Liquid Crystals: Nanoparticles and Surfaces

Presentations

• Maier-Saupe-type theory of ferroelectric nanoparticles in nematic liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2010, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Jonathan Selinger

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Lena Lopatina

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

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• Study of Phase Transitions in Barium Titanate - Liquid Crystal Nano-colloidal Suspensions

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 8:12 AM – March 16, 2010, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Krishna Sigdel

    • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Germano Iannacchione

    • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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• Optical control of nano-particles and colloidal architectures

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 8:24 AM – March 16, 2010, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Hector Mireles

    • Cal Poly Pomona

  • Angel Martinez

    • CU-Boulder

  • Ivan Smalyukh

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• Interaction of a bi-molecular liquid crystal film with functionalized nanoparticles

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2010, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Jefferson W. Taylor

    • University of Maryland

  • Luz Martinez-Miranda

    • Franklin and Marshall College
    • University of Maryland

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• The Role of Liquid Crystal Order in Liquid Crystal-Zno Nanoparticle Photovoltaics

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 8:48 AM – March 16, 2010, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Luz Martinez-Miranda

    • Franklin and Marshall College
    • University of Maryland

  • Luz Martinez-Miranda

    • Franklin and Marshall College
    • University of Maryland

  • Lourdes Salamanca-Riba

    • University of Maryland
    • Univerisity of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

  • Lourdes Salamanca-Riba

    • University of Maryland
    • Univerisity of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

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• Electro-optical properties of CdSe quantum dots dispersed in a chiral nematic liquid crystal

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 9:00 AM – March 16, 2010, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • J. Kirchhoff

    • Florida State University

  • Richard Inman

    • University of California Merced
    • School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343
    • School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA

  • Sayantani Ghosh Ghosh

    • School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95340
    • University of California Merced
    • School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343
    • School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA
    • University of California, Merced

  • L.S. Hirst

    • University of California, Merced
    • University of California Merced

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• The Study Of Charge Carrier Transport On The Calamitic Liquid Crystals `` 5, 5'-Di-(Alkyl-Pyridin-Yl) - 2' Bithiophenes''

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2010, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Naresh Shakya

    • Physics Department, Kent State University

  • Chandra Pokhrel

    • Physics Department, Kent State University

  • Brett Ellman

    • Physics Department, Kent State University

  • Yulia Getmanenko

    • Chemistry Department, Kent State University

  • Robert Twieg

    • Chemistry Department, Kent State University

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• Bent-core alignment monolayers

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2010, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Wilder Iglesias

    • Kent State University

  • Antal Jakli

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

  • Elizabeth K. Mann

    • Kent State University

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• Island Diffusion in Freely Suspended Smectic A Films: Crossover From 2D to 3D Behavior

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 9:36 AM – March 16, 2010, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Zoom Nguyen

    • University of Colorado

  • Markus Atkinson

    • University of Colorado

  • Cheol Park

    • University of Colorado

  • Joseph Maclennan

    • University of Colorado

  • Matthew Glaser

    • University of Colorado

  • Noel Clark

    • University of Colorado

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• Title: Liquid crystal cells with ``dirty" substrates

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 9:48 AM – March 16, 2010, 10:00 AM

  Authors

  • Quan Zhang

    • Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309

  • Leo Radzihovsky

    • Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309

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• Thickness dependent phase behavior of AFLC liquid crystal films

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 10:00 AM – March 16, 2010, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Cheng-Cher Huang

    • University of Minnesota

  • LiDong Pan

    • University of Minnesota

  • Shun Wang

    • University of Minnesota

  • Chain-Shu Hsu

    • National Chiao Tung University

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• Colloidal crystal-liquid Interface: Anisotropy, Free energy, and Structure

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 10:12 AM – March 16, 2010, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Duc Nguyen

    • UvA

  • Triet Dang

    • UvA

  • Bart Weber

    • UvA

  • Peter Schall

    • University of Amsterdam
    • UvA

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• Cooperative Ordering at Liquid Crystal Interfaces and its Role in Orientational Memory

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 10:24 AM – March 16, 2010, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • David Patrick

    • Western Washington University

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• Effect of Alignment on the Nematic to Isotropic Phase Transitions of 8CB

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 10:36 AM – March 16, 2010, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Dipti Sharma

    • UML

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• Study on the surface enhanced ordering effect of liquid crystal films

  ORAL

  March 16, 2010, 10:48 AM – March 16, 2010, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • LiDong Pan

    • University of Minnesota

  • Shun Wang

    • University of Minnesota

  • Chain-Shu Hsu

    • National Chiao Tung University

  • Cheng-Cher Huang

    • University of Minnesota

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