A. Yodh Colloquium: Phase- and Shape-Transition, Frustration, and Relaxation in Colloids & Liquid Crystals
- Starts: 3:30 pm on Tuesday, January 21, 2025
- Ends: 5:00 pm on Tuesday, January 21, 2025
After a brief introduction to soft condensed matter physics, I will describe work from my lab with colloids and liquid crystals. The colloid experiments explore novel phases, phase transition mechanisms, and relaxation in crystal films and glasses that are relevant to a broad range of hard and soft materials. In a different vein, experiments with liquid crystal drops reveal remarkable “almost biological” shape transformation behaviors.
- Location:
- RKC 101
- Speaker
- Arjun Yodh
- Institution
- University of Pennsylvania
- Host
- Shyamsunder Erramilli