MRSEC Workshop on Liquid Crystals and Particles

LCP poster 12.16.2013Monday December 16, 2013
8:30 am – 6:00 pm
Glandt Forum (3rd Floor)
Singh Nanotechnology Building
3205 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Registration is closed

    AGENDA
8:30 – 9:00 am   Breakfast
9:00 – 9:10   Welcome/Introduction – Arjun Yodh
9:10 – 9:40   Talk 1 – Mohamed Gharbi
Self-assembly of solid particles at smectic membranes
9:40 – 10:20   Talk 2 – Linda Hirst (UC Merced)
Designing materials by liquid crystal/nanoparticle co-assembly
10:20 – 10:40   Coffee
10:40 – 11:20   Talk 3 – Chris Murray
Nanoparticle options for incorporation in liquid crystalline phases
11:20 – 12:00 pm   Talk 4 – Bertrand Donnio (CNRS/Rhodia/Penn)
Low-dimensional self-assemblies of liquid-crystalline nanoparticles
12:00 – 1:30   Lunch
1:30 – 2:10   Talk 5 – Nader Engheta
How materials become optical nanocircuits
2:10 – 2:50   Talk 6 – Sayantani Ghosh (UC Merced)
Optical spectroscopy of soft-templated nanoparticle assembly
2:50 – 3:20   Coffee
3:20 – 3:50   Talk 7 – Alison Sweeney
Bio-photonic systems in giant clams and squids
3:50 – 4:20   Talk 8 – Francesca Serra
Memory effects in confined liquid crystals
4:20 – 5:00   Talk 9 – Cherie Kagan
Patterning Nanocrystals into Functional Superstructures
5:00 – 6:30   Poster Session
6:30   Dinner

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