As Chemists, we often focus on the practical utility of our discipline. Beyond being merely useful, chemistry can also be beautiful. To celebrate the beauty of the chemical world, the CSC 2023 Conference will feature a juried exhibition of original chemistry-inspired art. We welcome submissions, including both static (i.e., electronic images) and dynamic (i.e., gifs and short videos) works (in jpeg, png, or mp4. format) from all areas of chemistry, including images previously shared on social media. Send us photographs of experiments, computer-generated representations of theoretical concepts, reproductions of original paintings, or any other images that relate to the field. Winning submissions will be displayed throughout the conference for all delegates to view and discuss, with a public exhibition component as well.
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Because they're relatively disorganized, nematic liquid crystals flow quite easily-- this isn't the case for many of the more ordered liquid crystals. Their fluid nature is quite apparent when viewed by polarized microscopy, where actual droplets of material can be seen (see below).
For the sake of comparison, here are some images of the same microscope slide of adipic acid imaged using a "proper" microscope and camera: To my mind, the fancy microscope+camera still gives the nicer images, but my impromptu microscope was cheaper by a factor of 100 (assuming you have a smart phone, which seems reasonable).
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