Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física da UFSC, Florianópolis

 O PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM FÍSICA convida para o seminário: 

Vignettes from the world of liquid crystals

Peter Palffy-Muhoray

Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University – USA

 Resumo:

Liquid crystals, discovered some 125 years ago, are orientationally ordered soft materials. Although they have received considerable attention – much of it due to their potential for applications in display devices – they continue to astonish, puzzle and delight. In this talk, I will describe some unusual phenomena in liquid crystalline systems which originate in orientational order. I will discuss ideas about the underlying physics, and indicate some intriguing problems that remain unsolved.

Data: 15 de julho de 2015 – (quarta-feira) – Local: Sala 212 – Auditório do Departamento de Física – Horário: 10h15min