Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2011

Volume 56, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 21–25, 2011; Dallas, Texas

Session Index

Session P9: Liquid Crystals: Smectics, Nano-mixtures	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: DFD Chair: Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, University of Maryland Room: D220

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:00AM - 8:12AM		P9.00001: Achiral structure of B4 phase in a Bent-Core Liquid Crystal Dong Chen, Michael-Scott Heberling, Joseph Maclennan, Matthew Glaser, Noel Clark, Hideo Takezoe Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:12AM - 8:24AM		P9.00002: Two ferroelectric phases in a bent-core liquid crystal C. Zhang, N. Diorio, B.K. Sadashiva, A. J\'akli Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:24AM - 8:36AM		P9.00003: Surface Induced Reduction of Twisting Power in Liquid Crystal Films LiDong Pan, Cheng-Cher Huang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:36AM - 8:48AM		P9.00004: Evolution of the isotropic to smectic-$A$ phase transition in liquid crystal and acetone binary mixtures Krishna Sigdel, Germano Iannacchione Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:48AM - 9:00AM		P9.00005: The Power of Poincar\'e: Elucidating the Hidden Symmetries in Focal Conic Domains Elisabetta A. Matsumoto, Gareth P. Alexander, Bryan Gin-ge Chen, Randall D. Kamien Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:00AM - 9:12AM		P9.00006: Phase behavior of platelets at different aspect ratios Andres Mejia, Ya-wen Chang, Dazhi Sun, Agustin Diaz, Abraham Clearfield, Hung-Jue Sun, Zhengdong Cheng Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:12AM - 9:24AM		P9.00007: Liquid Crystal-ZnO Nanoparticle Potential Photovoltaics: Role of LC Order and ZnO Particle Size and Concentration Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, Janelle Branch, Robert Thompson, Jefferson W. Taylor, Lourdes Salamanca-Riba Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:24AM - 9:36AM		P9.00008: Interaction of a Bi-molecular Liquid Crystal Film With Functionalized Nanoparticles Jefferson W. Taylor, Luz J. Martinez-Miranda, Lynn K. Kurihara Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:36AM - 9:48AM		P9.00009: Directed assembly of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots in cholesteric liquid crystal matrix Andrea Rodarte, Linda S. Hirst, Sayantani Ghosh Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:48AM - 10:00AM		P9.00010: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:00AM - 10:12AM		P9.00011: Diffusion-controlled Aggregation of Bucky Balls on Freely Suspended Smectic Liquid Crystal Films Zoom Nguyen, Tatyana Malinina, Cheol Park, Joseph Maclennan, Matthew Glaser, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:12AM - 10:24AM		P9.00012: Investigation of the lyotropic liquid crystal phase of Graphene Oxide solution Yue Shi, Rizwan Mahmood, Dong Chen, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:24AM - 10:36AM		P9.00013: Defect dynamics in monodomain formation of a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal under confinement Xuxia Yao, Alejandro Rey, Jung Park, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:36AM - 10:48AM		P9.00014: Thermotropic~Gold~Nanorod~Liquid Crystal Phases Paul Luchette, Peter Palffy-Muhoray Preview Abstract
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:48AM - 11:00AM		P9.00015: Organic-Inorganic Liquid Crystalline Composites Petr Shibaev Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2011

Volume 56, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 21–25, 2011; Dallas, Texas

Session Index

Session P9: Liquid Crystals: Smectics, Nano-mixtures

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