Room: Grand Auditorium
08:45-09:35
Chair: John Goodby
PL-2 – “Exploiting our know-how in liquid crystals: strategies to benefit from mesogens’ supramolecular interactions” M.B. Ros; M. Castillo-Vallés; C. Auría-Soro; M. Martínez-Abadía; R. Giménez; T. Sierra.
Coffee Break
10:00-12:00
Chair: Sabine Laschat
ILK-7-GA – “Structure-Property Relationships and the Twist-Bend Phases” C.T. Imrie.
DO-10 – “Mechanism of chirality induction in photoresponsive chiral nematic liquid crystals” S.Y. Yoshida; S.M. Morikawa; K.U. Ueda; K.K. Kaneko; T.H. Hanasaki; K.A. Akagi.
DO-11 – “Crystalline order in lyotropic solution of supramolecular hollow nanotubes” N. Huang; G. Ungar.
DO-12 – “New Class of Pyrazino[2,3-g]quinoxaline Derivatives Based on Donor-Acceptor-Donor (D-A-D) Architectures” V.K. Vishwakarma; A.S. Achalkumar.
DO-13 – “Hybrid inorganic chalcogenide/organic liquid crystalline composites” C.P. Ambulo; M.K. Lauer; K.J. Carothers; M.E. McConney; S.T. Iacono; N.P. Godman.
IL-8-GA – “Double and Triple Nanosegregation in Complex Soft Materials – Impact of Topology and Intrinsic Free Space” M. Lehmann; M. Dechant; M. L. Ambov; L. Gerbig; T. Ghosh; K. Noll; M. Baumann.
Lunch
13:35-14:15
Chair: Ingo Dierking
Tribute to Mark Warner – P. Palffy-Muhoray; E.M. Terentjev; C. Modes.
14:25-15:55
Chair: Ewa Górecka
IL-9-GA – “Ferroelectric nematic phases and splay deformation” A. Mertelj; N. Sebastián; L. Cmok; M. Lovšin; M. Čopič; N. Osterman; A. Petelin; I. Drevenšek-Olenik; R.J. Mandle; S. Aya; M. Huang; B. Berteloot; K. Neyts.
DO-14 – “Tuneable helices of plasmonic nanoparticles using liquid crystal templates” M.P. Pawlak; M. Bagiński; W. Lewandowski.
DO-15 – “Rods in a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal: emergence of chirality, alignment, and angular diffusion” S. Ettinger; C.F. Dietrich; C.K. Mishra; C. Miksch; D.A. Beller; P.J. Collings; A.G. Yodh.
DO-16 – “The Effect of Intrinsic Chirality on Modulated and Polar Nematic Phases” R. Walker; D. Pociecha; E. Cruickshank; J.M.D. Storey; E. Gorecka; C.T. Imrie.
DO-17 – “New Nematic Phase with Nanoscale Modulations” E.T. Samulski; D. Reyes-Arango; A.G. Vanakaras D.J. Photinos.
Coffee Break
16:15-17:30
Chair: Frank Giesselmann
IL-10-GA – “Ionic Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Actuators, sensors and organic transistors” C.P.H. Rajapaksha; C. Feng; P. Paudel; B. Lüssem; T. Kyu; A.I. Jákli.
DO-18 – “Giant ‘antichiral’ unit cell made of chiral columns” P. Rybak; A. Krowczynski; J. Szydlowska; D. Pociecha; E. Gorecka.
DO-19 – “Conformational Dynamics and Self-Assembly in Liquid Crystals” C.O. Zellman; V.E. Williams.
DO-20 – “Asymmetric Electro-optic Response of a Glassy Ferroelectric Nematic Monodomain at Room Temperature” M. Chen; X. Chen; C. Bennett; E. Korblova; C. Park; M. Glaser; J. Maclennan; D. Walba; N. Clark.
17:30-19:30
Poster Session II – Onsite (Ágora Room) + Online (Padlet and Zoom)
Room: Building IV – Amphitheater I
10:00-12:00
Chair: Jonathan Selinger
ILK-4-AI – “The Soft Anelasticity of Liquid Crystal Elastomers Instabilities, Pattern Formation, and Dimensional Reduction in Liquid Crystal Elastomers” A. Goriely; L.A. Mihai.
EO-12 – “Twin boundaries in cholesteric blue phase: A simulation study” A. Yamashita; J. Fukuda.
EO-13 – “Using Machine Learning to Study 2D Hydrodynamics and Topological Defect Annihilation in Freely-Suspended Smectic Films and Bubbles” R.A. Chowdhury; K. Hedlund; E. Hedlund; A.A.S. Green; C.S. Park; J. E. Maclennan; N.A. Clark.
EO-14 – “Exotic liquid crystalline phases in monolayers of vertically vibrated metallic particles” E. Velasco; Y. Martinez-Ratón.
EO-15 – “Freely-Suspended Films of the Novel Smectic Z Phase” K.G. Hedlund; X. Chen; C.S. Park; J.E. Maclennan; N.A. Clark.
IL-5-AI – “Two-fluid Hydrodynamics for Ordered Mesophases” H. Pleiner; H. R. Brand
Lunch
14:25-15:55
Chair: Timothy Bunning
IL-6-AI – “Dynamically Crosslinked Liquid Crystalline Elastomers (xLCE)” E.M. Terentjev.
BO-14 – “Molecular theory of liquid crystalline properties of rod-coil block copolymers” M.A. Osipov; M.V. Gorkunov; A.A. Antonov.
BO-15 – “Photo-induced molecular alignment of azotolane-based liquid crystal polymers” L. Larios-López; R. Rodríguez-González; I. Felix-Serrano; D. Navarro-Rodríguez.
BO-16 – “Direct observation of critical fluctuation and dynamic heterogeneity in phantasmagoric liquid crystals” J.Y. Yamamoto.
BO-17 – “Flow and dynamics of a sheared twist-bend nematic liquid crystals” S. Dhara.
Coffee Break
16:15-17:30
Chair: Mikhail Osipov
BO-18 – “Understanding the dynamic susceptibility of nematic magnetic nanoplatelet suspensions” M. Rosenberg; H. Nadasi; M. Küster; F. Ludwig; A. Eremin; P.A. Sanchez; S.S. Kantorovich.
BO-19 – “Programmable and Continuous Light-Fueled Jumping of Polymer Monoliths” J.J. Wie; J. Jeon.
BO-20 – “Preparation of films for nanoporous membranes: in-situ polymerization.” I. Marín; J. Barberá; J.L. Serrano.
BO-21 – “Dye doped cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer films as tensile and pressure sensors for applications in structural health monitoring” R. Kizhakidathazhath; Y. Geng; J.P.F. Lagerwall.
BO-22 – “Polymer-like assembly of torons in chiral liquid crystals” H. Zhao; I.I. Smalyukh.
17:30-19:30
Poster Session II – Onsite (Ágora Room) + Online (Padlet and Zoom)
Room: Building IV – Amphitheater II
10:00-12:00
Chair: Michel Mitov
ILK-4-AII – “Active Liquid Crystals” F. Sagues; B. Martinez-Prat; P. Guillamat; T. Lopez-Leon; J. Ignes-Mullol.
AO-8 – “Passive Janus Particles are Self-propelled in Active Nematics” B. Loewe; T.N. Shendruk.
AO-9 – “Quasi-Laminar Active Nematic Flows Under Confinement” O.B. Bantysh; F. Sagués; J. Ignés-Mullol.
AO-10 – “Elasticity-driven self-shaping liquid crystals” K. Peddireddy; S. Kopar; K.V. Le; I. Musevic; Ch. Bahr; V.S.R. Jampani.
AO-11 – “Individual and collective swimming dynamics of E-coli bacteria in nematic liquid crystals” M. Goral; TE. Clement; A. Lindner; T. Lopez-Leon.
IL-5-AII – “Liquid crystal elastomer for biomedical applications: from functional artificial muscles to instructive cell scaffolds” C. Parmeggiani; D. Martella; L. Sacconi; B. Grandinetti; S. Querceto; T. Fiaschi; R. Squecco; C. Ferrantini.
Lunch
14:25-15:55
Chair: Yoshiaki Uchida
IL-6-AII – “Cholesteric biomimicry of insect cuticles” M. Mitov; C. Boyon; A. Scarangella; V. Soldan.
AO-12 – “Emergent collective behavior of electrically driven dynamic solitons in chiral nematic films” Y. Shen; I. Dierking.
AO-13 – “Directrons: New Solitary Waves of Director Distortions in Nematic Liquid Crystals” S.V. Shiyanovskii; B.X. Li; R.L. Xiao; O.D. Lavrentovich.
ILK-7-AII – “Dynamics of active fluid interfaces” M.C. Marchetti.
Coffee Break
16:15-17:30
Chair: Janusz Parka
CO-20 – “Confinement effects in chiral doped chromonic liquid crystals” F. Ciuchi; L. Spina; C.M. Tone; R. Barberi; M.P. De Santo.
CO-21 – “Two-step Photoalignment Patterning” S. Liu; I. Nys; K. Neyts.
CO-22 – “Topological analysis of long-range gold nanoparticle networks in liquid crystals” N. Podoliak; I. Membrillo Solis; T. Orlova; G. D’Alessandro; J. Brodzki; M. Kaczmarek.
CO-23 – “High-resolution multi-pattern photoalignment of liquid crystal molecules with automated setup based on digital micromirror device” S. Ertman; J. Różycka; N. Wasilewska; M. Kwaśny.
CO-24 – “Mechano-Optical Response of Stabilized Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Droplets” S. Norouzi; A. Casale; J. Martinez-Gonzalez; M.S.M. Sadati.
17:30-19:30
Poster Session II – Onsite (Ágora Room) + Online (Padlet and Zoom)
Room: Building IV – Amphitheater III
10:00-12:00
Chair: Teresa López-León
ILK-5-AIII – “Designer liquid-crystal disclinations by tailored confinement” H.Y. Yokoyama.
CO-16 – “Widely tunable lens using lyotropic liquid crystalline nano-colloid of 2D nanoparticles” P.A.N.S. Priyadharshana; S.H. Hong; J.K. Song; T.Z. Shen..
CO-17 – “Laser-excited flows in confined liquid crystals” D. Shmeleva; S. Pasechnik; M. Umlandt; S. Santer; A. Zakharov.
CO-18 – “Gazing into the (Liquid) Crystal Ball: In Vitro and In Vivo Sensing with Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Droplets” L.W. Honaker; C. Chen; S. Brugman; S. Deshpande.
CO-19 – “Patterning of defects in nematic/smectic-A liquid crystals by colloidal arrays” Z.C. Meijs; H.S. Yun; Y. Fu; G. Park; D.K. Yoon; L. Isa.
IL-6-AIII – “Spontaneous Emergence of Chirality in Achiral Systems” M. Srinivasarao; K. Nayani; J. Fu; R. Chang; J.O. Park.
Lunch
14:25-15:55
Chair: Alberta Ferrarini
IL-7-AIII – “Identification of Liquid Crystal Phases and Transitions via Machine Learning” I. Dierking; J. Dominguez; J. Harbon; J. Heaton.
EO-16 – “Optics of Nematic Liquid Crystal Spherical Caps Lenses in Competing Magnetic & Electric Fields” Z. Karaszi; M. Mate; P. Salamon; A. Buka; A. Jakli.
EO-17 – “Using Dissipative Particle Dynamics for Investigating Surfactant Solutions Under Shearing” R.L. Hendrikse; A. Bayly; X. Lai; P. Jimack.
ILK-8-AIII – “Skyrmions in Blue Phases of Chiral Liquid Crystals”J. Pisljar; S. Ghosh; S. Turlapati; N.S.V. Rao; M. Skarabot; A. Mertelj; A. Petelin; A. Nych; M. Marincic; A. Pusovnik; M. Ravnik; I. Musevic.
Coffee Break
16:15-17:30
Chair: Oleg Lavrentovich
EO-18 – “Nematic bits and universal logic gates” Z. Kos; J. Dunkel.
EO-19 – “The elusive saddle-splay elasticity of nematics” D. Revignas; A. Ferrarini.
EO-20 – “GENERIC micromechanical modeling predicts isotropic-nematic emulsions with diffuse interfaces” J. Salmeron-Hernandez; R. Zhang; A. Mozaffari; N. Atzin, H.C. Ottinger; J. J de Pablo.
ILK-9-AIII – “Some Progresses in the Computer Simulations of Liquid Crystals” C. Zannoni.
17:30-19:30
Poster Session II – Onsite (Ágora Room) + Online (Padlet and Zoom)
Room: Building IV – Amphitheater IV
10:00-12:00
Chair: Jan Lagerwall
IL-3-AIV – “In-plane-Switching of an Asymmetrically-anchored Liquid Crystal Cell for Display and Photonics Applications” Y. Choi; S.-W. Oh; T.-H. Yoon.
FO-5 – “A Photovariable Condenser with Enormous Capacitance Tunability Based on the Ferroelectric Nematic” H. Nishikawa; K. Sano; F. Araoka.
FO-6 – “Milky Translucent Haze of a Large-Scale Topological Defect Array in Nematic Liquid Crystal” J.Y.Z. Wang; S.K. Yao; J.K. Chou; J.W. Tsung.
FO-7 – “Full-Wavelength-Tunable and Chirality-Invertible Solar-Powered Devices Based on Molecular-Motor-Doped Cholesteric Liquid Crystals” Y.-S. Zhang; Z.-Q. Wang; W.-C. Chuang; C.-R. Lee.
FO-8 – “Epsilon-Near-Zero tuning in a Self-assembled Liquid Crystal – Nanoparticle Hybrid material” A. Bhardwaj; V. Sridurai; S.A. Bhat; C.V. Yelamaggad; G.G. Nair.
FO-9 – “Ferroelectric liquid on ferroelectric solid: experimental evidence of jets ejected by ferroelectric droplets at the Rayleigh instability point.” R. Barboza; F. Ciciulla; F. Ali Mir; S. Samroot; S. Marni; N.A. Clark; M.A. Glaser; G. Nava; F. Caimi; T. Bellini; L. Lucchetti.
FO-10 – “Cellulose Nanocrystalline based Guided Wave Random Laser” Y.D.R. Machado; G.C.M. Germano; S.N. Fernandes; A.S.L. Gomes; E. Pecoraro; I.C.S. Carvalho.
Lunch
14:25-15:55
Chair: Dirk Broer
FO-11 – “Liquid Crystal Tunable High-Contrast Gratings” K. De Geest; X. Xue; J. Lauwaert; J. Beeckman.
FO-12 – “Ferroelectric versus Nematic Liquid Crystal Retarders for Fast Spectral Information Extraction” D.P Pasha; M.J. Abuleil; I. August; E. Pozhidaev; I. Abdulhalim.
FO-13 – “Imprinting the polarization state of light in liquid crystals” N. Bruni; C. Loussert; M. Rafayelyan; T. Orlova; D. Coursault; E. Brasselet.
FO-14 – “Doping Liquid Crystals with a Surface Relief Grating to Improve Bistable Capabilities” Z.R. Gradwell; S.A. Jones; B. Snow; J.C. Jones.
ILK-4-AIV – “Liquid Crystal Cells for Biosensing: Texture Observation and Beyond” W. Lee; M.-J. Lee.
Coffee Break
16:15-17:30
Chair: Francesc Sagués
FO-15 – “Enabling Societal and Technological Revolutions with Cholesteric Spherical Reflectors” Y. Geng; H. Agha; R. Kizhakidathazhath; X. Ma; D.I. Avsar; J.P.F. Lagerwall.
FO-16 – “Resonances and Coupled Modes in Cholesteric Ring Resonators” J. Schmidtke.
FO-17 – “An Inkjet-Printed, Zero-Power, Liquid Crystal-based ppt- to ppm-Level Toxic Gas and Vapor Sensor” M.P. Prévôt; C. Callison; T. Cull; E. Hegmann; T. Hegmann.
FO-18 – “Development of Flat Liquid Crystal Microlenses” B. Berteloot; J. Beeckman; K. Neyts.
FO-19 – “Chiral Photonic Nanostructures Based on Hydroxypropyl Cellulose” K. George; M. Esmaeili; N. Taheri-Qazvini; M. Sadati.
17:30-19:30
Poster Session II – Onsite (Ágora Room) + Online (Padlet and Zoom)