Our article on the nematic-smectic phase transition in microfluidics-produced liquid crystal shells, published recently in Physical Review Letters, Nematic-smectic transition under confinement in liquid crystalline colloidal shells [Hsin-Ling Liang, Stefan Schymura, Per Rudquist and Jan Lagerwall Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 24, 247801 (2011)], was highlighted in the December 2011 newsletter of Soft Matter World.

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