Living liquid crystals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1265-1270

  Zhou, Shuang ^a   Sokolov, Andrey ^b   Lavrentovich, Oleg D ^a   Aranson, Igor S ^b,c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIUM; BIREFRINGENCE; CELL MOTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MELTING POINT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

CROMONIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOTILE BACTERIA; SELF-ORGANIZATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; OXYGEN;

EID: 84893425809     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321926111     Document Type: Article

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