Visualization of Thin Liquid Crystal Bubbles in Microgravity

Authors :: Park, C. S
Clark, N. A
Maclennan, J. E
Glaser, M. A
Tin, P
Stannarius, R
Hall, N
Storck, J
Sheehan, C
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2015.
Abstract: The Observation and Analysis of Smectic Islands in Space (OASIS) experiment exploits the unique characteristics of freely suspended liquid crystals in a microgravity environment to advance the understanding of fluid state physics.