To learn the subtleties of proper material preparation, scientist either visit the NLCMF or
one our researches visit another group's lab. This ensures proper transfer of know-how. The facility gratefully thanks all visitors for their time and patience
for providing training on material preparation
Visiting Scientists
Simon Kraus visited from Heino Finklelmann’s lab at Freiberg University. Simon
provided instruction on the synthesis and characterization of spin cast
and photo-cross-linked nematic elastomer free standing films.
Helena Godinho is a professor from the University of New Lisbon, Portugal,
where she works on polymeric liquid crystals. She provided instruction on
the synthesis and characterization of a bioorganic cellulose based LCEs
Rafael Verduzco visited from Julie Kornfield's group at Caltech. Currently, Rafael is
a research fellow at Oakridge National Lab working on material science
Neil Scruggs visited from Julie Kornfield's group at Caltech.
Patrick Beyer came from Rudolf Zentel’s lab from the University of Mainz, Germany.
Patrick provided instruction on the synthesis of ferroelectric smectic sidechain LCE.
Oscar Baldovino visited from Mexico. During his stay, Oscar worked on preparing novel fluorinated LCE
