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Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Magnetic Field Affects Liquid Crystals in Unexpected Ways

A group of researchers in ӰƵ's College of Arts and Sciences have published a breakthrough article on new properties of liquid crystals in the May 27 issue of Physical Review Letters. The article, which describes some recent surprising results involving nematic liquid crystals…

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ӰƵ Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal

Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at ӰƵ’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other indust…

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ӰƵ Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal

Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at ӰƵ’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other indust…

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Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, ӰƵ Researchers Say

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, bend, twist, wrinkle and stretch when exposed to light, heat, gases and other…

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Geek Chic

In the expanding world of wearables, one challenge is how to tailor technology into something we’d actually want to wear. As fashion and technology merge, ӰƵ researchers and students from diverse fields are collaborating on innovations that could become an essential part of our everyday…

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Douglas Bryant (center), manager of display engineering at ӰƵ’s Liquid Crystal Institute, demonstrates a prototyping technique in the institute’s clean room facility.

ӰƵ’s Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate “50 Years of Innovation”

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute® and the College of Arts and Sciences at ӰƵ hosted a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. The event kicked off a yearlong celebration that will culminate w…

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The Liquid Crystal Institute

Founded in 1965 by Glenn H. Brown, ӰƵ's Liquid Crystal Institute is the world's first research center focused on the science of liquid crystals.        

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ӰƵ’s Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate “50 Years of Innovation”

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute® and the College of Arts and Sciences at ӰƵ will host a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, starting at 10 a.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. The event will kick off a yearlong celebra…

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ӰƵ Graduate Student Wins Silver Award From Materials Research Society

Anshul Sharma, a graduate student in ӰƵ’s Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the Silver Graduate Student Award at the Materials Research Society’s 2015 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. She was recognized for her …

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ӰƵ’s Liquid Crystal Institute Hosts Chirality Symposium June 4-5

ӰƵ’s Liquid Crystal Institute® will host a symposium called “Chirality at the Nanoscale” on June 4-5 in the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus.    “This event features internationally renowned scientists presenting cutting-edge research on one of the key central to…

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