Boulder Workshop on Light-Controlled Liquid Crystalline Complex Adaptive Materials
Conference Chairs: Noel A. Clark & Ivan I. Smalyukh
The Boulder LC2CAM International Workshop will enable researchers working at the forefronts of materials science & optics to discuss the emerging uses of light for control of ordered soft materials and advances in the use of liquid crystals to control light. Workshop topics include:
- Laser trapping and manipulation in liquid crystals
- Tunable and frequency-selective negative-index media
- Light-induced phase transitions
- Nonlinear optics of liquid crystals
- Lasing in liquid crystals
- Light-controlled surface anchoring phenomena
- Confocal, multiphoton fluorescence, and CARS microscopy of liquid crystals
- Liquid crystals for solar cells and light harvesting
- Holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals
- Light-controlled liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers
- Optics of colloidal and nanostructured systems
- Sensors and wavefront control devices
Confirmed invited speakers/instructors:
- Dick J. Broer, Eindhoven University of Technology and Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Marcus Cicerone, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
- Gregory Crawford, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
- Scott Davis, Vescent Photonics, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Kishan Dholakia, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
- Eric Dufresne, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Linda Hirst, University of California at Merced, Merced, California, USA
- Istvan Janossy, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest, Hungary
- Sajeev John, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Igor Musevic, J. Stefan Institute and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA
- Sergio Restaino, Naval Research Laboratory, New Mexico, USA
- Sin-Doo Lee, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Thomas Mason, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Robert McLeod, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Yuen-Ron Shen, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
- Ophelia Tsui, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- Slobodan Zumer, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Important Dates:
- Fellowship application deadline June 5, 2008
- Abstract submission deadline July 15, 2008
- Publication of program August 1, 2008
The Boulder LC2CAM Workshop will bring together both prominent & junior scientists. Participation of students & postdoctoral fellows is strongly encouraged, and up to 20 fellowships will be awarded to support travel of early-career scientists. The presentations will be webcasted in real time and, in addition to the on-site audience, registered participants around the World will have an opportunity to ask questions.
Workshop Features & Events:
- Invited & Contributed Talks;
- Poster Session
- Exhibition
- Pre-Workshop Tutorials
- Real-Time Webcasting of Presentations
- Career Development Program
- International Outreach Forum
- Student Best Paper Prizes to be Awarded
- No Conference Fee
- Travel Support for Minority Students & Faculty at Minority Serving Institutions
- Tour to Rocky Mountain National Park (http://www.nps.gov/romo/index.htm)
- Receptions
- FirstCall-LC2CAM.pdf
- SecondCall-LC2CAM.pdf
- FinalCall-LC2CAM.pdf
Download the LC2CAM Workshop posters:
All Events are Free & Open to the Public.
