Research
Current projects include:
• lyotropic chromonic lquid crystals • twist-bend nematics • heliconical cholesterics • electrophoresis and electro-osmosis enabled by liquid crystals • nanosecond electro-optics • living liquid crystals • topological defects • chirality and confinement • materials for transformation optic
Recent Highlights
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The study of domain walls as a feature in biaxial and uniaxial nematics has been published by Young-Ki Kim et al in Soft Matter and highlighted at the cover page.
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The demonstration of electrically tunable color of heliconical cholesteric structures by Jie Xiang et al highlighted by a frontispiece in Advanced Materials.
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 Young-Ki Kim presents a poster at the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society's 3rd annual honors week poster session.
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 Greta Cukrov receives an Honorable Mention for her graduate student poster at the Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society's 3rd annual honors week poster sessionn.
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