Prof. Randall Kamien: Smectics!
Date of publication: 1. 3. 2016
Monday physics colloquium
Ponedeljek, 7. marec 2016, ob 16:15 v predavalnici F1, FMF UL, Jadranska 19, Ljubljana
Pred predavanjem vse udeležence vabimo na čaj!
Povzetek:
Smectics!
Prof. Randall Kamien
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Smectic liquid crystals are materials that probe the physics of membranes,
crystals, and liquids all at the same time. I will describe these phases
and show how the mathematics of special relativity, group theory, and topology
can be used to understand the strikingly beautiful and precise observations of
this phase.
https://www.physics.upenn.edu/node/45464
http://www.physics.upenn.edu/~kamien/kamiengroup/