International Symposium on
Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals

Kent State University
October 27 - 28, 2008
Room 306 Kent Student Center.


Conference Schedule


Monday, 27 October 2008


8:00-8:45 amPosters put up.

Session 1

8:45-9:25 AM   David Allender 
9:25-10:05 AM   Matthias LehmannV-Shaped Shape Persistent Mesogens Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationship
10:05-10:45 AM   Veena PrasadElegant Thermotropic Biaxial Nematic Materials
10:45-11:15 AM   Refreshment break 
    and posters 
11:15-12:15 PM   Panel discussion: 
    Allender, Lehmann, 
    Prasad 

Session 2

1:45-2:25 PM   Bharat AcharyaEffect of molecular form factor on x-ray diffraction from bent-core liquid crystals: Existence of a biaxial nematic phase
2:25-3:05 PM   Shin-Woo KangUnusual Supramolecular Associations of Phasmidic Type Carboxlic Acid: Formation of Bent-core Dimeric Mesogen and Its Mesophasic Behaviors
3:05-3:45 PM   Alberto MariniMolecular Order in a Biaxial Nematic phase of A131 bent-core Liquid Crystal by a combined DFT and 13C Solid State NMR approach
4:15-5:15 PM   Panel discussion: 
    Acharya, Kang, Marini 

Tuesday, 28 October 2008


Session 3

8:45-9:25 AM   Helen GleesonMeasurements of biaxial order parameters and their temperature dependence in a series of bent-core nematogens
9:25-10:05 AM   Min-Sang ParkRaman Scattering Study of Orientation order parmeters in Thermotropic Biaxial Nematic LC
10:05-10:45 AM   Lech LongaBent-Core Systems: from Biaxial Nematic to Chiral Tetro-Biaxial Nematic Phase
10:45-11:15 AM   Refreshment break, 
    and posters 
11:15-11:55 AM   Epifanio VirgaMean-field models for biaxial nematic liquid crystals
11:55-1:25 PM   Lunch 
1:25-2:25 PM   Panel Discussion:  
    Gleeson, Park, 
    Longa, Virga 

Session 4

2:25-3:05 PM   Noel ClarkMacroscopic Ferroelectric Polar Order in an Orthorhombic Smectic Bent-Core Liquid Crystal Phase
3:05-3:45 PM   E-Joon ChoiPolar Smectic A Phase of Bent-Shaped Molecule with Acute Subtended Angle
3:45-4:15 PM   Refreshment break 
    and posters 
4:15-5:15 PM   Panel discussion 
    and Conclusion: 
    Clark and Choi