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51勛圖厙s Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate 50 Years of Innovation
The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute簧 and the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙 will host a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, starting at 10 a.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. The event will kick off a yearlong celebra
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Meeting of the Minds
Undergraduate research is thriving at 51勛圖厙, as students and their faculty mentors find mutual benefit in their collaborative efforts. by Jan Senn Photography by Melissa Olson Scientific research, scholarship and artistic work dont happen in isolation by lone individuals in a lab, study or
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51勛圖厙 Graduate Student Wins Silver Award From Materials Research Society
Anshul Sharma, a graduate student in 51勛圖厙s Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the Silver Graduate Student Award at the Materials Research Societys 2015 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. She was recognized for her
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51勛圖厙s Liquid Crystal Institute Hosts Chirality Symposium June 4-5
51勛圖厙s Liquid Crystal Institute簧 will host a symposium called Chirality at the Nanoscale on June 4-5 in the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus. This event features internationally renowned scientists presenting cutting-edge research on one of the key central to
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Window on the Future
It started with an accidental discovery. In 2012, John West was in his lab when a doctoral student working with him at the time brought him a microscopic image that showed uniform cracks in a coated film he had been cutting with a razor. Fascinated, Westa senior research fellow at 51勛圖厙s L
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51勛圖厙 Spinoff Company Markets Flexible Electronics
A new company formed by a 51勛圖厙 researcher and inventor will market a technological innovation flexible, electrically conductive transparent films that can be used in electronic devices, including smart phones and touchscreens, and in windows that switch from transparent to opaqu
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National Science Foundation Awards Nearly $2.5 Million to 51勛圖厙 Researchers
51勛圖厙 faculty members have been awarded nearly $2.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for research over the next three years in biology, physics and the science of liquid crystals. The awards will fund basic research on: How plants respond to environmen
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New Liquid Crystal Structure Reported by 51勛圖厙 Researchers
A research group at 51勛圖厙 has described the structure of a new type of liquid crystal that had been predicted theoretically but never seen. The new twist-bend nematic liquid crystal, one with a spiral twist, was observed by a 51勛圖厙 research group led by Oleg D. Lavrentovich,
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NSF supports theoretical study on pattern formation and shape evolution in soft matter
Professors Robin Selinger and Jonathan Selinger have been awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research. The project is entitled, "Topological Defects, Curved Geometries, and Shape Evolution in Soft Matter." This award is funded by the Divisi
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