Chirality in Polymers and Soft Matter II: Liquid Crystals and Liquid Crystalline Polymers

FOCUS · E50

Presentations

  • Programming Emergent Chiral and Polar Symmetries with Saddle-Splay Elasticity

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    Presenters

    • Yu Xia

      Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University

    Authors

    • Yu Xia

      Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University

    • Andrew DeBenedictis

      Tufts University

    • Doug J Cleaver

      Sheffield Hallam University

    • Tim Atherton

      Physics & Astronomy, Tufts University, Tufts University

    • Shu Yang

      Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, University of Pennsylvania

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  • Twist-bend-like phases and elastic response of model bent-core liquid crystals

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    Presenters

    • Jiale Shi

      Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame

    Authors

    • Jiale Shi

      Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame

    • Hythem Sidky

      University of Notre Dame, Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

    • Jonathan Whitmer

      University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame

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  • Chiral helical nanofilament and nanocylinder phases and a new type of polymorphism in liquid crystals

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    Presenters

    • Sasan Shadpour

      Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

    Authors

    • Sasan Shadpour

      Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

    • Ahlam Nemati

      Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

    • Lin Li

      Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University

    • Samantha Wakerlin

      Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

    • Julie Vanegas

      Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

    • Miroslaw Salamonczyk

      Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Chenhui Zhu

      Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Antal Istvan Jakli

      Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Department of Physics and Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH USA, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent State University, Department of Physics, Kent State University,Kent, OH 44240, USA

    • Torsten Hegmann

      Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

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  • Indication of a Twist-Grain-Boundary-Twist-Bend Phase of flexible bent-shape chiral dimers.

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    Presenters

    • Matthew Murachver

      Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University

    Authors

    • Matthew Murachver

      Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University

    • Ahlam Nemati

      Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

    • Carson Bullock

      Department of Physics, College of Wooster

    • Zachary Sabata

      Department of Physics, Unversity of Nebraska, Omaha

    • Haumed Rahmani

      Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University

    • Tetiana Vorobiova

      Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University

    • Miroslaw Salamonczyk

      Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Alain Izadnegahdar

      Advanced Precision Systems

    • Seyyed Salili

      Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

    • Victoria Norman

      Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Chenhui Zhu

      Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    • Torsten Hegmann

      Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

    • Samuel N Sprunt

      Department of Physics, Kent State University

    • James Gleeson

      Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH USA, Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent State University

    • Antal Istvan Jakli

      Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Department of Physics and Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH USA, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent State University, Department of Physics, Kent State University,Kent, OH 44240, USA

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  • Nano-confinement of chiral liquid crystals gives rise to exotic blue phases

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    Presenters

    • Viviana Palacio-Betancur

      Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

    Authors

    • Viviana Palacio-Betancur

      Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

    • Julio C. Armas-Pérez

      División de Ciencias e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guanajuato

    • Juan P Hernandez-Ortiz

      Departamento de Materiales y Minerales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • Juan De Pablo

      University of Chicago, Chemical Eng., University of Chicago, The Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Institute for Molecular Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory

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  • Temperature Dependence of the Pitch in Chiral Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals

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    Presenters

    • Peter Collings

      Swarthmore College & University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physocs and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore College

    Authors

    • Timothy Ogolla

      Kent State University

    • Robert Paley

      Swarthmore College

    • Peter Collings

      Swarthmore College & University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physocs and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore College

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  • Inducing chirality in homeotropic nematics via confinement geometry

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    Presenters

    • James McInerney

      Georgia Institute of Technology

    Authors

    • James McInerney

      Georgia Institute of Technology

    • Perry W Ellis

      Harvard University

    • Alberto Fernandez-Nieves

      Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

    • D. Zeb Rocklin

      Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

    • Elisabetta Matsumoto

      Georgia Institute of Technology

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  • Mesogen-free Liquid Crystalline Poly(ethylene oxide) with Sulfonyl Side Chains: Effects of Tacticity and Alkyl Side Chain Length

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    Presenters

    • Man Hin Kwok

      Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

    Authors

    • Man Hin Kwok

      Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

    • Bryan T Seymour

      Chemistry, University of Tennessee

    • Bin Zhao

      Chemistry, University of Tennessee

    • Lei Zhu

      Case Western Reserve University, Macromolecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

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  • Ionic Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Actuated by Low Electric Field

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    Presenters

    • Chenrun Feng

      Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University,Kent, OH 44240, USA

    Authors

    • Chenrun Feng

      Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University,Kent, OH 44240, USA

    • C.P.Hemantha Rajapaksha

      Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

    • Camilo Piedrahita

      The University of Akron, Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, OH 44325, USA

    • Jinwei Cao

      The University of Akron, Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, OH 44325, USA

    • Antal Istvan Jakli

      Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Department of Physics and Advanced Materials Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH USA, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent State University, Department of Physics, Kent State University,Kent, OH 44240, USA

    • Thein Kyu

      The University of Akron, Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, OH 44325, USA

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  • Backfolding Transitions in a Liquid Crystalline Polymer Brush

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    Presenters

    • Steven Blaber

      Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo

    Authors

    • Steven Blaber

      Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo

    • Nasser Abukhdeir

      Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, University of Waterloo

    • Mark W Matsen

      Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo

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