: Wells, R.O. (eds) Riemann, Topology, and Physics. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3514-4_12
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