Program
Program as of February 22, 2010 |
pdf for download |
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March 10, 2010 |
Wednesday | |
| From 12.00 |
Registration |
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| 13.00 - 13.15 |
Opening |
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13.15 - 13.45 |
Doris Vollmer, L. Zhang, G.K. Auernhammer, M. Kappl, and B. Ullrich (MPI for Polymer Research, Mainz) Tuning Surface-induced Layer Transition of Liquid Crystals via Alkane |
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13.45 - 14.15 |
Christian Bahr (MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen) Controlling the Wetting and Anchoring Behaviour at Surfactant-laden Liquid Crystal/Water Interfaces |
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14.15 - 14.45 |
Pawel Pieranski (Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay, France) Physics of lyotropic films |
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14.45 - 15.15 |
W. Pisula, X. Feng, and Klaus Müllen (MPI for Polymer Research, Mainz) Nanographenes and their Assemblies |
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15.15 - 16.00 |
Coffee |
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16.00 - 16.30 |
Michael R. Hansen, R. Graf, T. Schnitzler, K. Müllen, and H.W. Spiess (MPI for Polymer Research, Mainz) Molecular Wires Based on Perylene Tetracarboxydiimides Derivatives: Structural Impacts of Crystallinity, Liquid Crystallinity, and Cooperative Motion from Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy |
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16.30 - 17.00 |
Denis Andrienko, V. Marcon, J. Kirkpatrick, F. May, and K. Kremer (MPI for Polymer Research, Mainz) Design of discotic liquid crystals with high charge carrier mobilities |
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17.00 - 17.30 |
Harald Bock, E. Grelet, T. Brunet, J. Kelber, and O. Thiebaut (CNRS & Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France) Columnar Liquid Crystals for Bilayer Heterojunction Solar Cells |
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17.30 - 18.00 |
Verleihung des ersten Alfred-Saupe-Preises der Alfred-Saupe-Stiftung an Prof. Dr. Helmut Ringsdorf (Universität Mainz) |
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| From 18.15 |
Weinprobe with Bretzels |
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| From 19.30 |
Mitgliederversammlung der Deutschen Flüssigkristallgesellschaft
(gesonderte Einladung) |
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March 11, 2010 |
Thursday |
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09.00 - 09.30 |
J. Buchs, Dietmar Janietz, and H. Sawade (Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Potsdam-Golm) Coumarin Based Emissive Liquid Crystals |
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09.30 - 10.00 |
Dirk Blunk (Universität zu Köln) and C. Stubenrauch (Universität Stuttgart) News on Inositol Amphiphiles - Synthesis, Selected Properties and Molecular Dynamics Simulations |
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10.00 - 10.30 |
Heino Finkelmann, P. Heinze, D. Kramer, A. Sánchez
Ferrer
(Universität Freiburg) Mechanical Deformation of Smectic Polymer Networks |
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10.30 - 11.00 |
Coffee |
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11.00 - 11.30 |
D. Rogez, F. Broemmel, H. Finkelmann*, and Philippe Martinoty (Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France, *Universität Freiburg) Elastic properties of uniaxial nematic side-chain liquid-crystalline elastomers with planar and homeotropic alignments of the director |
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11.30 - 12.00 |
Yazid Derouiche, A. Elqidrea, U. Maschke (Université Lille, France) and F. Dubois, R. Douali (Université du Littoral, Calais, France) and M. Azzaz (Université d'Alger, Algeria) Monomer Chain Length Modulation Controlling the Morphology of Liquid Crystal/Polymer Network Systems |
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12.00 - 12.30 |
Michal Kohout, V. Kozmík, J. Svoboda (Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic) and V. Novotná, M. Glogarová (Academy of Science of the Czech Republic) The effect of linking groups and lateral substitution on the mesomorphic behaviour of novel non-symmetrical bent-shaped liquid crystals |
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12.30 - 13.00 |
Jens Seltmann and M. Lehmann (Chemnitz University of Technology) Benzodithiophenes – from shape persistent biaxial nematogens and magic angles |
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13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 - 16.00 |
POSTER SESSSION I (pdf for download) |
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16.00 - 16.30 |
David M. Walba, E. Korblova, E, Tsai, J.M. Richardson, L. Hough, M.
Nakata, R. Shao, Y. Shen, D. Chen, and N.A. Clark (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA) The B4 banana phase, a liquid crystalline self assembly of helical nano-rods |
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16.30 - 17.00 |
Dorothee Nonnenmacher (University of Stuttgart) and J.C. Roberts, R.P. Lemieux (Queen´s University, Kingston, Canada) and M.A. Osipov (University of Strathclyde , Glasgow, UK) and F. Giesselmann (University of Stuttgart) Puzzling ferroelectric behavior in de Vries-like liquid crystals with nanosegregation |
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17.00 - 17.30 |
Carsten Tschierske, M. Prehm, U. Baumeister, C. Keith, A. Lehmann, and G. Shanker (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg) Nematic phases of bent-core molecules and their potential biaxiality |
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17.30 - 18.00 |
Antoni Kocot*, M. Nagaraj, K. Merkel*, and J.K. Vij (University of Dublin, Ireland; * also at University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland) Macroscopic biaxiality and electric field induced rotation of the minor director in the nematic phase of a bent-core liquid crystalline material |
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19.00 - 22.00 |
Conference Dinner |
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March 12, 2010 |
Friday |
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09.00 - 10.30 |
POSTER SESSSION II (pdf for download) |
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10.30 - 11.00 |
Peter Palffy-Muhoray (Kent State University, Ohio, USA) Motors based on shape change: see how they run |
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11.00 - 11.30 |
Dagmar Klass, M. Goebel, A. Manabe (Merck KGaA, Darmstadt) and F. Schneider (University Siegen) Measurement of shear viscosity coefficients of liquid crystals and their influence on switching behaviour in displays with homeotropic alignment |
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11.30 - 12.00 |
Eva Enz and J. Lagerwall (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Electrospun fibres with expanded-temperature-range cholesteric and blue phase liquid crystals |
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12.00 - 12.30 |
Alexander Lorenz, R. Schuhmann, and H.-S. Kitzerow (University of Paderborn) Waveguiding in infiltrated photonic crystal fibers: experiments and liquid crystal scattering model |
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12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
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13.30 - 14.00 |
Alexey Eremin, S. Günter, R. Stannarius, J. Heuer, and S. Klein (University of Magdeburg) Novel electro-responsive colloidal liquid-crystalline suspensions based on rod-shaped pigments |
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14.00 - 14.30 |
Kun-Lin Yang, C. Xue, and S. Khan (National University of Singapore) Liquid Crystal-Based Microfluidic Immunoassays for Diagnostic Applications |
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14.30 - 15.00 |
Artsiom Lapanik, F. Gölden, S. Müller, A. Penirschke, R. Jakoby, and W. Haase (Technische Universität Darmstadt) Room Temperature Nematic LC Mixtures with High Birefringence for Microwave Applications |
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15.00 - 15.30 |
Matthias Zorn, S. Meuer, M.N. Tahir, W. Tremel, and R. Zentel (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz) Liquid Crystalline Phases from Polymer Functionalized Semiconducting Nanorods |
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15.30 - 16.00 |
Sabine Laschat, S. Sauer, M. Butschies, G. Kohnen, M. Tosoni, M. Kaller, N. Steinke, S. Tussetschläger, F. Giesselmann (Universität Stuttgart) and M. Lehmann (Technische Universität Chemnitz) Ionic liquid crystals: the charge makes the difference |
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16.00 |
Closing Remarks (including the presentation of the winners of the DFKG Reisestipendium) |
Kontakt: Harald Pleiner