Liquid Crystals: Experiments and Theory

Presentations

• Nonphotochemical Laser Induced Nucleation From a Supercooled Thermotropic Liquid Crystal

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 6:00 AM – March 6, 2007, 6:12 AM

  Authors

  • Xiaoying Sun

    • Polytechnic University, Brooklyn

  • Bruce Garetz

    • Polytechnic University, Brooklyn

  • Michele Moreira

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU

  • Peter Palffy-Muhoray

    • Liquid Crystal Institute
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU

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• Stressed liquid crystals for fast phase retardation switching

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 6:12 AM – March 6, 2007, 6:24 AM

  Authors

  • Anatoliy Glushchenko

    • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

  • Kevin Wood

    • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

  • Alex Rockwood

    • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

  • John West

    • LCI, Kent State University

  • Guoqiang Zhang

    • LCI, Kent State University

  • Ke Zhang

    • LCI, Kent State University

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• Orientational multiplicity and transitions in liquid crystalline droplets

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 6:24 AM – March 6, 2007, 6:36 AM

  Authors

  • Rajesh Goyal

    • The Levich Institute, City College of New York, New York 10031

  • Morton Denn

    • The Levich Institute, City College of New York, New York 10031

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• Optical Activity Produced by Layer Chirality in Bent-Core Liquid Crystals

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 6:36 AM – March 6, 2007, 6:48 AM

  Authors

  • Loren Hough

    • Physics Department, University of Colorado at Boulder
    • LCMRC, Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Chenhui Zhu

    • LCMRC, Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Michi Nakata

    • LCMRC, Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Nattaporn Chattham

    • Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok Thailand

  • Gert Dantlgraber

    • Institute of Organic Chemistry, Martin-Luther Universit Halle-Wittenburg

  • Carsten Tschierske

    • Institute of Organic Chemistry, Martin-Luther Universit Halle-Wittenburg

  • Noel Clark

    • LCMRC, Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Observation of a possible tetrahedratic phase in bent-core

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 6:48 AM – March 6, 2007, 7:00 AM

  Authors

  • David Wiant

    • Kent State University

  • Krishna Neupane

  • Sunil Sharma

  • Antal Jaklu

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute
    • Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • James Gleeson

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University

  • Samael Sprunt

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University

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• Giant flexoelectricity of bent-core nematic liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 7:00 AM – March 6, 2007, 7:12 AM

  Authors

  • John Harden

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Badel Mbanga

    • Kent State University
    • Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Nandor Eber

    • Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest, Hungary

  • Katalin Fodor-Csorba

    • Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest, Hungary

  • Samael Sprunt

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University

  • James Gleeson

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University

  • Antal Jaklu

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute
    • Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

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• Bent-core fiber structure: Experimental and theoretical studies of fiber stability

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 7:12 AM – March 6, 2007, 7:24 AM

  Authors

  • C. Bailey

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute

  • E. Gartland

    • Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Kent State Univ.

  • Antal Jaklu

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute
    • Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

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• Field-induced phase transitions in SmCP phases of bent-core liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 7:24 AM – March 6, 2007, 7:36 AM

  Authors

  • S. Dhakal

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Jonathan V. Selinger

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Kent State University

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• Theory of ``scar'' defects in liquid-crystalline films

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 7:36 AM – March 6, 2007, 7:48 AM

  Authors

  • Jonathan V. Selinger

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Kent State University

  • Zhao Lu

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

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• Semi-soft Nematic Elastomers and Nematics in Crossed Electric and Magnetic Fields

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 7:48 AM – March 6, 2007, 8:00 AM

  Authors

  • Fangfu Ye

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Ranjan Mukhopadhyay

    • Clark University

  • Olaf Stenull

    • University of Duisburg-Essen

  • Tom Lubensky

    • University of Pennsylvania
    • UPenn

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• Simulation studies of liquid crystal elastomers: response to light

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 8:00 AM – March 6, 2007, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Robin Selinger

    • Kent State University

  • Jonathan V. Selinger

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Kent State University

  • Badel Mbanga

    • Kent State University
    • Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

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• Simulation studies of liquid crystal elastomers: soft elasticity

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 8:12 AM – March 6, 2007, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Badel Mbanga

    • Kent State University
    • Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Jonathan V. Selinger

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Kent State University

  • Robin Selinger

    • Kent State University

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• A dynamical approach for liquid crystal simulations

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 8:24 AM – March 6, 2007, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Jones Wan

    • Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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• Smectic Defects with Riemann Reason

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 8:36 AM – March 6, 2007, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Elisabetta Matsumoto

    • University of Pennsylvania

  • Randall Kamien

    • University of Pennsylvania
    • UPenn

  • Christian Santangelo

    • University of Pennsylvania

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• Angular momentum transport in soft anisotropic matter

  ORAL

  March 6, 2007, 8:48 AM – March 6, 2007, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Mark Warner

    • Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge

  • Peter Palffy-Muhoray

    • Liquid Crystal Institute
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU

  • Michael Shelley

    • Courant Institute
    • Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
    • Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU

  • Xiaoyu Zheng

    • *Department of Mathematical Sciences, KSU
    • Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, KSU

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