Scientific Program |
Boulder International Workshop
Light-Controlled Liquid Crystal Complex Adaptive Materials - LC2CAM
August 6 - August 10, 2008
Conference Chairs: Noel A. Clark & Ivan I. Smalyukh University of Colorado at Boulder
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August 10
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Pre-Workshop Tutorials, Outreach & Early-Career Program
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Lectures, Demonstrations, & Tutorials |
Hands-on Experience & Fun |
Stunning Scenery & Group Tours |
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8:00-8:30 am |
Registration, Duane Physics G-1B31 |
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SESSION P-WT1, Physics DUAN G-1B30, 8:30-11:20 am MATERIALS & PHOTONICS TUTORIALS Chair: Yves Lansac, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA and Universite Francois Rabelais, France |
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8:30-9:30 am |
Broadband CARS Microscopy - Overview and Applications (Invited
Tutorial/Research Lecture),
Marcus Cicerone, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA | View
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9:30-9:40 am |
Coffee Break & Informal Discussions, Duane Physics G-1B31 |
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9:40-10:40 am |
Adaptive Optics (Invited Tutorial/Research Lecture), Dr. Ty Martinez , Naval Research Laboratory, USA | View Video Archive | |
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10:40-11:20 am |
Photo-Induced Mass Transport (Invited Tutorial/Research Lecture), Robert McLeod, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | View Video Archive | |
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11:20-11:30 am |
Break & Informal Discussions, Walk to Fiske Planetarium |
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OUTREACH & EARLY-CAREER PROGRAM Chair: Christine Morrow, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Location: Fiske Planetarium & Physics DUAN G-1B30, 11:30 am - 3:30 pm (lunch provided) |
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11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Laser Show, Fiske Planetarium |
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12:30-12:50 pm |
Farrand Field Photo Session, Farrand Field, CU Campus |
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12:50-1:20 pm |
Lunch Break, Farrand Field & Duane Physics Building (lunch provided) |
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1:20-2:00 pm |
Liquid Crystal Mood Patches: Presentation & Hands-On Experience, |
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2:00-2:30 pm |
EARLY-CAREER Program Lecture:
"Delivering Good Scientific Presentations" |
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2:30-3:20 pm |
EARLY-CAREER Panel Discussion:
"Milestones of Scientific Careers in Academia, Industry, National Labs & Beyond" | View
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3:20-3:30 pm |
Coffee Break & Informal Discussions, Duane Physics G-1B31 |
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SESSION P-WT2, Physics DUAN G-1B30, 3:30-5:50 pm MATERIALS & PHOTONICS TUTORIALS Chair: Matt Glaser, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA |
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3:30-4:30 pm |
Optical Trapping & Manipulation (Invited Tutorial/Research Lecture), Eric Dufresne, Yale University, USA | View Video Archive | |
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4:30-4:40 pm |
Coffee Break & Informal Discussions, Duane Physics G-1B31 |
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4:40-5:40 pm |
Liquid Crystals: Fundamentals & Recent Advances (Invited Tutorial/Research Lecture), Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent State University, USA | View Video Archive | |
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5:40-5:50 pm |
Coffee Break & Informal Discussions, Duane Physics G-1B31 |
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5:50-9:00 pm |
INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH FORUM POSTER SESSION & RECEPTION, Gamow Tower, 11th floor |
Thursday, August 7, 2008
8:00-8:30 am: Registration, Duane Physics G-1B31
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SESSION 1 Adaptive Photonic Crystals & Their Applications | |
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Chair: Noel Clark, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Thursday 8:30 to 10:55 am |
8:30 am: Opening Remarks, Noel Clark & Ivan Smalyukh, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | View Video Archive |
8:45 am: Liquid Crystals: Optical Properties and Light Driven Effects (Invited Overview Lecture), Satyendra Kumar, Kent State University & the National Science Foundation, USA | View Video Archive |
9:15 am: Adaptive Photonic Crystals (Invited Tutorial/Research Lecture), Sajeev John, University of Toronto, Canada | View Video Archive |
10:15 am: Light Induced Structural Color Change and Dynamics of Isotropic Smectic Blue Phase (Contributed Talk), Jun Yamamoto, Kyoto University, Japan | View Video Archive |
10:35 am: Polychromatic liquid crystal laser arrays (Contributed Talk), Philip Hands, University of Cambridge, UK | View Video Archive |
Coffee Break, Duane Physics G-1B31, 10:55 to 11:10 am
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SESSION 2 Photonics of Molecular Monolayers and Biological Membranes | |
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Chair: Ivan Smalyukh, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Thursday 11:10 am to 12:30 pm |
11:10 am: Photo-Induced Structures in Biological Membranes (Invited Lecture), Linda Hirst, University of California at Merced, USA | View Video Archive |
11:50 am: Polymorphism of Liquid Crystal Anchoring Induced by Phase Transitions of a Photoisomerizable Surfactant at the Nematic/Aqueous Interface (Contributed Talk), Daniel Schwartz, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | View Video Archive |
12:10 pm: International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (I2CAM) (Highlight Presentation), Daniel Cox, University of California at Davis, USA | View Video Archive |
Lunch Break, Restaurants on the Hill or UMC, 12:30 to 2:00 pm
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OUTREACH & EARLY-CAREER PROGRAM (for students & postdoctoral fellows, lunch provided) | |
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Chair: Richard Youngworth, Light Capture, Inc., USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Thursday 12:40 to 1:50 pm |
12:40 pm: Careers in Academia, Industry, National Labs, & Beyond: Job searching, CV writing, and Interviewing, Cori Shaff, Career Services, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | View Video Archive |
1:30 pm: Discussion
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SESSION 3 Trapping & Manipulation | |
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Chair: Thomas Perkins, University of Colorado at Boulder | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Thursday 2:00 to 3:20 pm |
2:00 pm: Optical Trapping and Manipulation (Invited Lecture), Kishan Dholakia, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK | View Video Archive |
2:40 pm: Manipulation of Disk-Shaped Islands and Direct Measurement of Elastic Interaction Forces Between Islands on Freely Suspended Smectic Films (Contributed Talk), Cheol Park, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | View Video Archive |
3:00 pm: Manipulation of Nanowires in Liquid Crystals (Contributed Talk), Clayton Lapointe, University of Colorado at Boulder and Johns Hopkins University, USA | View Video Archive |
Workshop Photo Session & Coffee Break, Physics Lawn & Duane Physics G-1B31, 3:20 to 3:50 pm
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SESSION 4 Optical Manipulation and Imaging of Liquid Crystal Colloids | |
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Chair: Eric Dufresne, Yale University, USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Thursday 3:50 to 5:30 pm |
3:50 pm: Optical Manipulation of Nematic Colloids: Wires, Superstructures and 2D Crystals (Invited Lecture), Igor Musevic, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia | View Video Archive |
4:30 pm: Imaging Colloidal Particle Induced Topological Defects in a Nematic Liquid Crystal by Using Third-Harmonic Generation Microscopy (Contributed Talk), Masahito Oh-e, Liquid Crystal Nano-system Project, Japan Science & Technology Agency, Ibaraki, Japan | View Video Archive |
4:50 pm: Confocal Raman Mapping of Colloidal Particles in Smectic A Liquid Crystals (Contributed Talk), Ebru Buyuktanir, Kent State University, USA | View Video Archive |
5:10 pm: Fluorescence Confocal Polarising Microscopy Imaging of Micro-Spheres in Liquid Crystals (Contributed Talk), Sharon Jewell, University of Exeter, UK | View Video Archive |
Workshop Dinner Reception, Location: Millennium Hotel, Thursday 5:30 to 9:00 pm
Friday, August 8, 2008
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SESSION 5 Adaptive Optical Nano-Structured Metamaterials | |
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Chair: Dave Walba, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Friday 8:30 to 10:10 am |
8:30 am: Optics of Metamaterials (Invited Tutorial/Research Lecture), Y. Ron Shen, University of California at Berkeley, USA | View Video Archive |
9:30 am: Metal Nanocluster Metamaterials (Contributed Talk), Qi Wu, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | View Video Archive |
9:50 am: Nanoimprint Alignment of Liquid Crystals (Contributed Talk), Youngwoo Yi, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | View Video Archive |
10:10 am: Nature Photonics (Highlight presentation), Rachel Pei Chin Won, Nature Publishing Group, Japan | View Video Archive |
Coffee Break, Duane Physics G-1B31, 10:30 to 10:45 am
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SESSION 6 Lasers and Emissive Materials | |
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Chair: Daniel Schwartz, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Friday 10:45 am to 12:05 pm |
10:45 am: Red-Green-Blue 2D Tunable Liquid Crystal Laser Devices and Displays (Invited Lecture), Harry Coles, University of Cambridge, UK | View Video Archive |
11:25 am: Emissive Bent-Core Liquid Crystals (Contributed Talk), Nandiraju VS Rao, Assam University, India | View Video Archive |
11:45 am: Spatial Self-Organization and Self-Alignment of Fluorescent Nanoparticles by Liquid Crystal Elasticity and Defects (Contributed Talk), Dennis Gardner, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | View Video Archive |
Lunch Break, Restaurants on the Hill or UMC, 12:05 to 2:00 pm
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SESSION 7 Laser Beam Steering and Control | |
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Chair: Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent State University | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Friday 2:00 to 3:40 pm |
2:00 pm: Introduction to Liquid Crystal Clad Waveguides: A New EO Architecture That Enables Unprecedented Devices (Invited Tutorial/Research Lecture), Scott Davis, Vescent Photonics | View Video Archive |
3:00 pm: Using Spatial Light Modulators for Generation and Control of Multiple Nondiffracting Beams (Contributed Talk), Tomas Cizmar, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK | View Video Archive |
3:20 pm: 3D Modulated Optical Crystals as Computer-Generated Volume Holograms (Contributed Talk), Rafael Piestun University of Colorado at Boulder | View Video Archive |
Coffee Break, Duane Physics G-1B31, 3:40 to 3:50 pm
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SESSION 8 Poster Session (all posters) | |
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Hallway, Duane Physics |
Friday 3:50 to 5:30 pm |
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[P-1] Quantitative phase imaging of biological structures with computational phase-shifted differential interference contrast microscopy, Sh. King, A. Libertun, R. Piestun, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; Ch. Preza, Univ. of Memphis; C. Cogswell, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-2] Passive three-dimensional imaging with rotating point spread functions, Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani, A. Greengard, R. Piestun, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-3] Optically Tweezing the Colloidal Alphabet, T. G. Mason, J. N. Wilking, UCLA [P-4] Carbon nanotube elastomeric composite - An active material, S. Ahir, Y. Y. Huang, E. M. Terentjev, Univ. of Cambridge (UK) [P-5] Fabrication of Active Micro-lens Array using a Liquid Crystal and a Polymer, Y. Choi, Case Western Reserve Univ.; J.-H. Kim, Hanyang Univ. (Korea); S.-D. Lee, Seoul National Univ. (Korea) [P-6] Photonic structures in liquid crystals obtained via depth-resolved sub-micron optical control of self-assembled monolayers, A. Martinez, Y. Shi, H. C. Mireles, N. A. Clark, I. I. Smalyukh, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-7] Properties of Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal C7, B. Senyuk, O. D. Lavrentovich, Kent State Univ.; V. M. Pergamenshchik, Korea University (Korea) and Institute of Physics (Ukraine); J. You, J. Y. Jung, K. Rhie, Korea University (Korea); S. T. Shin, Samsung Electronics Corp. (Korea) [P-8] Light-Controlled Surface Energy Switching on Zinc Oxide Nanorods, J. Banks, J. M. Albin, R. T. Collins, T. E. Furtak, Colorado School of Mines [P-9] Phase diagram mapping of soft should systems, R. Blackwell, Z. Smith, N. A. Clark, M. Glaser, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-10] Properties of Optically Active Gold Nanoparticles with Cyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystal Ligand, J. Milette, B. Lennox, L. Reven, McGill Univ. (Canada) [P-11] Photoinduced dynamics of amino-azobenzene self-assembled monolayers for high efficient photo control of liquid crystals, Y. Yi, G. Fang, J. E. Maclennan, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; K. Kim, Yonsei Univ. (Korea); T. E. Furtak, Colorado School of Mines; N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-12] Coarsening of two-dimensional islands in freely suspended smectic A films and bubbles, D. Nguyen, A. Pattanaporkratana, Ch. Park, J. Maclennan, M. Glaser, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-13] Photocontrolled angle resolved Bragg diffraction in a planar waveguide using a mixed LC and azo-dye co-polymer cladding layer, Y. Wang, A. Klittnick, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; P. KEller, Institut Curie (France) [P-14] Entropically Driven Condensed Phase of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals, H.-Sh. Park, L. Tortora, O. D. Lavrentovich, Kent State Univ. [P-15] Synthesis and characterization of novel banana liquid crystals of 4-ring system: Influence of linking group direction and OH groups on mesom, N. VSRao, R. KNath, R. Deb, Assam Univ. (India); T. Francis, Jackson State Univ. [P-16] Non-contact optical control of multiple defects and structures in liquid crystals using holographic and time-shared optical trapping, G. Stockdale, R. P. Trivedi, S. Anand, I. I. Smalyukh, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-17] Surface-induced ordering in confined liquid crystals: Influence of alkane, L. Zhang, G. K. Auernhammer, M. Kappl, B. Ullrich, H.-J. Butt, D. Vollmer, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Germany) [P-18] Polar Smectic A Phase from Achiral Bent-core Molecules, R. Shao, R. Amaranatha Reddy, Ch. Zhu, M. Glaser, J. Maclennan, D. M. Walba, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-19] Phase behavior of binary mixtures of NOBOW/8CB, Ch. Zhu, D. Chen, Y. Shen, Ch. Jones, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-20] Inverse Frederiks Effect in Feronematic Cells, N. P. Podoliak, V. I. Zadorozhnii, V. Yu. Reshetnyak, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko Univ. (Ukraine) [P-21] Magnetic field influence on twist-deformation instability of nematic sample with curved surfaces, N. Podoliak, A. N. Vasilev, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko Univ. (Ukraine) [P-22] Instability of the Nematic Liquid Crystal Filled with Interacting Sphere-Like Impurity Particles against Formation of the Modulated Structures, A. Kleshchonok, V. Reshetnyak, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko Univ. (Ukraine); V. Tatarenko, G. V. Kurdyumov Institute of Metal Physics (Ukraine) [P-23] Liquid crystal lens with polymer network, S. Pavliuchenko, S. Subota, V. Reshetnyak, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko Univ. (Ukraine) [P-24] Optically-Induced Multistable Photonic Structures in Confined Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals, Ch. Twomby, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; D. Kaputa, A. Kachynski, A. Kuzmin, P. Prasad, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo; Y. Lansac, N. A. Clark, I. I. Smalyukh, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-25] Realignment-enhanced CARS and labeling-free vibrational CARS-PM imaging of 3D structures in liquid crystals, R. P. Trivedi, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; A. V. Kachynski, A. N. Kuzmin, P. N. Prasad, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo; I. I. Smalyukh, Department of Physics, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-26] Photoluminescence of urinary calculi in liquid-crystal matrix, O. Drobchak, O. Bordun, M. Omelchenko, B. Kapustjanyk, Ivan Franko National Univ. of Lviv (Ukraine) [P-27] Synthesis & Characterization of Silicon Hybrids Nano Composites Containing Non-linear Optical Dyes, Y. Aghili, M. Mohseni, E. Mohajerani, S. Moradian, A. Khosravi, Amirkabir Univ. of Technology (Iran) [P-28] Optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles in surfonematic matrix, M. Omelchenko, V. Kapustianyk, Ivan Franko National Univ. of Lviv (Ukraine); Yu. Nastyshyn, Kent State Univ. [P-29] Detection of Molecular Chirality Using Electrooptics in Smectic A Liquid Crystals, D. M. Walba, E. D. Korblova, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; Lior Eshdat; R. Shao, M. J. Moran, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-30] Main-Chain Chiral Smectic Polymers for Electro-Mechanical and NLO Application, D. M. Walba, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; H. Yang, Institute Curie (France); R. K. Schoemaker, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; P. Keller, Institute Curie (France); R. Shao, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; David A. Coleman; Michi Nakata; J. Richardson, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-31] A Story of Two Bananas: Analog and Bistable Electrooptics, D. M. Walba, E. D. Korblova, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; Michi Nakata; Nattaporn Chattham; R. Shao, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; David A. Coleman; J. E. Maclennan, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder | |
Pearl Street Tour & Dinner (not provided) in Downtown Boulder, Friday 5:30 to 9:00 pm
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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SESSION 9 Photo-Responsive Materials | |
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Chair: Eva Korblova, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Saturday 8:30 to 10:30 am |
8:30 am: Nonlinear Optical Properties of Azo-Dye Doped Liquid Crystals (Invited Lecture), Istvan Janossy, Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungary | View Video Archive |
9:10 am: Azo-Bridged Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Incorporating Chromophores along Their Polar Axes and Measurement of Second-Harmonic Generation (Contributed Talk), Yongqiang Zhang, Displaytech Inc. | View Video Archive |
9:30 am: Efficient Photoactive Chiral Nematic Twist Agents (Contributed Talk), James Rego, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA | View Video Archive |
9:50 am: Rewritable Optical Memory Based on Dye-Doped Liquid Crystals in Binary Grating (Invited Lecture), Sin-Doo Lee, Seoul National University, Korea | View Video Archive |
Coffee Break, Duane Physics G-1B31, 10:30 to 10:50 am
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SESSION 10 Optical Alignment of Liquid Crystals | |
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Chair: Tom Furtak, Colorado School of Mines, USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Saturday 10:50 am to 12:10 pm |
10:50 am: Liquid Crystal Alignment by Optical Interference and its Application in Making Polarization-Independent Phase Diffraction Gratings (Invited Lecture), Ophelia Tsui, Boston University, USA | View Video Archive |
11:30 am: Local Photo-Reorientation of a Liquid Crystal Using a Laser Focused on an Azo Dye-Based Monolayer (Contributed Talk), Yue Shi, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | View Video Archive |
11:50 am: Optical Studies of Sub-monolayer Dye Films for Photo-Alignment (Contributed Talk), Joseph Dahdah, Colorado School of Mines, USA | View Video Archive |
Lunch Break, Restaurants on the Hill or UMC, 12:10 to 1:40 pm
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SESSION 11 Liquid Crystal - Polymer Networks | |
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Chair: Rafael Piestun, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Saturday 1:40 to 3:20 pm |
1:40 pm: Liquid Crystal Networks Controlled by Light: Optics, Mechanics and Complex Patterning (Invited Lecture), Dick Broer, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands | View Video Archive |
2:20 pm: POLICRYPS Structures and Applications (Contributed Talk), Luciano De Sio, University of Calabria, Italy | View Video Archive |
2:40 pm: Fast-Switching Electro-Optical Films Based on Polymer Encapsulated Liquid Crystal and Carbon Nanotubes (Contributed Talk), Lu Lu, Kent State University, USA | View Video Archive |
3:00 pm: Next Generation Nematic Liquid Crystal Devices Based on Polymer Stabilized Networks (Technical Review), Robert Ramsey, Meadowlark Optics, USA | View Video Archive |
Coffee Break, Duane Physics G-1B31, 3:20 to 3:40 pm
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SESSION 12 Poster Session (all posters) | |
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Hallway, Duane Physics |
Saturday 3:40 to 5:30 pm |
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[P-1] Quantitative phase imaging of biological structures with computational phase-shifted differential interference contrast microscopy, Sh. King, A. Libertun, R. Piestun, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; Ch. Preza, Univ. of Memphis; C. Cogswell, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-2] Passive three-dimensional imaging with rotating point spread functions, Sri Rama Prasanna Pavani, A. Greengard, R. Piestun, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-3] Optically Tweezing the Colloidal Alphabet, T. G. Mason, J. N. Wilking, UCLA [P-4] Carbon nanotube elastomeric composite - An active material, S. Ahir, Y. Y. Huang, E. M. Terentjev, Univ. of Cambridge (UK) [P-5] Fabrication of Active Micro-lens Array using a Liquid Crystal and a Polymer, Y. Choi, Case Western Reserve Univ.; J.-H. Kim, Hanyang Univ. (Korea); S.-D. Lee, Seoul National Univ. (Korea) [P-6] Photonic structures in liquid crystals obtained via depth-resolved sub-micron optical control of self-assembled monolayers, A. Martinez, Y. Shi, H. C. Mireles, N. A. Clark, I. I. Smalyukh, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-7] Properties of Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal C7, B. Senyuk, O. D. Lavrentovich, Kent State Univ.; V. M. Pergamenshchik, Korea University (Korea) and Institute of Physics (Ukraine); J. You, J. Y. Jung, K. Rhie, Korea University (Korea); S. T. Shin, Samsung Electronics Corp. (Korea) [P-8] Light-Controlled Surface Energy Switching on Zinc Oxide Nanorods, J. Banks, J. M. Albin, R. T. Collins, T. E. Furtak, Colorado School of Mines [P-9] Phase diagram mapping of soft should systems, R. Blackwell, Z. Smith, N. A. Clark, M. Glaser, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-10] Properties of Optically Active Gold Nanoparticles with Cyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystal Ligand, J. Milette, B. Lennox, L. Reven, McGill Univ. (Canada) [P-11] Photoinduced dynamics of amino-azobenzene self-assembled monolayers for high efficient photo control of liquid crystals, Y. Yi, G. Fang, J. E. Maclennan, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; K. Kim, Yonsei Univ. (Korea); T. E. Furtak, Colorado School of Mines; N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-12] Coarsening of two-dimensional islands in freely suspended smectic A films and bubbles, D. Nguyen, A. Pattanaporkratana, Ch. Park, J. Maclennan, M. Glaser, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-13] Photocontrolled angle resolved Bragg diffraction in a planar waveguide using a mixed LC and azo-dye co-polymer cladding layer, Y. Wang, A. Klittnick, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; P. KEller, Institut Curie (France) [P-14] Entropically Driven Condensed Phase of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals, H.-Sh. Park, L. Tortora, O. D. Lavrentovich, Kent State Univ. [P-15] Synthesis and characterization of novel banana liquid crystals of 4-ring system: Influence of linking group direction and OH groups on mesom, N. VSRao, R. KNath, R. Deb, Assam Univ. (India); T. Francis, Jackson State Univ. [P-16] Non-contact optical control of multiple defects and structures in liquid crystals using holographic and time-shared optical trapping, G. Stockdale, R. P. Trivedi, S. Anand, I. I. Smalyukh, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-17] Surface-induced ordering in confined liquid crystals: Influence of alkane, L. Zhang, G. K. Auernhammer, M. Kappl, B. Ullrich, H.-J. Butt, D. Vollmer, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Germany) [P-18] Polar Smectic A Phase from Achiral Bent-core Molecules, R. Shao, R. Amaranatha Reddy, Ch. Zhu, M. Glaser, J. Maclennan, D. M. Walba, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-19] Phase behavior of binary mixtures of NOBOW/8CB, Ch. Zhu, D. Chen, Y. Shen, Ch. Jones, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-20] Inverse Frederiks Effect in Feronematic Cells, N. P. Podoliak, V. I. Zadorozhnii, V. Yu. Reshetnyak, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko Univ. (Ukraine) [P-21] Magnetic field influence on twist-deformation instability of nematic sample with curved surfaces, N. Podoliak, A. N. Vasilev, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko Univ. (Ukraine) [P-22] Instability of the Nematic Liquid Crystal Filled with Interacting Sphere-Like Impurity Particles against Formation of the Modulated Structures, A. Kleshchonok, V. Reshetnyak, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko Univ. (Ukraine); V. Tatarenko, G. V. Kurdyumov Institute of Metal Physics (Ukraine) [P-23] Liquid crystal lens with polymer network, S. Pavliuchenko, S. Subota, V. Reshetnyak, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko Univ. (Ukraine) [P-24] Optically-Induced Multistable Photonic Structures in Confined Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals, Ch. Twomby, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; D. Kaputa, A. Kachynski, A. Kuzmin, P. Prasad, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo; Y. Lansac, N. A. Clark, I. I. Smalyukh, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-25] Realignment-enhanced CARS and labeling-free vibrational CARS-PM imaging of 3D structures in liquid crystals, R. P. Trivedi, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; A. V. Kachynski, A. N. Kuzmin, P. N. Prasad, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo; I. I. Smalyukh, Department of Physics, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-26] Photoluminescence of urinary calculi in liquid-crystal matrix, O. Drobchak, O. Bordun, M. Omelchenko, B. Kapustjanyk, Ivan Franko National Univ. of Lviv (Ukraine) [P-27] Synthesis & Characterization of Silicon Hybrids Nano Composites Containing Non-linear Optical Dyes, Y. Aghili, M. Mohseni, E. Mohajerani, S. Moradian, A. Khosravi, Amirkabir Univ. of Technology (Iran) [P-28] Optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles in surfonematic matrix, M. Omelchenko, V. Kapustianyk, Ivan Franko National Univ. of Lviv (Ukraine); Yu. Nastyshyn, Kent State Univ. [P-29] Detection of Molecular Chirality Using Electrooptics in Smectic A Liquid Crystals, D. M. Walba, E. D. Korblova, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; Lior Eshdat; R. Shao, M. J. Moran, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-30] Main-Chain Chiral Smectic Polymers for Electro-Mechanical and NLO Application, D. M. Walba, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; H. Yang, Institute Curie (France); R. K. Schoemaker, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; P. Keller, Institute Curie (France); R. Shao, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; David A. Coleman; Michi Nakata; J. Richardson, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder [P-31] A Story of Two Bananas: Analog and Bistable Electrooptics, D. M. Walba, E. D. Korblova, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; Michi Nakata; Nattaporn Chattham; R. Shao, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder; David A. Coleman; J. E. Maclennan, N. A. Clark, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder | |
Pearl Street Tour & Dinner (not provided) in Downtown Boulder, Saturday 5:30 to 9:00 pm
Sunday, August 10, 2008
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SESSION 13 Optical Characterization | |
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Chair: Joe MacLennan, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Sunday 8:30 to 9:50 am |
8:30 am: Microrheology (Invited Tutorial/Research Lecture), Tom Mason, University of California at Los Angeles, USA | View Video Archive |
9:30 am: The Effect of Shear on Colloidal Aggregation and Gelation Studied Using Small-Angle Light Scattering (Contributed Talk), Tahereh Mokhtari , Kansas State University, USA | View Video Archive |
Coffee Break, Duane Physics G-1B31, 9:50 to 10:00 am
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SESSION 14 Modeling of Colloidal Assembly and Photonic Structures in Liquid Crystals | |
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Chair: Arthi Jayaraman, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | |
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Room: Duane Physics G-1B30 |
Sunday 10:00 to 11:30 am |
10:00 am: Modeling of Nematic Braids: Assembly of Colloidal Superstructures for Optical Materials (Invited Lecture), Slobodan Zumer, University of Ljubljana and Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia | View Video Archive |
10:40 am: Modeling of Cholesteric Photonic Structures (Contributed Talk), Yves Lansac, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder and Universite Francois Rabelais
11:00 am: Soft Spheres Make More Mesophases (Contributed Talk), Matt Glaser, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA | View Video Archive |
11:20 am: Concluding
Remarks, Noel Clark & Ivan Smalyukh, University
of Colorado at Boulder, USA
| View Video Archive (from live webcast) |
Rocky Mountain Tour (Lunch in Estes Park, Colorado), Sunday 11:30 am to 7:00 pm