My talk will first review the states of matter accessible to condensed phase systems. Atomic solids typically exhibit three phases: long-range center-of-mass order (conventional solid), plus disordered liquid or glass phases. Molecular systems, on the other hand, have orientational degrees of freedom, which introduce additional possibilities, even for small molecules.<br/><br/>Molecules with internal degrees of freedom and/or flexibility, such as, surfactants, lipids, dendrimers, block copolymers, peptides, or even proteins, self-assemble into an array of distinct (Frank-Kasper) condensed phases. Using selective examples, the talk will survey some of the intriguing phases exhibited by Nature.

Crystals, liquid crystals, plastic crystals, & more…

256th National Meeting (2018)

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