Liquid Crystals II

Presentations

• Temperature Dependence of the Layer Spacing in the Smectic Z_A Phase of Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:12 PM

  Presenters

  • MANISHA BADU

    • Kent State University

  Authors

  • MANISHA BADU

    • Kent State University

  • Arjun Ghimire

    • Kent State University

  • James Gleeson

  • Antal Jakli

    • Kent State University

  • Robert Twieg

  • Samuel Sprunt

    • Kent State University

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• Signatures of Elastic Anisotropy Across Non-Equilibrium Nematic Textures

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Brandon Klein

    • Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Brandon Klein

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Chris Amey

    • Brandeis University

  • Aniruddh Murali

    • University of Southern Denmark

  • Aparna Baskaran

    • Brandeis University

  • Kevin Mitchell

    • University of California, Merced

  • Daniel Beller

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• Theory of Liquid Crystal Ground States on Hyperbolic Cones

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Cheng Long

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Cheng Long

    • Harvard University

  • David Nelson

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• Design of Liquid Crystal-based System for Recognition of Biomolecular Interactions at Interfaces

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:48 PM

  Publication: Submitted manuscripts entitled "Design of Optical Transducer for Recognition of Biomolecular Interactions between Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides and Amino Acids"

  Presenters

  • Yena Choi

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  Authors

  • Yena Choi

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Sangmin Lee

  • Jin-Kang Choi

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Hyunsoo Han

  • Sangmin Jeon

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Minjae Lee

  • Chang Yun Son

  • YoungKi Kim

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

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• Inverse design of parameter-controlled disclination paths

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 12:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM

  Publication: Tsubery, Y., & Aharoni, H. (2025). Inverse design of parameter-controlled disclination paths. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(38), e2508362122.
  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2508362122

  Presenters

  • Yehonatan Tsubery

    • Weizmann Institute of Science

  Authors

  • Yehonatan Tsubery

    • Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Hillel Aharoni

    • Weizmann Institute of Science

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• Visual Detection of Hydrogen Combining a Cholesteric Liquid Crystal with a Palladium-based Chemo-Mechanical Actuator

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Jin-Kang Choi

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  Authors

  • Jin-Kang Choi

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Yena Choi

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

  • Seoyeon Park

  • Hyein Kim

  • YoungKi Kim

    • Pohang Univ of Sci & Tech

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• Transient Negative Capacitance in Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Publication: Dhakal, N. P., Adaka, A., Twieg, R. J., Clark, N. A., & Jákli, A. (2025). Transient negative capacitance in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals. Physical Review Applied, 24(1), 014029.

  Presenters

  • Netra Prasad Dhakal

    • Kent State University

  Authors

  • Netra Prasad Dhakal

    • Kent State University

  • Alex Adaka

    • Kent State University

  • Robert J. Twieg

  • Noel A. Clark

  • Antal Jakli

    • Kent State University

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• Co-crystallization in Blends of Complementary Sequence-Defined Mesogenic Dimers

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Publication: "Sequence in Asymmetric Mesogenic Dimers Controls Hierarchical Nanocylinder Arrangement and Spontaneous Symmetry-Breaking" E.C. Ostermann*, C.L.C Chan, E.S.M. Reed, J.S. Votava, J. Bendesky, S. M. Maguire, B. Kahr, S. S. Lee, M. A. Webb, E. C. Davidson. Unpublished Manuscript.
  "Co-crystallization of Complementary Sequence-Defined Mesogenic Dimers". E. S. M. Reed, E. C. Ostermann, C. L. C. Chan, and E. C. Davidson. In preparation.
  
  

  Presenters

  • Eva Reed

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Eva Reed

    • Princeton University

  • Emily Ostermann

    • Princeton University

  • Emily Davidson

    • Princeton University

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• Electrically Programmable Topological Defect Lattice in a Ferroelectric Nematic

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Publication: 1. B. Basnet et al., Nat. Commun., 16, 1444 (2025)
  2. N. Podoliak et al., Sof. Mat. (2025)

  Presenters

  • DaYeon Lee

    • University of California, Merced

  Authors

  • DaYeon Lee

    • University of California, Merced

  • Naila Tufaha

  • Rebecca Walker

  • Linda Hirst

    • University of California, Merced

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• Electrical tuning of Bragg diffraction in polar heliconics

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Olena Iadlovska

    • Università Politecnica delle Marche (secondment)

  Authors

  • Olena Iadlovska

    • Università Politecnica delle Marche (secondment)

  • Raouf Barboza

  • Liana Lucchetti

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• Theory of defects involving coupled orientational order on flat and curved surfaces

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Lincoln Paik

    • Kent State University

  Authors

  • Lincoln Paik

    • Kent State University

  • Jonathan Selinger

    • Kent State University

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• Martensitic-like transition between liquid crystalline and crystalline phases of organic semiconductor HAT6 

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Nurjahan Khatun

    • Rice University

  Authors

  • Nurjahan Khatun

    • Rice University

  • Joe Khoury

  • Agnes Nkele

  • Matteo Pasquali

    • Rice University

  • Kushal Bagchi

    • Rice University

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