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Discusses the physics and chemistry of liquid crystals. Role of liquid crystals on life forms; Biological uses of liquid crystalline membranes; First recorded observations of the liquid crystalline phase; Cell membranes as liquid crystals; Liquid crystal structure of myelin; Characteristics of biological membranes; Complex structure of amphiphilic molecules; Surfactant that is a typical biological amphiphile.

Details liquid crystal technology, the first attempt at engineering at the molecular level which involved the designing of liquid crystals. New electronic technology and a better understanding of the behavior of matter; The discovery of liquid crystals; The work of German physicist Otto Lehmann; Austrian botanist, Friedrich Reinitzer; The nematic phase; Discotics and the work of Indian physicist S. Chandrasekhar; More.