Spatially Varying Liquid Crystal Order: Theory and Simulations

Spatially Varying Liquid Crystal Order: Theory and Simulations Gavin-Rae Barnaby with Rolfe Petschek Hard Tetrahedra and shapes close to hard tetrahedra pack well when they are oriented in ways different from their neighbors.  The Petschek group has hypothesized that long-range periodic orientation or liquid crystal order explains the complicated crystalline structures...

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Aggregation Characteristics of Conjugated Sophorolipid-(Zn)porphyrin Polymers

George Heidbreder with Kenneth Singer Aggregation Characteristics of Conjugated Sophorolipid-(Zn)porphyrin Polymers Bio-based, self-organizing molecules are of considerable interest for optoelectronic device applications due to their functionality and ability to construct sophisticated microstructures with similar motifs to those found in nature.  Recently, the Singer group has discovered that conjugated sophorolipid-(Zn)porphyrin molecules self-assemble...

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Deposition and characterization of ZnSnSb2 for phase transition studies

Kevin Kwock with Kathleen Kash and Gary Chottiner Deposition and characterization of ZnSnSb2 for phase transition studies ZnSnSb2 (zinc tin antimonide) is predicted to have interesting crystal structures, phase transitions, and thermoelectric properties that have not yet been carefully confirmed by experiment. The objective of this study is to produce, characterize...

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