13th
Workshop
Colloids,
Interfaces and Liquid Crystals
Directors:
I. Musevic, P. Pasini, C. Zannoni, S. Zumer
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July 19 |
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afternoon: Arrival |
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21.15: Welcome Reception at the Marsala Lecture Hall (S. Rocco) |
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July 20 |
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9.00 – 9.15 |
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Welcome |
9.15 – 10.15 |
H.
Lekkerkerker
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Life at Ultra low Interfacial Tension: The
Interface of Demixed Colloid-Polymer Mixtures and the Isotropic Nematic
Interface in Suspensions of Colloidal Platelets |
10.15 – 11.00 |
Y.
Reznikov
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Diluted colloids of nano-ferroelectric particles
in liquid crystals |
11. 00 – 11.30 |
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Coffee
break |
11.45 – 12.30 |
M.P.
Allen
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Simulation of inhomogeneous liquid crystals |
lunch break |
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15.45 – 16.30 |
P. Ziherl |
Colloids on smectic films. |
16.30 – 17.15 |
R. Stannarius |
2D Dispersions - liquid inclusions in smectic free
standing films |
17.15 – 17.45 |
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Coffee
break |
17.45 – 19.15 |
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Poster
session |
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July 21 |
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9.00 – 10.00 |
D. Weitz
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Defect structure
in thin shells of liquid crystal |
10.00 – 10.45 |
O.
Lavrentovich
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Elasticity-
and anchoring-mediated interactions of particles and topological defects at
the surface and in the bulk of liquid crystals.
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10.45 – 11.15 |
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Coffee Break |
11.15 – 12.00 |
J-C. Loudet
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Wetting of
micrometer-sized ellipsoids |
12.00 – 12.45 |
H. Stark |
Wetting Phenomena
in Liquid Crystal Colloids |
lunch break |
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15.45 – 16.30 |
P. Lettinga |
Exploring
the phase behavior of rod dispersions using external fields |
16.30 – 17.00 |
F. Mantegazza |
Anomalous orientation of charged rod-like colloidal
particles in external electric fields. |
17.00 – 17.30 |
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Coffee break |
17.30 – 18.00 |
R. Berardi |
A
Computer Simulation Study of the Formation of Liquid Crystal Nanodroplets from a
Homogeneous Solution |
18.00 – 18.30 |
S. Varga |
Phase behaviour
of nail-shaped hard particle fluids |
18.30 – 19.00 |
G. Cinacchi |
Phase diagrams of binary mixtures of thin and thick hard spherocylinders |
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July 22 |
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9.00 – 19.00 |
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Excursion to Selinunte and Mozia
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July 23 |
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9.00 – 10.00 |
H. Yokoyama
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10.00 – 10.45 |
M. Telo da Gama |
Surface effects in nematics: interfaces, decorated surfaces and colloids |
10.45 – 11.15 |
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Coffee break |
11.15 – 12.00 |
M.
Skarabot
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Two-dimensional
Nematic Colloidal Crystals Self-assembled by Topological Defects |
12.00 – 12.45 |
S.
Zumer
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Simulations of
colloidal lattices confined to thin nematic layers |
lunch break |
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15.45 – 16.30 |
U. Zammit
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Specific heat spectrospcopy in liquid crystal
phase transitions with disorder |
16.30 – 17.00 |
L.R. Evangelista |
Ionic contribution to the
electric current in an electrolytic cell submitted to an external voltage. |
17.15 – 17.45 |
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Coffee break |
17.45 – 18.15 |
M. Ravnik
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Self assembled
colloidal structures in nematics confined to a capillary |
18.15 – 18-45 |
Y.
Yang
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Optical trapping of colloids in liquid crystals |
20.30 |
Social Dinner
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July 24 |
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9.00 – 9.45 |
E. Terentjev
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Defects and
textures in thin films of liquid crystalline polymers |
9.45 – 10.15 |
V. Sastry
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Isotropic-nematic transition in liquid-crystalline elastomers : A non-Boltzmann Monte Carlo study |
10.15 – 10.45 |
G.
Raos
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Computer
experiments on the non-linear viscoelasticity of filled elastomers
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10.45 – 11.15 |
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Coffee break |
11.15 – 11.45 |
N. Silvestre |
Elliptic
inclusions in smectic -C films |
11.45 – 12.15 |
S.V.
Shiyanovskii
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The particle
interaction in liquid crystals: beyond the permanent multipole expansion |
12.15 – 12.45 |
C. Anquetil |
Anchoring of
liquid crystals on self assembled monolayers |
lunch break |
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15.45 – 16.10 |
F. Tombolato |
Molecular model
for the chiral nematic phase of dispersions of M13 virus. |
16.10 – 16.35 |
A.
Arcioni |
Electron Spin
Resonance studies of order and dynamics in complex liquid crystal systems |
16.35 – 17.00 |
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Coffee Break |