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ArticleNature2019

Molecular heterogeneity drives reconfigurable nematic liquid crystal drops.

Wei-Shao Wei, Yu Xia, Sophie Ettinger, Shu Yang, A G Yodh

Erratum issuedOpen access · greenAbstract read
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Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Self-shaping liquid crystal droplets by balancing bulk elasticity and interfacial tension.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  15. Chirally Reversed Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystals.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei-Shao WeiDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. weiwe@sas.upenn.edu.
Yu XiaLaboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sophie EttingerDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Shu YangLaboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
A G YodhDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

NASA NNX13AL27GShared Services Center NASA 80NSSC19K0348
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With few exceptions

Identifiers

PMID31853082
PMCPMC6927531
OpenAlexW2995291711

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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