Prof. Randall Kamien: Smectics!

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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/