Liquid Crystal Institute
ֱ State Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal
Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at ֱ State University’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…
Materials Science Graduate Program: Graduate Education on Soft Matter Science
ֱ State Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal
Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at ֱ State University’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, ֱ State 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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ֱ State’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 ֱ State University hosted a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, in the ֱ Student Center Kiva on the ֱ 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, ֱ State University's Liquid Crystal Institute is the world's first research center focused on the science of liquid crystals.
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ֱ State’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 ֱ State University will host a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, starting at 10 a.m. in the ֱ Student Center Kiva on the ֱ Campus. The event will kick off a yearlong celebra…
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ֱ State Graduate Student Wins Silver Award From Materials Research Society
Anshul Sharma, a graduate student in ֱ State University’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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ֱ State’s Liquid Crystal Institute Hosts Chirality Symposium June 4-5
ֱ State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute® will host a symposium called “Chirality at the Nanoscale” on June 4-5 in the ֱ Student Center on the ֱ Campus. “This event features internationally renowned scientists presenting cutting-edge research on one of the key central to…
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ֱ State Spinoff Company Markets Flexible Electronics
A new company formed by a ֱ State University researcher and inventor will market a technological innovation – flexible, electrically conductive transparent films – that can be used in electronic devices, including smart phones and touchscreens, and in windows that switch from transparent to opaqu…
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National Science Foundation Awards Nearly $2.5 Million to ֱ State Researchers
ֱ State University faculty members have been awarded nearly $2.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for research over the next three years in biology, physics and the science of liquid crystals. The awards will fund basic research on: How plants respond to environmen…
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