Charles-Victor Mauguin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles-Victor Mauguin

French scientist

Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1878

Place of Birth: Provins, ĂŽle-de-France, France

Date of Death: 25-Apr-1958

Profession: physicist, university teacher, crystallographer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Charles-Victor Mauguin

  • French professor of mineralogy Charles-Victor Mauguin (19 September 1878 – 25 April 1958) was inventor (with Carl Hermann) of an international standard notation for crystallographic groups known as the Hermann–Mauguin notation or International notation.Mauguin was the first to notice that when he sandwiched the semi-solid liquid crystals between two aligned polarizers, he could twist them in relation to each other, but the light continued to be transmitted.
  • This phenomenon is called Mauguin regime (waveguide regime) in twisted nematic effect .

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