Liquid Crystals: Smectics, Nano-mixtures

Presentations

• Achiral structure of B4 phase in a Bent-Core Liquid Crystal

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 8:00 AM – March 23, 2011, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Dong Chen

  • Michael-Scott Heberling

  • Joseph Maclennan

  • Matthew Glaser

  • Noel Clark

    • Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

  • Hideo Takezoe

    • Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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• Two ferroelectric phases in a bent-core liquid crystal

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 8:12 AM – March 23, 2011, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • C. Zhang

  • N. Diorio

  • B.K. Sadashiva

  • A. J\'akli

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• Surface Induced Reduction of Twisting Power in Liquid Crystal Films

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 8:24 AM – March 23, 2011, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • LiDong Pan

    • University of Minnesota

  • Cheng-Cher Huang

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• Evolution of the isotropic to smectic-$A$ phase transition in liquid crystal and acetone binary mixtures

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 8:36 AM – March 23, 2011, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • Krishna Sigdel

    • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Germano Iannacchione

    • WPI
    • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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• The Power of Poincar\'e: Elucidating the Hidden Symmetries in Focal Conic Domains

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 8:48 AM – March 23, 2011, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Elisabetta A. Matsumoto

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

  • Gareth Alexander

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania
    • University of Pennslyvania

  • Bryan Gin-ge Chen

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

  • Randall D. Kamien

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

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• Phase behavior of platelets at different aspect ratios

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 9:00 AM – March 23, 2011, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Andres Mejia

    • Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77832
    • Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843
    • Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77840

  • Ya-wen Chang

    • Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843
    • Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77840

  • Dazhi Sun

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843

  • Agustin Diaz

    • Department of Chemistry, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843
    • Department of Chemistry, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77842

  • Abraham Clearfield

    • Department of Chemistry, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843
    • Department of Chemistry, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77842

  • Hung-Jue Sun

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843

  • Zhengdong Cheng

    • Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77832
    • Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX
    • Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843
    • Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77840

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• Liquid Crystal-ZnO Nanoparticle Potential Photovoltaics: Role of LC Order and ZnO Particle Size and Concentration

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 9:12 AM – March 23, 2011, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Luz Martinez-Miranda

    • University of Maryland

  • Janelle Branch

    • University of Maryland

  • Robert Thompson

    • University of Maryland

  • Jefferson W. Taylor

    • University of Maryland

  • Lourdes Salamanca-Riba

    • University of Maryland

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• Interaction of a Bi-molecular Liquid Crystal Film With Functionalized Nanoparticles

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 9:24 AM – March 23, 2011, 9:36 AM

  Authors

  • Jefferson W. Taylor

    • University of Maryland

  • Luz Martinez-Miranda

    • University of Maryland

  • Lynn K. Kurihara

    • Naval Research Labs

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• Directed assembly of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots in cholesteric liquid crystal matrix

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 9:36 AM – March 23, 2011, 9:48 AM

  Authors

  • Andrea Rodarte

    • University of California, Merced

  • Linda Hirst

    • University of California, Merced
    • School of Natural Sciences-University of California, Merced
    • School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced
    • UC Merced

  • Sayantani Ghosh

    • University of California, Merced
    • University of California, Merced, School of Natural Sciences

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  March 23, 2011, 9:48 AM – March 23, 2011, 10:00 AM

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• Diffusion-controlled Aggregation of Bucky Balls on Freely Suspended Smectic Liquid Crystal Films

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 10:00 AM – March 23, 2011, 10:12 AM

  Authors

  • Zoom Nguyen

    • University of Colorado-Boulder

  • Tatyana Malinina

    • University of Colorado-Boulder

  • Cheol Park

    • University of Colorado-Boulder

  • Joseph Maclennan

    • University of Colorado-Boulder

  • Matthew Glaser

    • University of Colorado-Boulder

  • Noel Clark

    • University of Colorado-Boulder

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• Investigation of the lyotropic liquid crystal phase of Graphene Oxide solution

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 10:12 AM – March 23, 2011, 10:24 AM

  Authors

  • Yue Shi

  • Rizwan Mahmood

  • Dong Chen

  • Noel Clark

    • Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

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• Defect dynamics in monodomain formation of a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal under confinement

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 10:24 AM – March 23, 2011, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Xuxia Yao

    • Georgia Tech

  • Alejandro Rey

    • McGill University

  • Jung Park

    • Georgia Tech

  • Mohan Srinivasarao

    • Georgia Tech

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• Thermotropic~Gold~Nanorod~Liquid Crystal Phases

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 10:36 AM – March 23, 2011, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • Paul Luchette

    • Liquid Crystal Institute - KSU

  • Peter Palffy-Muhoray

    • Liquid Crystal Institute - KSU

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• Organic-Inorganic Liquid Crystalline Composites

  ORAL

  March 23, 2011, 10:48 AM – March 23, 2011, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • Petr Shibaev

    • Department of Physics, Fordham University, New York

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