Soft Matter Physics

Presentations

• The electronic and magnetic properties of alloyed Ti_1-xM_xSe₂ (M=V, Cr, Mn; x= 0.11, 0.44, 0.89, 1.00) systems: Ab-initio calculations

  Oral-Virtual

  March 19, 2026, 10:30 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Mariam Badmus

    • University of Arkansas Fayetteville

  Authors

  • Mariam Badmus

    • University of Arkansas Fayetteville

  • David Diya

    • University of Arkansas Fayetteville

  • Eesha Andharia

  • Bothina Hamad

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• Novel methods for mixed-mode modeling of soft and active matter in confined geometries

  Oral-Virtual

  March 19, 2026, 10:42 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:54 AM

  Publication: B. Klein et al, "Spontaneous Optimal Mixing via Defect-Vortex Coupling in Confined Active Nematics," pre-print at https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10880

  Presenters

  • Robin Selinger

    • Kent State University

  Authors

  • Robin Selinger

    • Kent State University

  • Matthew Deutsch

    • Kent State University

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• Effective Transport and Mechanical Properties of Two-Phase Materials Across the Order-Disorder Spectrum

  Oral-Virtual

  March 19, 2026, 10:54 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:06 AM

  Publication: M. Skolnick and S. Torquato, Effective transport and mechanical properties of two-phase materials across the order-disorder spectrum, Acta Materialia, 290 120921 (2025).
  
  M. Skolnick and S. Torquato, Accurate formula for the effective conductivity of highly clustered two-phase materials, Physical Review Materials, 9 055601 (2025).

  Presenters

  • Murray Skolnick

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Murray Skolnick

    • Princeton University

  • Salvatore Torquato

    • Princeton University

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• Sign reversal of optical nonlinearities in glass-forming ionic liquid crystals containing nanoparticles

  Oral-Virtual

  March 19, 2026, 11:06 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:18 AM

  Publication: Rudenko, V.; Tolochko, A.; Bugaychuk, S.; Zhulai, D.; Klimusheva, G.; Yaremchuk, G.; Mirnaya, T.; Garbovskiy, Y. Glass-Forming Ionic Liquid Crystal Gold–Carbon Nanocomposites with Ultrafast Optical Nonlinearity Sign Reversal. J. Compos. Sci. 2025, 9, 472. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs9090472
  Rudenko, V.; Tolochko, A.; Bugaychuk, S.; Zhulai, D.; Klimusheva, G.; Yaremchuk, G.; Mirnaya, T.; Garbovskiy, Y. Modifying optical nonlinearities of ionic liquid crystal glass by adding gold and carbon nanoparticles. J. Mol. Liq. 2024, 393, 123641.

  Presenters

  • Yuriy Garbovskiy

    • Central Connecticut State University

  Authors

  • Yuriy Garbovskiy

    • Central Connecticut State University

  • Valentyn Rudenko

  • Anatolii Tolochko

  • Svitlana Bugaychuk

  • Dmytro Zhulai

  • Gertruda Klimusheva

  • Galina Yaremchuk

  • Tatyana Mirnaya

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• Ferroelectric nematic and smectic liquid crystals with sub-molecular spatial correlations

  Oral-Virtual

  March 19, 2026, 11:18 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:30 AM

  Publication: DOI: 10.1039/D5MH00971E (Communication) Mater. Horiz., 2025, 12, 8153-8164 published

  Presenters

  • Arjun Ghimire

    • Kent State University

  Authors

  • Arjun Ghimire

    • Kent State University

  • Samuel Sprunt

    • Kent State University

  • Antal Jakli

    • Kent State University

  • James Gleeson

  • Robert Twieg

  • MANISHA BADU

    • Kent State University

  • Netra Dhakal

  • Parikshit Guragain

  • Parikshit Guragain

  • Pawan Nepal

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• Comprehensive characterization of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal FNLC919 as a reference material

  Oral-Virtual

  March 19, 2026, 11:30 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Ayusha Paul

    • Kent State University

  Authors

  • Ayusha Paul

    • Kent State University

  • Milon Paul

  • MANISHA BADU

    • Kent State University

  • Arjun Ghimire

    • Kent State University

  • Netra Prasad Dhakal

    • Kent State University

  • Netra Prasad Dhakal

    • Kent State University

  • Antal Jakli

    • Kent State University

  • Samuel Sprunt

    • Kent State University

  • James T. Gleeson

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• Quantifying when hyperuniformity of a many-particle system leads to uniformity across length scales

  Oral-Virtual

  March 19, 2026, 11:42 AM – March 19, 2026, 11:54 AM

  Publication: arXiv:2507.20831

  Presenters

  • Carlo Vanoni

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Carlo Vanoni

    • Princeton University

  • Paul Steinhardt

    • Princeton University

  • Salvatore Torquato

    • Princeton University

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• Observation of a Temporal Topological Interface State in a Parametric Oscillator

  Oral-Virtual

  March 19, 2026, 11:54 AM – March 19, 2026, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Harshit Kumar Sandhu

    • Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

  Authors

  • Harshit Kumar Sandhu

    • Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

  • Avinash Umashankar

  • Rajesh Chaunsali

    • Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

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• Fickian Yet Non-Gaussian Diffusion in Complex - Yet Homogeneous - Fluids.

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 12:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 12:18 PM

  Publication: Fickian Yet Non-Gaussian Diffusion in Complex Yet Homogeneous Fluids. Chiara Pezzotti and Massimiliano Giona (planned paper)

  Presenters

  • Chiara Pezzotti

    • University of Rome La Sapienza

  Authors

  • Chiara Pezzotti

    • University of Rome La Sapienza

  • Massimiliano Giona

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