Liquid Crystal Paint: By all means continue the discussion, but issue resolved :)

[bubble.tea]

I need a quote for a 500g can of this product.

I have no idea where to look, and what the variations are.

All I know is my pops asked me for an investigative endeavour from overseas as a personal favour for his associates, and here we are doing it.

Seemingly it's some high tech paint (for MSc & PhD research among others) composed of certain active molecules that can be activated by electrical (among other?) stimulation to provide ???

HELP.

All I know is they got a quote from a UK company...

Have a look and let me know please. I'm going to try a friend who graduated from MechEng and see if he knows anything.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/petawawa/misc/liquidcrystalpaint.png

[bubble.tea]

Awww c'mon., could it be that NOBODY on rfd is in graduate studies in any field to use this? Or perhaps knows of a distributor?

Dang, are we REALLY that much of an unrefined bunch of bargain hunters :lol:

[65505201]

You'll probably need more info from your pop's associates to figure out what exactly it is that he wants. A quick search on google shows that liquid crystal paint can be used for the following:

1. Emit light w/ applied voltage/current to produce a super thin LCD
2. Change color w/ temperature to act as a thermometer


One of the hits from the google search yielded thermo-sensitive liquid crystal paints that change color with temperature.

http://www.shop.com/op/~Thermal_Liquid_Crystal_Paints-prod-17003720

[bubble.tea]

yeah I got that one too.


I'm just gonna look for the specific items that are in the price quote above.

[mart242]

Your pop got a quote from a place that sells it... yet, you want us to find a place that sells it? Why not just buy it from there?

[bubble.tea]

that place is in UK., and I'm in Canada.

What more....I'm wondering wtf it's over a grand for a 500g can.

Gonna call UofO right now....let's hope I get at least a confirmation that price is good.

[mart242]

Just call hallcrest.com and ask them who's a distributor in Canada... I think that they sell that stuff.

[bubble.tea]

oh. lol...good call. I just called 7 numbers and got zilch (actually that quote IS FROM hallcrest).

:(

[bubble.tea]

Thanks all., US Office has provided a quote.

www.Hallcrest.com

~$800USD for 500g :eek:, still 40% cheaper than the UK counterpart office??? why such a price difference???

[mart242]

Thanks all., US Office has provided a quote.

www.Hallcrest.com

~$800USD for 500g :eek:, still 40% cheaper than the UK counterpart office??? why such a price difference???

Was the VAT included in the original quote? That's 20%...

[bubble.tea]

doubt it....but possible. Would make sense.

You having another poutine for my sake right now?

[xIcewind]

Does Fischer Canada have it?

[bubble.tea]

Dude., I was oblivious in my searches today.

I called up my university in Ottawa., but of course skeleton crew. No real answer., and I needed a reply by noon today.

I called up NRC, I called up a couple dead-end organizations., NOTHING. :(

THERE WAS NO INFORMATION, FOR THIS PRODUCT online :( So frustrating.

oh well., it's done. :)

Thanks.

[don242]

Not sure what it is exactly you are after but Sigma has liquid crystals. http://www.sigmaaldrich.com
and search "liquid crystals"