Definition of nematic in English:
nematic
adjective nɪˈmatɪknəˈmadik
Relating to or denoting a state of a liquid crystal in which the molecules are oriented in parallel but not arranged in well-defined planes.
Compare with smectic
Example sentencesExamples
- Molecules in the nematic liquid crystal phase stay parallel to one another.
- Liquid crystal composite with droplets of plural chiral nematic materials with different reflection bands
- Many are eyeing nematic elastomers, which can deform 400% in response to heating or cooling.
- At the macroscopic scale, samples held in test-tubes spontaneously demix under the influence of gravity into a top isotropic phase and a bottom birefringent nematic phase.
- Results indicate that alignment in charged nematic media is a function not only of the solute's shape, but also of its electric multipole moments of net charge, dipole, and quadrupole.
noun nɪˈmatɪknəˈmadik
A nematic substance.
Example sentencesExamples
- For low concentrations of added BSA the MTs form a nematic, whereas at higher concentrations the rectangular bundle phase is observed.
- The presences of very small amounts of MAPs greatly suppress the nematic to rectangular bundle transition.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Greek nēma, nēmat- 'thread' + -ic.