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BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - What are liquid crystals?

29.10.2008 – 11:20  BASF SE    [newsroom]

Ludwigshafen (ots) -

After the advent of liquid crystal displays,
or LCDs, everybody nowadays has at least heard the term 'liquid 
crystal'. The high-tech screens are everywhere: in computer monitors,
cell phones, digital cameras, and calculators. In entertaining 
episodes our Chemical Reporter answers questions of our Podcast 
listeners on Chemistry in our everyday life.
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