Light-Controlled Liquid Crystalline Complex Adaptive Materials

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
Harry Coles, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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
Stephen Jacobs, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
Istvan Janossy, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest, Hungary
Sajeev John, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Satyendra Kumar, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA
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.