It has long been appreciated that liquid-crystal (LC) devices in which the LC molecules adopt
multiple stable orientations could drastically reduce the power consumption required for …

Organic semiconductors have a unique characteristic among semiconducting materials, in
that they can be processed in solution under ambient conditions. 1− 4 Recently, this solution …

A unique sound that deviates from a repetitive background sound induces signature neural
responses, such as mismatch negativity and novelty P3 response in electro-…

To account for azimuthal surface anchoring of a nematic liquid crystal, Berreman [Phys. Rev.
Lett. 28, 1683 (1972)] proposed a simple model attributing the surface anchoring to the …

A pupillary dilation response is known to be evoked by salient deviant or contrast auditory
stimuli, but so far a direct link between it and subjective salience has been lacking. In two …

We demonstrate a robust in-plane bistability of liquid-crystal surface alignment based on
tailored submicrometer-sized surface domains imposing a frustrated alignment. By a …

We demonstrate the spontaneous formation of spherical complex M 12 L 24 , which is
composed of 12 palladium ions and 24 bidentate ligands, by molecular dynamics simulations. In …

Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to study the self-assembly of a spherical
complex through metal–ligand coordination interactions. M 6 L 8 , a nanosphere with six …

We numerically investigate the interaction between two spherical particles in a nematic
liquid crystal mediated by elastic distortions in the orientational order. We pay attention to the …

Human listeners exhibit marked sensitivity to familiar music, perhaps most readily revealed
by popular “name that tune” games, in which listeners often succeed in recognizing a familiar …