1 / 2

SmA

Structured fluids from reduced symmetry molecules Antal I. Jákli, Kent State University, DMR 0964765.

rafi
Download Presentation

SmA

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Structured fluids from reduced symmetry moleculesAntal I. Jákli, Kent State University, DMR 0964765 A. Sub-nanometer resolution of cryo-TEM imaging of smectic layers in the smectic and nematic phases of bent-core liquid crystals was demonstrated. The results provide the first direct evidence of smectic clusters on length scales of 30-50 nm in a nematic liquid crystal. C. Magneto-optical measurements on a rod-shape LC with smectic clusters show biaxial order due to a coupling between the tensor nematic and the smectic order parameters. B. By X-ray we have analyzed nanostructures of dozens of nematic liquid crystal materials from Y and H-shape molecules and compared them with those made from bent-shape molecules. SmA N

  2. Structured fluids from reduced symmetry moleculesAntal I. Jákli, Kent State University, DMR 0964765 12 Students (6 women and 3 undergraduates) were involved in the project. Nick Diorio came back from his one year deployment in Iraq to continue his PhD work. At the latest International Liquid Crystal Conference held in Mainz, Germany 2 invited and 2 oral talks, and a number of posters were presented from the project. In frame of NSF ROA program two undergraduate students (Therese Albon and Matt Schmithenner), together with their professor (Shila Grag) from Wooster College did summer research at Kent State.

More Related