Conference Programme
Monday 26th March
| 12.30 – 13.45 | Registration and lunch |
| 13.50 – 14.00 | Opening words: Andrew Masters, The University of Manchester |
| 14.00 – 14.50 | Mark Wilson, University of Durham Twisted but never bitter: Spontaneous formation of chiral structures from achiral liquid-crystalline molecules |
| 14.50 – 15.10 | Thomas Potter, University of Durham Development of coarse-grained models for the simulation of non-ionic chromonic liquid crystals |
| 15.10 – 15.30 | Christopher Lakey, University of Warwick Modelling columnar inclusions of stacked rafts in lamellar bodies |
| 15.30 – 15.50 | Alessandro Patti, The University of Manchester Phase behaviour of colloidal liquid crystals of hard cuboids |
| 15.50 – 16.20 | Refreshments |
| 16.20 – 16.50 | Young Researcher Lecture: Daniel Corbett, The University of Manchester Manipulating Nematic Elastomers with Light |
| 16.50 – 17.10 | Dwaipayan Chakrabarti, University of Birmingham Programming colloidal self-assembly for structural hierarchy |
| 17.10 – 17.30 | Mark Sims, University of Northumbria Shape segregation in molecular organisation: MD simulations and X-ray scattering |
| 17.30 – 17.50 | Kostas Daoulas, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz Studying sanidic lamellar-like mesophases in conjugated polymers using a new symmetry-inspired model |
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17.50 – 19.30 19.30 |
Posters and drinks reception Dinner |
Tuesday 27th March
|
09.00 – 09.20 |
Josh Walton, University of Strathclyde |
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09.20 – 09.40 |
Timothy Atherton, Tufts University Deformation and chaining of flexible shells in a nematic solvent |
|
09.40 – 10.00 |
Charles Wand, The University of Manchester |
|
10.00 – 10.20 |
Luuk Metselaar, University of Oxford Two-dimensional blue phases and controllable cholesteric membrane shapes |
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10.20 – 10.40 |
Akhshay Bhadwal, University of Nottingham Trent The role of elasticity in nematic Poiseuille flow under electric fields |
| 10.40 – 11.10 | Refreshments |
| 11.10 – 11.30 | James Taylor, University of Lancaster Liquid crystal elastomer particles: Actuation from confinement |
| 11.30 – 11.50 | Ingo Dierking, The University of Manchester Liquid crystal-ferrofluid dispersions as microscopic viscosity probes |
| 11.50 – 12.10 | Alfonso Martinez-Felipe, University of Aberdeen Side-chain liquid crystal polymers containing acid groups as ionic conductors for low temperature fuel cells |
| 12.10 – 12.30 | Huanan Yu, University of Hull The synthesis and investigation of macro-chiral liquid crystal nanoparticles |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 – 13.50 | Richard Mandle, University of York Enhanced smectic a stability in rod-like materials by incorporating cyclic end groups |
| 13.50 – 14.10 | Sophie Jones, University of Leeds Examining the effect of anchoring strength on bistability in liquid crystal displays |
| 14.10 – 14.30 | Peter Wyatt, University of Leeds Grating aligned ferroelectric liquid crystals for use in fast switching devices |
| 14.30 – 14.50 | Giampaolo D’Alessandro, University of Southampton Optical multi-parameter analyser for liquid crystal materials and composites |
| 14.50 – 15.20 | Refreshments |
| 15.20 – 15.40 | Jordan Gill, University of Southampton PAAD films for reversible photo-aligned liquid crystal devices |
| 15.40 – 16.00 | Rowan Morris, University of Leeds Self-assembly of phase amplitude gratings in liquid crystal devices through electro-convection |
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16.00 – 16.20 |
Xiangbing Zeng, University of Sheffield Solution of the puzzle of smectic-Q: The phase structure and the origin of spontaneous chirality |
| 16.20 – 17.00 | BLCS AGM |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | BLCS Committee Meeting |
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17.00 – 19.30 19.30 |
Posters and drinks reception Dinner |
Wednesday 28th March
|
09.00 – 09.50 |
Sturgeon Lecture: Owen Lozman, Merck |
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09.50 – 10.10 |
Rebecca Walker, University of Aberdeen |
|
10.10 – 10.30 |
Matthew Abdy, University of Aberdeen |
|
10.30 – 11.00 |
Refreshments |
|
11.00 – 11.20 |
Antal Jakli, Kent State University |
|
11.20 – 11.40 |
Shajeth Srigengan, University of Leeds |
|
11.40 – 12.00 |
Warren Stevenson, University of Sheffield |
| 12.00 – 12.40 | John Lydon, University of Leeds The ox-phos wars - and the properties of the inner mitochondrial membrane |
| 12.40 – 12.55 | Closing words |
| 12.55 | Lunch |
Conference Abstracts
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