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Wednesday, June 26
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noon - 15:00
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Check in to Churchill Colledge
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15:00 - 16:00
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Registration at the Isaac Newton Institute
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Session Chair
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Mark Warner, University of Cambridge
INI, main lecture theatre
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16:00 - 16:15
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I-CAMP Welcome
Mark Warner and Timothy Wilkinson, University of Cambridge | View Video Archive
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16:15 - 16:45
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I-CAMP Overview & Logistics
Ivan Smalyukh, University of Colorado at Boulder | View Video Archive
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16:45 - 17:30
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Episodes from the History of Liquid Crystals
Tim Sluckin, University of Southampton | View Video Archive
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17:30 - 18:15
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PANEL Discussion - From history to future of liquid crystals | View Video Archive
Timothy Wilkinson (discussion moderator), University of Cambridge
Tom Lubensky, University of Pennsylvania
John Ball, University of Oxford
Eugene Terentjev, University of Cambridge
Tim Sluckin, University of Southampton
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20:00 - 22:00
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I-CAMP get-together party in the Eagle pub (DNA structure discovery site)
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Thursday, June 27
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Session Chair
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Timothy Wilkinson, University of Cambridge
Engineering Department, lecture theatre LR1
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9:00 - 9:45
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An Introduction to Liquid Crystals
John Goodby and Stephen Cowling, University of York | View Video Archive
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9:45 - 10:30
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Q-tensor Theory: Introduction
Nigel Mottram, University of Strathclyde
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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11:00 - 11:45
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The Metaphase Spindle as an Active Liquid Crystal
Daniel J. Needleman, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences | View Video Archive
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11:45 - 12:30
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Active Nematics
Julia Yeomans, University of Oxford | View Video Archive
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch
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Session Chair
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Daniel Phillips, Purdue University
Engineering Department, lecture theatre LR1
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14:00 - 14:45
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Liquid Crystals Optics: Tutorial
Timothy Wilkinson, University of Cambridge | View Video Archive
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14:45 - 15:30
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Liquid Crystals and Solid Body Mechanics
Carl Modes, Rockefeller University | View Video Archive
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15:30 - 16:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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16:00 - 16:45
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Tutorial "Homotopy Theory and Topological Defects"
Randall Kamien, University of Pennsylvania
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16:45 - 17:30
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Topology and Liquid Crystals
Michael Monastyrsky, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
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17:30 - midnight
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College/city tours, etc.
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Friday, June 28
Joint program with INI MLC workshop W4
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Session Chair
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Antonio DeSimone, International School for Advanced StudiesCentre for Mathematical Sciences, meeting room RM2
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9:00 - 9:45
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Three-dimensional Liquid Crystalline Superstructures for Photonics
Miha Ravnik, University of Ljubljana | View Video Archive
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9:45 - 10:30
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Photo-Actuation in LC Glass
Carl Modes, Rockefeller University | View Video Archive
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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11:00 - 11:30
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Photo-elastomers
Mark Warner, University of Cambridge | View Video Archive
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11:30 - 11:45
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Conclusions
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12:15 - 14:00
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Lunch
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Session Chair
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Ivan Smalyukh, University of Colorado at BoulderCentre for Mathematical Sciences, meeting room RM2
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14:00 - 14:45
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Responsive Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks and Hydogels
Dick Broer, Eindhoven University of Technology | View Video Archive
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14:45 - 15:30
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Kinetics of Light-Induced Patterning in Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Martin Čopič, University of Ljubljana | View Video Archive
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15:30 - 16:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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16:00 - 16:45
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Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Light
Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Kent State University | View Video Archive
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16:45 - 18:00
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Poster Session I
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18:00 - midnight
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College/city tours, etc.
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Saturday, June 29
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Session Chair
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Xiangjun Xing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Cavendish Lab, Bragg building, lecture theatre 133
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9:00 - 9:45
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Biotic-Abiotic Interfaces based on Liquid Crystals
Nicholas L. Abbott, University of Wisconsin at Madison | View Video Archive
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9:45 - 10:30
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Biomolecular Sensing: Endotoxin-Induced Ordering Transitions in Liquid Crystalline Droplets
Nicholas L. Abbott, University of Wisconsin at Madison
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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11:00 - 11:45
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Active Smectics
Sriram Ramaswamy, TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences
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11:45 - 12:30
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Numerical Modelling of Liquid Crystals and Nematic Colloids, Tutorial/Overview
Michael Allen, University of Warwick
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch
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14:00 - 18:00
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Tours, Football/Soccer, etc.
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18:00 - 19:30
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Punting
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Sunday, June 30
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Entire day
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London Tours
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Monday, July 01
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Session Chair
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Nariya Uchida, Tohoku UniversityCavendish Lab, Bragg building, lecture theatre 133
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9:00 - 9:45
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X-ray Diffraction: from Fundamentals to uses in Liquid Crystal Research
Alexander Lorenz, University of Paderborn
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9:45 - 10:30
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Liquid Crystal/Nanoparticle Hybrid Materials
Linda S. Hirst, University of California at Merced
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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11:00 - 11:45
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Liquid Crystal/Quantum Dot Hybrid Materials
Linda S. Hirst, University of California at Merced
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| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Chirality in Smectic Liquid Crystals: Molecular Chirality
David Walba, University of Colorado at Boulder
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch
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Session Chair
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Len Pismen, Israel Institute of TechnologyCavendish Lab, Bragg building, lecture theatre 133
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| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Chirality in Smectic Liquid Crystals: The SmC* and the B2 Phases
David Walba, University of Colorado at Boulder
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| 14:45
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Patterned Surface Alignment I
Hiroshi Yokoyama, Kent State University
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15:30 - 16:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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| 16:00
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Patterned Surface Alignment II
Hiroshi Yokoyama, Kent State University
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| 16:45
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Liquid Crystals and Topological Optics
Mark Dennis, University of Bristol | View Video Archive
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17:30 - midnight
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College/city tours, etc.
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Tuesday, July 02
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Session Chair
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David Chillingworth, University of SouthamptonCavendish Lab, Bragg building, lecture theatre 133
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9:00 - 9:45
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Optical Imprinting of Defects in Chiral Nematics: Modeling and Simulations
Slobodan Žumer, University of Ljubljana
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9:45 - 10:30
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Liquid Crystal Phase Transitions under Nanoconfinement and Role of Nanoparticles
Samo Kralj, Jožef Stefan Institute
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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11:00 - 11:45
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Active Colloids: Simple Building Blocks for Smart Functional Materials
Ramin Golestanian, University of Oxford
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| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Carbon Nanostructures and Liquid Crystals
Alan Windle, University of Cambridge
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch
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Session Chair
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Ibrahim Fatkullin, University of ArizonaCavendish Lab, Bragg building, lecture theatre 133
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| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Liquid Crystals and Photonic Structures in Biology
Mohan Srinivasarao, Georgia Institute of Technology
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| 14:45
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Liquid Crystals and Structural Color in Biology
Mohan Srinivasarao, Georgia Institute of Technology
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15:30 - 16:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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| 16:00
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Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals: Role of Orientational Degrees of Freedom (tutorial lecture)
Lech Longa, Jagiellonian University
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| 16:45
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PANEL Discussion - New Horizons in Liquid Crystal Research
Oleg Lavrentovich (discussion moderator), Kent State University
Slobodan Žumer, University of Ljubljana
Mohan Srinivasarao, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ramin Golestanian, University of Oxford
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17:30 - midnight
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College/city tours, etc.
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Wednesday, July 03
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Session Chair
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Buddhapriya Chakrabarti, Durham UniversityCavendish Lab, Bragg building, lecture theatre 133
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9:00 - 9:45
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Chromonics
Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Kent State University
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9:45 - 10:30
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Holographic Displays Using Liquid Crystal Kinoforms
Bill Crossland, University of Cambridge
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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11:00 - 11:45
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Nanostructured Liquid Crystals I
Charles Rosenblatt, Case Western Reserve University
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| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Nanoimaging of Liquid Crystals II
Charles Rosenblatt, Case Western Reserve University | View Video Archive
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch
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Session Chair
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Sookyung Joo, Old Dominion UniversityCavendish Lab, Bragg building, lecture theatre 133
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| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Liquid Crystals of nanoDNA: Hierarchical Self-Assembly and Selection
Noel Clark, University of Colorado at Boulder
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| 14:45
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Three-dimesional Laser Manipulation and Imaging of Liquid Crystals and Composites
Ivan Smalyukh, University of Colorado at Boulder
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15:30 - 16:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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| 16:00
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Nematic Cells with Quasicrystalline Alignment Layers
Robert Pelcovits, Brown University
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| 16:45
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Career Development Forum
Ivan Smalyukh (discussion moderator), University of Colorado at Boulder
Andriy Pototsky, University of Cape Town
Darryl D. Holm, Imperial College London
Uwe Thiele, Loughborough University
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17:30 - midnight
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College/city tours, etc.
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Thursday, July 04
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Session Chair
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Tanniemola Liverpool, University of BristolCavendish Lab, Bragg building, lecture theatre 133
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9:00 - 9:45
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Liquid Crystal Defect Photonics
Ivan Smalyukh, University of Colorado at Boulder
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9:45 - 10:30
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Dielectrophoresis and Liquid Crystal Dielectrophoresis
Carl Brown, Nottingham Trent University
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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11:00 - 11:45
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Athermal Photofluidization of Glasses or Controlling Viscosity with Light
Noel Clark, University of Colorado at Boulder
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| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Liquid Crystal Lasers
Stephen M. Morris, University of Cambridge
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch
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Session Chair
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Miha Ravnik, University of LjubljanaCavendish Lab, Bragg building, lecture theatre 133
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| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Chiral Materials and Devices
Harry Coles, University of Cambridge | View Video Archive
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| 14:45
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Liquid Crystal Nanophotonics
Timothy Wilkinson, University of Cambridge
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15:30 - 16:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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| 16:00
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Blue-phase Devices
Flynn Castles, University of Cambridge
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| 16:45
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Outreach Forum |
View Video Archive
Ivan Smalyukh, University of Colorado at Boulder
Noel Clark, University of Colorado at Boulder
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17:30 - midnight
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College/city tours, etc.
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Friday, July 05
also the MLC meeting with young scientists
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Session Chair
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Sir John Ball, University of OxfordINI, main lecture theatre
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9:00 - 9:45
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The Excluded Volume of Convex Bodies
Epifanio G. Virga, University of Pavia | View Video Archive
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9:45 - 10:00
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Self-Assembled Nanoparticle-Ligand Optical Metasurfaces
Jake Fontana, Naval Research Laboratory | View Video Archive | Abstract | PDF
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10:00 - 10:15
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Towards an Optical Nano-Laboratory in a Liquid Crystal Defect
Paul Ackerman, University of Colorado at Boulder | View Video Archive | Abstract
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10:15 - 10:30
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NMR Studies of DNA Aligned in DMPC/DHPC/CS Bicelle Mixtures
Natalia Kozlyuk, University of California, Irvine | View Video Archive | Abstract | PDF
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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11:00 - 11:15
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Probing Liquid Crystal Elastomer Structure with Polarized Light Scattering
Mykhailo Pevnyi, Kent State University | View Video Archive | Abstract
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11:15 - 11:30
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Iridescent Films from Cellulose Nanocrystals
Ahu Gumrah Dumanli, University of Cambridge | View Video Archive
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11:30 - 11:45
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Modelling Light Propagation Through Radial-Director Liquid Crystal Waveguides
Miha Čančula, University of Ljubljana | View Video Archive | Abstract | PDF
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11:45 - 12:00
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Photonic Liquid Crystal Fiber Interferometer
David Poudereux Sánchez, Technical University of Madrid | View Video Archive | Abstract | PDF
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12:00 - 12:15
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Visualizing Induced Fluid Flows around a Sphere in Isotropic and Nematic Liquids
Israel Lazo-Martinez, Kent State University | View Video Archive | Abstract
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12:15 - 12:30
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Flashing Flexodomains and Electroconvection Rolls in a Nematic Liquid Crystal
Péter Salamon, Wigner Research Centre for Physics | View Video Archive | Abstract | PDF
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12:30 - 14:00
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Lunch
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Session Chair
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Tim Sluckin, University of SouthamptonINI, main lecture theatre
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| 14:00 - 15:15 |
Science Policy Forum with Julian Huppert's Address | View Video Archive
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| 15:15
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Poster Session II
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17:30 - 19:00
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College/city tours, etc.
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MLC Farewell
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Saturday, July 06
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Session Chair
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Ivan Smalyukh, University of Colorado at BoulderCavendish Lab, Bragg building, lecture theatre 133
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9:00 - 9:45
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Liquid Crystal Electrooptics
Philip J. Bos, Kent State University
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| 9:45 - 10:30 |
New Device Applications of Liquid Crystals
Philip J. Bos, Kent State University
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10:30 - 11:00
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Break & Informal Discussions
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11:00 - 11:45
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Gold Nanoparticles
Torsten Hegmann, Kent State University
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11:45 - 12:30
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Nanoparticle-Liquid Crystal Composites
Torsten Hegmann, Kent State University
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| 12:30
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Awarding Ceremony and Closing Remarks
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