Liquid Crystals III: Mostly Nematics and Cholesterics

Presentations

• Twist-bend nematic liquid crystals in high magnetic fields

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 2:30 PM – March 4, 2014, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Antal Jakli

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent. OH 44240
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242

  • Pavan Challa

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240

  • Volodimyr Borshch

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent. OH 44240

  • Owain Parri

    • Merck Chemicals Ltd., Chilworth Technical Centre, University Parkway, Southampton SO16 7QD, UK

  • Samuel Sprunt

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240

  • Oleg D. Lavrentovich

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent. OH 44240
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242

  • James T. Gleeson

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240

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• Second harmonic light scattering from a bent-core nematic liquid crystal

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 2:42 PM – March 4, 2014, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Shokir Pardaev

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent

  • Antal Jakli

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent. OH 44240
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242

  • Robert Twieg

    • Department of Chemistry \& Biochemistry, Kent State University

  • Jarrod Williams

    • Department of Chemistry \& Biochemistry, Kent State University

  • James T. Gleeson

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240

  • Brett Ellman

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University

  • Samuel Sprunt

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240

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• Direct Observation of Heliconical Pitch in the Twist-bend Nematic Liquid Crystal Phase of Bent Molecular Dimers

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 2:54 PM – March 4, 2014, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Min Shuai

    • Department of Physics and Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Michael Tuchband

    • Department of Physics and Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Dong Chen

    • Department of Physics and Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Arthur Klittnick

    • Department of Physics and Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Joseph Maclennan

    • Department of Physics and Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Matthew Glaser

    • Department of Physics and Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Noel Clark

    • Department of Physics and Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • Eva Korblova

    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado - Boulder

  • David Walba

    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado - Boulder

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• Distortion of cholesteric helical structures by in-plane fields and effect on the efficiency of second-order Bragg reflections

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 3:06 PM – March 4, 2014, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • Mariacristina Rumi

    • Air Force Rsch Lab - WPAFB

  • Timothy Bunning

    • Air Force Rsch Lab - WPAFB

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• Colloidal Transport and Periodic Stick-Slip Motion in Cholesteric Finger Textures

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 3:18 PM – March 4, 2014, 3:30 PM

  Authors

  • Kui Chen

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University

  • Linnea Metcalf

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University

  • Daniel Reich

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Robert Leheny

    • Johns Hopkins University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University

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• Deformations in chiral liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 3:30 PM – March 4, 2014, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Petr Shibaev

    • Fordham University, Department of Physics

  • Kathryn Reddy

    • Fordham University, Department of Physics

  • Daniel Bateman

    • Fordham University, Department of Physics

  • Andrey Iljin

    • Institute of Physics, Ukraine

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• Electrooptic response of chiral nematic with conical helicoidal director deformation

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 3:42 PM – March 4, 2014, 3:54 PM

  Authors

  • Oleg D. Lavrentovich

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent. OH 44240
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242

  • Jie Xiang

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Sergij Shiyanovskii

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Corrie Imrie

    • Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen

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• A Simple Procedure for The Determination of Refractive Indices of Liquid Crystals from High-Resolution Birefringence Measurements

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 3:54 PM – March 4, 2014, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • E. Kutlu

    • ITU

  • H. Ozbek

    • ITU

  • S. Ustunel

    • ITU

  • M. Cetinkaya

    • ITU

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• Simulated Textures of Toroidal Nematic Liquid Crystal Droplets

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 4:06 PM – March 4, 2014, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Perry Ellis

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Alberto Fernandez-Nieves

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, 30332-0430, USA
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Physics. Georgia Tech

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• Liquid crystals confined inside toroids

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 4:18 PM – March 4, 2014, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • Karthik Nayani

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jayalakshmi Vallamkondu

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Eric Dancu

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jung Ok Park

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Mohan Srinivasarao

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Alberto Fernandez-Nieves

    • Georgia Institute of Technology
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, 30332-0430, USA
    • School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Physics. Georgia Tech

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• Magnetic field-induced suppression of the amorphous Blue Phase

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 4:30 PM – March 4, 2014, 4:42 PM

  Authors

  • Pavan Challa

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240

  • Samuel Sprunt

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240

  • Antal Jakli

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent. OH 44240
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242

  • James T. Gleeson

    • Department of Physics, Kent State University
    • Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44240

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  March 4, 2014, 4:42 PM – March 4, 2014, 4:54 PM

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• Observation of NanoDNA Liquid Crystal Phases from Four Base Pair Duplexes at Subambient Temperatures

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 4:54 PM – March 4, 2014, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • Gregory Smith

    • Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder (CO) U.S.A.

  • Tommaso Fraccia

    • Dipartimento di Chimica, Biochimica e Biotecnologie per la Medicina, Universit\`a degli Studi di Milano, Italy

  • Tommaso Bellini

    • Dipartimento di Chimica, Biochimica e Biotecnologie per la Medicina, Universit\`a degli Studi di Milano, Italy

  • David Walba

    • Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder (CO) U.S.A.

  • Noel Clark

    • Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder (CO) U.S.A.

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• Direct observation of lens-shaped nematic tactoids and micro-phase separation in aqueous suspensions of $\alpha $-zirconium phosphate nanosheets

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 5:06 PM – March 4, 2014, 5:18 PM

  Authors

  • Yue Shi

    • Department of Physics, Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

  • Min Shuai

    • Department of Physics, Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

  • Yongqiang Shen

    • Department of Physics, Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

  • Dong Chen

    • Department of Physics, Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

  • Joseph Maclennan

    • Department of Physics, Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

  • Zhengdong Cheng

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

  • Noel Clark

    • Department of Physics, Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA

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• Modulated liquid-crystal phases induced by polarity: Twist-bend, splay-bend, and blue phases

  ORAL

  March 4, 2014, 5:18 PM – March 4, 2014, 5:30 PM

  Authors

  • Jonathan Selinger

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

  • Shaikh Shamid

    • Kent State University

  • David Allender

    • Kent State University

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