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Sunday, February 27 |
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Arrival and Registration |
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19.30: Welcome
Reception at the Sexten Haus |
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Monday, February 28 |
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8.30 – 8.40 |
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Welcome |
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Session 1 |
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Chairman D. Finotello |
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8.40 – 9.30 |
PL1
H.W. Spiess
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Self Assembly of
Nanostructured Systems as Revealed by Advanced Nmr |
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9.30 – 9.50 |
O1
B. Zalar
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Deuteron NMR Study of The Nematic-Paranematic
Transition in Liquid Single Crystal Elastomers |
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9.50 – 10.10 |
O2
C. Cruz
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Deuterium NMR Study of Local Molecular
Reorientations in The Biaxial Nematic Phase of an Organosiloxane Tetrapode |
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10.10 – 10.30 |
O3
M. Ghelmez
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Laser Studies Of Some Biological Membrane Components In the Liquid
Crystal State |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
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Coffee Break |
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Session 2 |
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Chairman: C.
Versace |
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11.00 – 11.20 |
O4
S.H. Lee
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Liquid Crystal Display Modes for High Image Quality:
IPS vs. FFS |
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11.20 – 11.40 |
O6
M. Tomilin
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The New Principle of Laser Projection Display Based
on LC SLM |
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11.40 – 12.00 |
O18
L. Andreozzi
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Heterogeneities
in the Dynamics of a Molecular Tracer in Nematic Azobenzene Polymers |
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12.00 – 12.20 |
P15
M. Buscaglia
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The Origin of Memory in Nematics with Quenched
Disorder |
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Break |
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Session
3 |
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Chairman: Anca Alexe-Ionescu |
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17.00 – 17.30 |
I2
O.
Francescangeli
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A Novel Nematic Mesophase
with Ferroelectric Properties in
Banana-Shaped Mesogens |
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17.30 – 17.50 |
O7
J. Connolly
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Liquid
Crystalline Phases in Low Concentration Dispersions of Clays in Non-Mesogenic
Solvents |
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17.50 – 18.10 |
O8
D. Guillon
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Self-assembling Properties of Janus-diblock Fluorinated Supermolecules |
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18.10 – 18.30 |
O9
C.F.J. Faul
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Liquid-Crystalline Materials via the Ionic Self-Assembly Route |
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18.30 – 18.50 |
O10
O. Lafuente
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Thermoreversible Cholesteric Gels of Chiral Gelators and
4-cyano-4’-(pentyl)biphenyl |
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21.00 – 22.45
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Tuesday, March 1 |
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Session 4 |
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Chairman: A. Petrov |
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8.30 – 9.00 |
I3
N.J.
Motttram
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Seeding of the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition by
an Electric Field in Confined Geometries |
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9.00 – 9.20 |
O11
A. Majumdar
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Bistability in Polyhedral Geometries |
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9.20 – 9.40 |
O12
F. Bisi
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Order Reconstruction and Molecular Reorientation In
Freedericks Transitions |
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9.40 – 10.00 |
O13
H. Ayeb
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Effect of Surface Treatment on the Electric Field
Induced Biaxial Order Reconstruction in Nematic Liquid Crystal |
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10.00 – 10.20 |
O14
S. Joly
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Zenithal and Azimuthal Gliding of the Easy Axis
Under Strong Torques |
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10.20 – 10.50 |
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Coffee Break |
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Session 5 |
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Chairman: D. Pucci |
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10.50 – 11.20 |
I4
J.L. Serrano
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New H-bonded LC based on banana-shape structures |
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11.20 – 11.40 |
O15
L. Cseh
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The Synthesis and Characterisation of Nematic Gold
Nanoparticles |
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11.40 – 12.00 |
O16
D. Janietz
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Hydrogen Bonded Threeblock Mesogens |
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12.00 – 12.20 |
O17
R. Martin-Rapun
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Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Fluorinated Dendrimers |
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12.20 – 12.40 |
O5
L. Komitov
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Is There any Future for
Applications of Chiral Liquid Crystal Phases in Liquid Crystal Displays and
Devices ? |
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Break |
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Session 6 |
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Chairman: T. Bellini |
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17.0 – 17.30 |
I5
L.
Evangelista
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Orientational states and Elastic
Description of a Liquid-Crystalline Membrane |
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17.30 – 17.50 |
O19
M. Simões
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A Geometric Approach to the Liquid Crystalline Order
Parameter |
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17.50 – 18.10 |
O20
F. Mercuri
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Calorimetric Study of the Nematic –Isotropic
Transition in a 8CB Aerosil Mixture Under an Applied Electric Field |
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18.10 – 18.30 |
O21
G. Cordoyannis
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Investigation of the Orientational Order near the SmA-SmC* Phase
Transition of Liquid Crystal Compounds Confined by Aerosil Networks |
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18.30 – 18.50 |
O22
S. Kralj
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Imry-Ma Pattern of the Perturbed Smectic A Phase |
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21.00 – 22.45
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Walk in the snow to Fiscalina Valley |
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Wednesday, March 2 |
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Session 7 |
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Chairman: W. Otowksi |
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8.40 – 9.30 |
PL2
O.
Lavrentovich
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Lyotropic Chromonic
Liquid Crystals: Self-Assembly and Emerging Optical and Biosensing
Applications |
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9.30 – 9.50 |
O23
M. Škarabot
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Laser Trapping of Small Colloidal Particles in a
Nematic LC: Clouds and Ghosts |
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9.50 – 10.10 |
O24
N.W. Roberts
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The Vertebrate Visual System - Liquid Crystal Optics
in Theory and Experiment |
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10.10 – 10.30 |
O25
P.V. Dolganov
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Director Configuration and Formation of Superstructures from
Inclusions in Smectic Membranes |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
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Coffee Break |
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Session 8 |
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Chairman: A. d’Alessandro |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
I6
H.F.
Gleeson
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Laser Manipulation in Liquid Crystal Systems |
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11.30 – 11.50 |
O26
A. Fratalocchi
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Light Localization and Nonlinear Steering in Liquid Crystal Arrays |
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11.50 – 12.10 |
O27
M.A. Geday
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Relaxation of Surface Stabilised Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals at
Video Frequency |
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12.10 – 12.30 |
O28
S.A. Jewell
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Optical Characterization of the Reorientation Process in a Dual
Frequency HAN Cell |
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Break |
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Session 9 |
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Chairman: S. Shiyanovskii |
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17.00 – 17.30 |
I7
M. Conradi
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Free Standing Smectic Films: Phase Sequences and 2D
Colloidal Dispersions |
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17.30 – 18.00 |
I8
R. Stannarius
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Tunes of A Liquid Chord: Mechanical Properties of
Freely Suspended LC Filaments |
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18.00 – 18.20 |
O29
M. Nobili
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Static Friction, Stick-Slip
and Creep Dynamics of a Nematic Disclination on a Rough Surface |
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18.20 – 18.40 |
O30
I.I. Smalyukh
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Colloidal Interactions and Defect Line Tension in Liquid Crystals
Studied Using Laser Tweezers and Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy |
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18.40 – 19.00 |
O31
E. Lacaze
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Topological Evolution of
Defects with Temperature and Anchoring Breaking in Smectic Thin Films |
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Session 10 |
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21.00 – 21.30 |
I9 T.J.
Sluckin |
Episodes
from the History of Liquid Crystals |
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21.30 – 22.45
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Thursday, March 3 |
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Session 11 |
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Chairman: S. Zumer |
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8.40 – 9.30 |
PL3
C. Zannoni
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Computer Simulations of Bulk and Nanoconfined Liquid
Crystals |
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9.30 – 9.50 |
O32 M.A. Bates
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Inducing the Biaxial Nematic Phase in Rod-Disc Dimer
Systems |
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9.50 – 10.10 |
O33
A.V. Emelyanenko
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Theory of the Intermediate Smectic Phases and their
Helical Rotation |
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10.10 – 10.30 |
O34
A.G. Vanakaras
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Molecular Theory of Dendritic Liquid Crystals:
Self-Organization and Phase Transitions |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
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Coffee Break |
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Session 12 |
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Chairman: D. Guillon |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
I10
E. Samulski
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Biaxial Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals |
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11.30 – 11.50 |
O35
H. Kresse
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Dynamics In Samples Showing The SmCPA/B7
Transition |
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11.50 – 12.10 |
O36
R.A. Reddy
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Banana-Shaped Mesogens: Field-Induced Switching of Suprastructural
Chirality |
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12.10 – 12.30 |
O37
A. Van-Quynh
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1H NMR
Relaxation Study of Molecular Dynamics in the Mesophases of PAMAM Liquid
Crystalline Dendrimers of Generation 1 and 3 |
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Break |
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17.00 – 18.30 |
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20.00 – 22.00
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Social Dinner at Refuge Monte Elmo |
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Friday, March 4 |
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Session 13 |
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Chairman: G. Abbate |
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8.30 – 9.00 |
I11
R.
Sambles
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Microwaves, Metal Slits and Liquid Crystals |
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9.00 – 9.30 |
I12
P. Rudquist
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On Surface-Stabilized OAFLCs and V-FLCs |
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9.30 – 9.50 |
O38
M.L. Ermold
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Virtual Spherical Mirrors Fabricated in Polymer
Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films |
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9.50 – 10.10 |
O39
S. Residori
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Optical Solitons in Liquid-Crystal-Light-Valve
Experiments |
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10.10 – 10.30 |
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Coffee Break |
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Session 14 |
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Chairman: F. Simoni |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
I13
G. Strangi
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DFB Micro-Laser Array: Helixed Liquid Crystals Embedded
in Holographically Sculptured Polymeric Microcavities |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
I14
L. Blinov
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A Nematic Liquid Crystal as an Amplifying Replica of
a Holographic Polarization Grating |
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11.30 – 11.50 |
O40
M. Čopič
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Electro-Optical Properties of In-Plane Switched Polymer Dispersed
Liquid Crystals |
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11.50 – 12.10 |
O41
M. Kaczmarek
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The Role of Photoconductivity in Two-Beam
Coupling in Liquid Crystal-Polymer Structures |
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12.10 – 12.30 |
O42
E. Ouskova
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Evolution of Light-Induced Anchoring in Dye-Doped Nematics: Model and
Experiment |
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12.30 – 12.40 |
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Closing
of ECLC 2005 |
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