Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2012

Volume 57, Number 1

Monday–Friday, February 27–March 2 2012; Boston, Massachusetts

Session Index

Session D51: Liquid Crystals: Chromonics and Nematics	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: DCMP DFD Chair: Peter Collings, Swarthmore University Room: Boston Convention Center 154

Monday, February 27, 2012 2:30PM - 2:42PM		D51.00001: Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals in the biphasic region Xuxia Yao, Alejandro Rey, Jung Park, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 2:42PM - 2:54PM		D51.00002: Order Parameter measurements of Chromonic Liquid Crystal Benzopurpurin 4B using polarized Raman scattering Karthik Nayani, Jung Ok Park, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 2:54PM - 3:06PM		D51.00003: Textural transformations in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals under confinement Alireza Shams, Xuxia Yao, Alejandro D. Rey, Jung Ok Park, Mohan Srinivasarao Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 3:06PM - 3:18PM		D51.00004: Molecular Aggregation in Disodium Cromoglycate Gautam Singh, D. Agra-Kooijman, P.J. Collings, Satyendra Kumar Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 3:18PM - 3:30PM		D51.00005: Flexopolydispersity of Nematic Liquid Crystals Yue Shi, Dong Chen, Rizwan Mahmood, Noel Clark Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 3:30PM - 3:42PM		D51.00006: Nematic order in toroidal and higher-genus droplets Ekapop Pairam, Jaya Lakshmi, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 3:42PM - 3:54PM		D51.00007: Seeing and Sculpting Nematic Liquid Crystal Textures with the Thom construction Bryan Chen, Gareth Alexander Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 3:54PM - 4:06PM		D51.00008: Patterned Liquid Crystal Droplets Jakub Kolacz, Andrew Konya, Julio Avila, Feng Wang, Qi-Huo Wei Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 4:06PM - 4:18PM		D51.00009: The mechanism of controlling liquid crystal surface pretilt angle on plasma beam sputtered films Ru-Pin Pan, Meng-Chiou Huang, Wei-Ta Wu, Cheng-Wei Lai, Hsin-Ying Wu Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 4:18PM - 4:30PM		D51.00010: Transient Splitting of Conoscopic Isogyres of a Uniaxial Nematic Young-Ki Kim, Bohdan Senuk, Luana Tortora, Samuel Sprunt, Matthias Lehmann, Oleg D. Lavrentovich Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 4:30PM - 4:42PM		D51.00011: A comparison between ``cybotactic'' groups in bent-core and rod-like nematic liquid crystals Saonti Chakraborty, Nicholas Diorio, Will Carr, James Gleeson, Antal Jakli, Samuel Sprunt Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 4:42PM - 4:54PM		D51.00012: Optimizing liquid crystalline properties for bio-sensing at aqueous interfaces Wilder Iglesias, Nicholas L. Abbott, Elizabeth K. Mann, Antal J\'akli Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 4:54PM - 5:06PM		D51.00013: Competing Ordering Processes at Liquid Crystal Surfaces Laden with Semifluorinated Alkane Molecules Xunda Feng, Ahmed Mourran, Martin Moeller, Christian Bahr Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 5:06PM - 5:18PM		D51.00014: Revealing the inner arrangement of cholesteric liquid crystals confined in polymeric electrospun fibers Giusy Scalia, Eva Enz, Vera La Ferrara, Oronzo Cal\'o, Jan Lagerwall Preview Abstract
Monday, February 27, 2012 5:18PM - 5:30PM		D51.00015: Macroscopic torsional strain and induced molecular conformational deracemization Rajratan Basu, Joel Pendery, Rolfe Petschek, Robert Lemieux, Charles Rosenblatt Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

APS March Meeting 2012

Volume 57, Number 1

Monday–Friday, February 27–March 2 2012; Boston, Massachusetts

Session Index

Session D51: Liquid Crystals: Chromonics and Nematics

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