Because of spontaneous molecular self-assembly which enhances molecular properties, liquid crystals have emerged as a class of organic materials with potential applications to optics, photonics, and optoelectronics. Although a large number of liquid crystals has been discovered or synthesized over the years, fundamental understanding of structure-property relationships at the molecular level is still lacking at present. Moreover, new emerging advanced technologies, such as flat-panel displays, optical computing and communications, information storage and imaging, call for improved materials as well as novel multifunctional materials.
Contributed papers are solicited in the following and related areas:
* Design, synthesis, and characterization of novel materials
* Molecular theory and simulation
* Polymer/liquid crystal composite systems
* Liquid crystalline polymers
* Morphology/rheology/processing
* Potential applications
* Implementation in active/passive devices
Tentative list of invited speakers: N.A. Clark (University of Colorado); P. Drzaic (Raychem); K. Furukawa (Chisso Corporation, Japan); G. Gray (Merck Ltd., United Kingdom); C.-S. Hsu (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan); T. Ikeda (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan); I.C. Khoo (Pennsylvania State University); H. Kikuchi (Kyushu University, Japan); H. Kimura (Nagoya University, Japan); F.H. Kreuzer (Wacker Chemie, GmbH, Germany); C.K. Ober Cornell University); R.L. Sutherland (SAIC); H. Takatsu (Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc., Japan); T. Tsutsui (Kyushu University, Japan); F. Yamamoto (NTT, Japan); and D.K. Yang (Kent State University)
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Symposium Organizers
Shaw H. Chen
Department of Chemical
Engineering/LLE
University of Rochester
240 East River Road
Rochester, NY 14623-1212
Phone (716) 275-0909
Fax (716) 273-1014
shch@lle.rochester.edu
Will Hawthorne
Elsevier Trends Journals
68 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 1LA
United Kingdom
Phone (44) 1223-315961
Fax (44) 1223-464430
w.hawthorne@elsevier.co.uk
Timothy J. Bunning
SAIC, WL/MLPJ, Bldg. 651
3005 P Street, Ste. 1
WPAFB, OH 45433-7702
Phone (513) 255-3808, ext. 3177
Fax (513) 255-1128
bunnintj@ml.wpafb.af.mil
Naoyuki Koide
Department of Chemistry
Science University of Tokyo
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162
Japan
Phone (81) 3-3260-4271
Fax (81) 3-3235-2214
nkoide@ch.kagu.sut.ac.jp
Tisato Kajiyama
Department of Chemical Science
and Technology
Kyushu University
6-10-1 Hakozaki
Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812, Japan
Phone (81) 92-641-1101, ext. 5601/5602
Fax (81) 92-651-5606
tkajitcf@mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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