JST
Yokoyama Nano-Str.d LC Pj.  
  Presentations in ILCC2004

Our research results were presented in the 20th International Liquid Crystal Conference at Ljubliana, Slovenia at July 2004.
More informations on our presentations in ILCC2004 can be obtaind from here.
 
 
Forces on particles   Appeared on "PRL"

Our paper entitled "Direct observation of anisotropic inter-particle forces in nematic colloids with optical tweezers" was appeared on "Physical Review Letters" issued at May. 7, 2004.
In this work, interparticle forces in a nematic liquid-crystal colloid have been directly observed by the dual beam laser trapping method with pN sensitivity.
 
 
Molecular Motor   Appeard on "Nature Materials"

Our paper entitled "Coherent collective precession of molecular rotors with chiral propellers" was appeared on "Nature Materials" issued at Dec. 1, 2003.
Here we show that a chiral liquid-crystalline monolayer spread on a glycerol surface acts as a condensed layer of molecular rotors, which undergo a coherent molecular precession driven by the transmembrane transfer of water molecules.
 
 
Hexagonal pattern for the tristability   Appered on "Nature"

Our work entitled "Tristable namatic liquid crystal device using micropatterned surface alignment" was appered on "Nature" issued at Nov. 14, 2002.
In this article, we report the first tri-stable surface alignment of nematic liquid crystals tailored by using the symmetry approach of the surface alignment.
Please refer more detailes about this work to here.
 
 
    Presentations in ILCC2002

Our research results were presented in the 19th International Liquid Crystal Conference at Edingurgh, UK at July 2002.
More informations on our presentations in ILCC2002 can be obtaind from here.
 
 
    Presentations in FLC2001

Our research results were presented in the 8th Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Conference at Washington D.C., USA at August 2001.
More informations on our presentations in FLC2001 can be obtaind from here.
 
 
    Presentations in ECLC2001

Our research results were presented in the 6th Europian Liquid Crystal Conference at Halle, Germany at March 2001.
More informations on our presentations in ECLC2001 can be obtaind from here.
 
 
    Presentations in ILCC2000

The Nano-structured Liquid Crystal Project, started since October 1, 1999, produces many scientific findings.
Most of them will be presented in the 18th. International Liquid Crystal Conference at Sendai, Japan at July 2000.
More informations on our presentations in ILCC18 can be obtaind from here.
 
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