Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2007 APS March Meeting

Volume 52, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 5–9, 2007; Denver, Colorado

Session Index

Session H30: Liquid Crystals: Experiments and Theory	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: DFD Chair: Robin Selinger, Kent State University Room: Colorado Convention Center 304

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H30.00001: Nonphotochemical Laser Induced Nucleation From a Supercooled Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Xiaoying Sun, Bruce Garetz, Michele Moreira, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H30.00002: Stressed liquid crystals for fast phase retardation switching Anatoliy Glushchenko, Kevin Wood, Alex Rockwood, John West, Guoqiang Zhang, Ke Zhang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H30.00003: Orientational multiplicity and transitions in liquid crystalline droplets Rajesh Goyal, Morton Denn Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H30.00004: Optical Activity Produced by Layer Chirality in Bent-Core Liquid Crystals Loren Hough, Chenhui Zhu, Michi Nakata, Nattaporn Chattham, Gert Dantlgraber, Carsten Tschierske, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H30.00005: Observation of a possible tetrahedratic phase in bent-core David Wiant, Krishna Neupane, Sunil Sharma, Antal Jaklu, James Gleeson, Samael Sprunt Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H30.00006: Giant flexoelectricity of bent-core nematic liquid crystals John Harden, Badel Mbanga, Nandor Eber, Katalin Fodor-Csorba, Samuel Sprunt, James Gleeson, Antal Jakli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H30.00007: Bent-core fiber structure: Experimental and theoretical studies of fiber stability C. Bailey, E. Gartland, A. Jakli Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H30.00008: Field-induced phase transitions in SmCP phases of bent-core liquid crystals S. Dhakal, Jonathan V. Selinger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H30.00009: Theory of ``scar'' defects in liquid-crystalline films Jonathan V. Selinger, Zhao Lu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H30.00010: Semi-soft Nematic Elastomers and Nematics in Crossed Electric and Magnetic Fields Fangfu Ye, Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Olaf Stenull, Tom Lubensky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H30.00011: Simulation studies of liquid crystal elastomers: response to light Robin Selinger, Jonathan V. Selinger, Badel L. Mbanga Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H30.00012: Simulation studies of liquid crystal elastomers: soft elasticity Badel Mbanga, Jonathan V. Selinger, Robin Selinger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H30.00013: A dynamical approach for liquid crystal simulations Jones Wan Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H30.00014: Smectic Defects with Riemann Reason Elisabetta Matsumoto, Randall Kamien, Christian Santangelo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H30.00015: Angular momentum transport in soft anisotropic matter Mark Warner, Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Michael Shelley, Xiaoyu Zheng Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2007 APS March Meeting

Volume 52, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 5–9, 2007; Denver, Colorado

Session Index

Session H30: Liquid Crystals: Experiments and Theory

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