International Symposium on Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals

Kent State UniversityOctober 27 - 28, 2008

Invited Talks

• Effect of molecular form factor on x-ray diffraction from bent-core liquid crystals: Existence of a biaxial nematic phase
  Bharat R. Acharya
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• Polar Smectic A Phase of Bent-Shaped Molecule with Acute Subtended Angle
  E-Joon Choi, Xin Cui, Tong-Kun Lim, Ji-Hoon Lee, Chi-Woong Jang, Wang-Cheol Zin, Chang-Woo Ohk, and Won-Gun Jang
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• Macroscopic Ferroelectric Polar Order in an Orthorhombic Smectic Bent-Core Liquid Crystal Phase
  Noel A. Clark, Renfan Shao, R. Amaranatha Reddy, Chenhui Zhu, Eva Korblova, Matthew Glaser, Joseph E. Maclennan, David M. Walba
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• Measurements of biaxial order parameters and their temperature dependence in a series of bent-core nematogens
  Helen F. Gleeson, Christopher D Southern, Verena Gortz, John W Goodby
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• Unusual Supramolecular Associations of Phasmidic Type Carboxlic Acid: Formation of Bent-core Dimeric Mesogen and Its Mesophasic Behaviors
  Shin-Woong Kang, Seung-Yeon Jeong, Satyendra Kumar, Veena Prasad, Sanjay K. Varshney
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• V-Shaped Shape Persistent Mesogens Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationship
  Matthias Lehmann, Jens Seltmann
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• Bent-Core Systems: from Biaxial Nematic to Chiral Tetro-Biaxial Nematic Phase
  Lech Longa, Piotr Grzybowski, Grzegorz Pajak, Thomas Wydro
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• Molecular Order in a Biaxial Nematic phase of A131 bent-core Liquid Crystal by a combined DFT and 13C Solid State NMR approach
  A. Marini, Ronald Y. Dong
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• Raman Scattering Study of Orientation order parmeters in Thermotropic Biaxial Nematic LC
  Min Sang Park, Beom Jin Yoon, Jung Ok Park, Veena Prasad, Mohan Rinivasarao
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• MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES TO OBTAIN NOVEL THERMOTROPIC BIAXIAL NEMATIC MATERIALS
  Veena Prasad
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• Mean-field models for biaxial nematic liquid crystals
  Epifanio Virga
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