International Liquid Crystal Society

Definitions of basic terms relating to low-molar-mass and polymer licjuid crystals This document is an exception in that it also covers terms from low-molar-mass substances because much of the terminology is common to both low-molar-mass liquid crystals and polymer liquid crystals. The recommendation was produced in close cooperation with the International Liquid Crystal Society. Stmctures, optical textures, and physical characteristics of ordinary liquid crystals and finally polymer liquid crystals are treated. 

A Berliner by birth, Prof Heppke has been associated with the Technical University Berlin for over thirty-five years in various capacities. After his Ph.D. and Habilitation, he became, successively. Assistant Professor (1972), Professor of Physical Chemistry (1982), Chairman of the University Research Area Liquid Crystals and Their Electrooptic Applications (1981-86), and Vice-Chairman of the Special Research Area Anisotropic Fluids, supported by the Deutsche Forschrmgsgemeinschaft (1987-98). During this period he played a vital role in laying the formdation for a strong interdisciplinary thrust area involving some twenty research projects from different laboratories. Prof. Heppke is an editor of the journal Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals and is a nonexecutive director of the International Liquid Crystal Society. 

The 18th ILCC was held in Sendai in 2000, the second time the conference was convened in Japan. There were 813 participants (354 from overseas and 459 from Japan). The number of presentations was 886 (4 keynote lectures, 3 memorial lectures, 26 invited lectures, 86 general lectures, and 767 posters). Because the structure for cooperation by the taxation system of the JSPS differed then from that in 1980, preparations for the conference advanced comparatively smoothly. Surplus funds were contributed to both the International Liquid Crystal Society and the Japanese Liquid Crystal Society (JLCS), established in 1997. The money contributed to the JLCS was effectively utilized as International Arts and Sciences Activity Assets based on the initial fund. 

Figure 4.11 Example of rewritable optical memory written image (left) and negative photomask used to record this image (right) [10], Reproduced from V. Chigrinov, H.-S. Kwok, H. Takada, and H. Takatsu, Photoaligning by azo-dyes physics and applications. Liquid Crystals Today 4, 1 (2005), International Liquid Crystal Society...

The 1st International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC) was held at Kent State University in the United States in 1965 with 42 participants. Thereafter, the ILCC has been held every 2 years. This committee organized the 8th ILCC in Kyoto in 1980 with 562 participants. Because there was no liquid crystal society in Japan at that time, the sponsoring body was this committee. The chairperson was Professor Masanobu Wada of Tohoku University, but he died suddenly before the conference and Professor Masatami Takeda of Tokyo University of Science served as the chairperson instead. I can well remember Professor Takeda s figure for the positive outcome of his negotiations with the JSPS or the Ministry of Finance in order to get duty-free authorization for deductions for contributions by companies. The state-of-the-art portable black-and-white LCD televisions exhibited at the conference by the Japanese electric companies were of special interest to participants. This exhibition emphasized the technical level for the LCD in Japan to all who attended, and the conference was a great success. 

Tortora L, Park H-S, Antion D, Finotello D, Lavrentovich OD (2007) In Chien LC (ed) Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6487 (Emerging liquid crystal technologies II). SPIE-The International Society for Optical... 

F. Paeodi, Microwave Heating and the Acceleration of Polymerization Processes. In Polymers and Liquid Crystals, Wlochowicz (Ed.) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 1999, 4017, 2. 

Zhao J, Cheng F, Yu Y. Light-responsive actuation materials based on the photodeformable liquid crystal polymers. In Esteve J, Ter-entjev EM, Campo EM, editors. Nano-opto-mechanical systems (NOMS). SPIE - International society for optical engineering 2011. p. 810705-8. 

D. Bonaccini, L. Casini, P. Stefanini. Fabry-Perot tunable filter for the visible and near IR using nematic liquid crystals. In Current Developments in Optical Engineering IV, Robert E. Fischer and Warren J. Smith, eds. SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego, CA, 1990, 1334 221-230. 

Shahinpoor, M. In Electrically-Activated Artificial Muscles Made with Liquid Crystal Elastomers-, BarCohen, Y., Ed. Smart Structures and Materials 2000 Conterence, Newport Beach, CA, 05-09 March 2000 SPIE-International Society tor Optical Engineering Newport Beach, CA pp 187-192. 

Lei, C., A1 Khalifah, M.S., O Neill, M., Aldred, M.P., Kitney, S.P., Vlachos, P, KeUy, S.M. Calamitic liquid crystal blends for organic photovoltaics. In Proceedings of SPIE — The International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, USA (2008)... 

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