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青年涩导航 Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal

Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at 青年涩导航鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute庐, 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鈥

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青年涩导航 Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal

Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at 青年涩导航鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute庐, 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鈥

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Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, 青年涩导航 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鈥

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Douglas Bryant (center), manager of display engineering at 青年涩导航鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute, demonstrates a prototyping technique in the institute鈥檚 clean room facility.

青年涩导航鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate 鈥50 Years of Innovation鈥

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute庐 and the College of Arts and Sciences at 青年涩导航 hosted a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. The event kicked off a yearlong celebration that will culminate w鈥

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The Liquid Crystal Institute

Founded in 1965 by Glenn H. Brown, 青年涩导航's Liquid Crystal Institute is the world's first research center focused on the science of liquid crystals.        

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青年涩导航鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate 鈥50 Years of Innovation鈥

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute庐 and the College of Arts and Sciences at 青年涩导航 will host a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, starting at 10 a.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. The event will kick off a yearlong celebra鈥

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青年涩导航 Graduate Student Wins Silver Award From Materials Research Society

Anshul Sharma, a graduate student in 青年涩导航鈥檚 Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the Silver Graduate Student Award at the Materials Research Society鈥檚 2015 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. She was recognized for her 鈥

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青年涩导航鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute Hosts Chirality Symposium June 4-5

青年涩导航鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute庐 will host a symposium called 鈥淐hirality at the Nanoscale鈥 on June 4-5 in the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus.    鈥淭his event features internationally renowned scientists presenting cutting-edge research on one of the key central to鈥

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青年涩导航 Spinoff Company Markets Flexible Electronics

A new company formed by a 青年涩导航 researcher and inventor will market a technological innovation 鈥 flexible, electrically conductive transparent films 鈥 that can be used in electronic devices, including smart phones and touchscreens, and in windows that switch from transparent to opaqu鈥

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National Science Foundation Awards Nearly $2.5 Million to 青年涩导航 Researchers

青年涩导航 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鈥

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