Thursday, March 13, 2008
2:30PM - 2:42PM
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W8.00001: Finite element studies of the soft elastic response in liquid crystal elastomers
Badel Mbanga
, Jonathan Selinger
, Robin Selinger
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
2:42PM - 2:54PM
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W8.00002: Fluctuating hydrodynamics of nematics for models of liquid-crystal based biosensors via lattice Boltzmann simulations
Orlando Guzman
, Jose Antonio Velez
, David Casta\~neda
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
2:54PM - 3:06PM
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W8.00003: Viscous properties of bent core nematic liquid crystals measured using a nanoliter viscometer
Christopher Bailey
, John Harden
, Antal Jakli
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
3:06PM - 3:18PM
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W8.00004: Electrically induced twist in smectic liquid-crystalline elastomers
Jonathan Selinger
, Robin Selinger
, Christopher Spillmann
, Jawad Naciri
, B. R. Ratna
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
3:18PM - 3:30PM
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W8.00005: Topography induced homeotropic alignment of nematic liquid crystals
Youngwoo Yi
, Noel Clark
, Joseph Maclennan
, Vaibhav Khire
, Christopher Bowman
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
3:30PM - 3:42PM
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W8.00006: Flexoelectric effect in a bent-core liquid crystal measured by Dynamic Light Scattering
Madhabi Majumdar
, K. Neupane
, James. T. Gleeson
, Antal Jakli
, Samuel Sprunt
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
3:42PM - 3:54PM
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W8.00007: Measurement of the Converse Flexoelectric Effect of a Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystal
John Harden
, Richelle Teeling
, Samuel Sprunt
, James Gleeson
, Antal Jakli
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
3:54PM - 4:06PM
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W8.00008: Envelope Dynamics of an Experimental Electroconvection Pattern
G. Acharya
, G. Dangelmayr
, I. Oprea
, J.T. Gleeson
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
4:06PM - 4:18PM
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W8.00009: Orientational order and topological defects on curved surfaces
Robin Selinger
, Jonathan Selinger
, Alex Travesset
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
4:18PM - 4:30PM
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W8.00010: Local photo-reorientation of a liquid crystal using a laser focused on an azo dye-based monolayer
Yue Shi
, Noel Clark
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
4:30PM - 4:42PM
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W8.00011: Topology and Geometry of 1D Translational Order on Curved Surface
Xiangjun Xing
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
4:42PM - 4:54PM
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W8.00012: Coarsening of two-dimensional islands in freely suspended smectic A films
Duong Nguyen
, Cheol Park
, Joseph Maclennan
, Matthew Glaser
, Noel Clark
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
4:54PM - 5:06PM
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W8.00013: The Ground States of Nematic Order on a Sphere and Topological Defects
Homin Shin
, Mark Bowick
, Xiangjun Xing
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
5:06PM - 5:18PM
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W8.00014: Thermal-Cycle Memory Functions and Ising Dynamics
Brad Johnson
, David Patrick
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