Department Colloqium: "Nanoparticles in liquid crystals, and liquid crystals in nanoparticles"

Juan de Pablo, University of Chicago
- Room A4, DRL



Eli Burstein Lecture: Plastic Solar Cells: Coherence & Uncertainty in Nano-Structured Materials

Alan J. Heeger, Nobel Laureate, Chemistry, 2000, University of Califorrnia, Santa Barbara
- Glandt Forum (3rd Floor), Singh Nanotechnology Building



High Energy Theory Seminar

Francesc Ferrer (Washington University)
DRL 2N36



Condensed Matter seminar: "Inkjet-Printed Nanoparticle Alignment Layers – Patterned Alignment for Liquid Crystal Devices"

Torsten Hegmann, Kent State University
- Room A4, DRL

Liquid crystal (LC) alignment layers commonly feature some type of anisotropy that induces a preferred orientation of the LC director on the surface. Unidirectionally rubbed polyimides are the most widely used…



Astrophysics and Cosmology Seminar

Hy Trac (Carnegie Mellon)
DRL A6



High Energy Theory Seminar: "UV Surprises in Supergravity"

Zvi Bern (UCLA)
DRL 2N36



Condensed Matter Seminar: "Acoustics in granular materials: from the particle scale to force networks"

Karen Daniels , North Carolina State
- Room A4, DRL

Granular materials are inherently heterogeneous, and continuum models of properties such as the shear modulus and sound speed often fail. One promising alternative is to build an understanding of…



High Engergy Theory Semianr

Guilherme L. Pimentel (Princeton)
DRL 2N36



Special Lecture: "Applications of Spacetime Geometry to Physics"

Professor Gary Gibbons (Cambridge University)
- DRL 2C4



Nano Day

TBA
- Room A4, DRL