Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2010

Volume 55, Number 2

Monday–Friday, March 15–19, 2010; Portland, Oregon

Session Index

Session H13: Liquid Crystals: Nanoparticles and Surfaces	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: DFD Chair: Robin Selinger, Kent State University Room: B112

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00AM - 8:12AM		H13.00001: Maier-Saupe-type theory of ferroelectric nanoparticles in nematic liquid crystals Jonathan Selinger, Lena Lopatina Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:12AM - 8:24AM		H13.00002: Study of Phase Transitions in Barium Titanate - Liquid Crystal Nano-colloidal Suspensions Krishna Sigdel, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:24AM - 8:36AM		H13.00003: Optical control of nano-particles and colloidal architectures Hector Mireles, Angel Martinez, Ivan Smalyukh Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:36AM - 8:48AM		H13.00004: Interaction of a bi-molecular liquid crystal film with functionalized nanoparticles Jefferson W. Taylor, L.J. Martinez-Miranda Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:48AM - 9:00AM		H13.00005: The Role of Liquid Crystal Order in Liquid Crystal-Zno Nanoparticle Photovoltaics Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, Kaitlin M. Traister, Lourdes Salamanca-Riba, Iriselies Melendez-Rodriguez Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:00AM - 9:12AM		H13.00006: Electro-optical properties of CdSe quantum dots dispersed in a chiral nematic liquid crystal J. Kirchhoff, R.H. Inman, S. Ghosh, L.S. Hirst Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H13.00007: The Study Of Charge Carrier Transport On The Calamitic Liquid Crystals `` 5, 5'-Di-(Alkyl-Pyridin-Yl) - 2' Bithiophenes'' Naresh Shakya, Chandra Pokhrel, Brett Ellman, Yulia Getmanenko , Robert Twieg Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H13.00008: Bent-core alignment monolayers Wilder Iglesias, Antal Jakli, Elizabeth K. Mann Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H13.00009: Island Diffusion in Freely Suspended Smectic A Films: Crossover From 2D to 3D Behavior Zoom Nguyen, Markus Atkinson, Cheol Park, Joseph Maclennan, Matthew Glaser, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H13.00010: Title: Liquid crystal cells with ``dirty" substrates Quan Zhang, Leo Radzihovsky Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H13.00011: Thickness dependent phase behavior of AFLC liquid crystal films Cheng-Cher Huang, LiDong Pan, Shun Wang, Chain-Shu Hsu Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H13.00012: Colloidal crystal-liquid Interface: Anisotropy, Free energy, and Structure Duc Nguyen, Triet Dang, Bart Weber, Peter Schall Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H13.00013: Cooperative Ordering at Liquid Crystal Interfaces and its Role in Orientational Memory David Patrick Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H13.00014: Effect of Alignment on the Nematic to Isotropic Phase Transitions of 8CB Dipti Sharma Preview Abstract
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H13.00015: Study on the surface enhanced ordering effect of liquid crystal films LiDong Pan, Shun Wang, Chain-Shu Hsu, Cheng-Cher Huang Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2010

Volume 55, Number 2

Monday–Friday, March 15–19, 2010; Portland, Oregon

Session Index

Session H13: Liquid Crystals: Nanoparticles and Surfaces

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