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 H44: Focus Session: Nano to Mesoscale Structure in Ordered Systems: Liquid Crystal Topology and Defects	Show Abstracts
Sponsoring Units: DPOLY Chair: Robin Selinger, Kent State University Room: 157C

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:00AM - 8:36AM		H44.00001: Polymer Physics Prize Break
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:36AM - 9:12AM		H44.00002: Chiral Self-Assembly Invited Speaker: Robert Meyer Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		H44.00003: Pillar-Assisted Epitaxial Assembly of Focal Conic Domain Arrays in Smectic-A Liquid Crystals Daniel Beller, Apiradee Honglawan, Marcello Cavallaro, Randall Kamien, Kathleen Stebe, Shu Yang Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		H44.00004: Shape and chirality transitions in twisted nematic elastomer ribbons: Finite element simulation studies Vianney Gimenez-Pinto, Fangfu Ye, Badel Mbanga, Jonathan Selinger, Robin Selinger Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		H44.00005: Frustrated orientational order on extrinsic geometries Badel L. Mbanga, Gregory M. Grason, Christian D. Santangelo Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		H44.00006: Topology of knots and links in chiral nematic colloids Slobodan Zumer, Simon Copar, Igor Musevic, Miha Ravnik, Uros Tkalec Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		H44.00007: Modeling texture transitions in cholesteric liquid crystal droplets Robin Selinger, Vianney Gimenez-Pinto, Shin-Ying Lu, Jonathan Selinger, Andrew Konya Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:12AM - 10:24AM		H44.00008: Necklaces of Liquid Crystal Beads: Nematic Drops Constrained on Thin Cellulosic Fibers Pedro Almeida, Yong Geng, Eugene Terentjev, Maria Helena Godinho Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:24AM - 10:36AM		H44.00009: Controlling the location of defects in nematic shells Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Teresa Lopez-Leon, Maurizio Nobili, Christophe Blanc Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:36AM - 10:48AM		H44.00010: Structures in liquid crystalline shells at a nematic-smectic transition Jan Lagerwall, Hsin-Ling Liang, Per Rudquist Preview Abstract
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:48AM - 11:00AM		H44.00011: Visualizing, manipulating, and imprinting $\pi$-wall defects in self-assembled colloidal membranes Mark Zakhary, Thomas Gibaud, C. Nadir Kaplan, Edward Barry, Rudolf Oldenbourg, Robert B. Meyer, Zvonimir Dogic 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 H44: Focus Session: Nano to Mesoscale Structure in Ordered Systems: Liquid Crystal Topology and Defects

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