Dr
Jan Krawczyk
(Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN)
14/09/2015, 09:10
DyProSo2015 Main track
Talk
The inelastic neutron scattering spectra were measured for two liquid crystal chiral glass-formers: (S)-4-(2-methylbutyl)-4'-cyanobiphenyl (5*CB) and (S)-4-(1-methylheptyloxy)-4’-cyano-biphenyl (8*OCB) in the temperature range from 4 to 30 K. The experiments were performed for phase I, glass of phase II and glass of cholesteric phase for 5*CB and phase II, glass of phase I and glass of...
Dr
Martine Philipp
(TU München)
14/09/2015, 10:15
DyProSo2015 Main track
Talk
Functional materials based on stimuli-responsive polymers are of great interest in view of their current use, and foreseen future implementation, in many everyday life applications. Frequent applications are sensors, drug delivery systems, soft robotics and responsive surfaces. The environmental responsiveness of such hydrogels, thin films or micellar solutions bases on a structural...
Prof.
Igor Musevic
(J. Stefan Institute)
14/09/2015, 09:35
DyProSo2015 Main track
Invited Talk
Creating, imaging, and transforming the topological charge in a superconductor, a superfluid, a system of cold atoms, or a soft ferromagnet is a difficult—if not impossible—task, because of the hortness of the length-scales and lack of control. The length scale and softness of defects in liquid crystals allow for the easy observation of charges, but it is difficult to control charge creation....
Dr
Aleksandr Chumakov
(European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)
14/09/2015, 08:30
DyProSo2015 Main track
Invited Talk
The heat capacity of glasses at temperatures of about ~10 K for a long time was considered to be anomalously higher than that of the corresponding crystals. The related excess of the low-energy vibrational states, the so-called 'boson' peak, was similarly considered to be an anomaly distinguishing glasses from crystals and related to their disordered state. Recent results [1] reveal that (i)...
