Raphael Zola

Liquid Crystal Elastomer Response to Light
Lazo

Isreal Lazo research presentation

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Raphael studied the response of a LCE film doped with dye to light passed through a spatial light modulator. Using a setup of his own design, Raphael was able to induce controlled locomotion in the LCE film

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Volodymyr Borshch

Measuring Refractive Indices of Nematic LCE
Hicks

Sarah Hicks research presentation

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Volodymer worked on alternative methods for measuring ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices of a nematic LCE film using index matching materials.


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Vianney Gimenez

LCE Swelling Experiment

Hicks

Sarah Hicks research presentation

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Vianney carried on more research on LCE swelling, simultaneously measuring the change in dimension of a nematic exposed to toluene solvent vapor. Vianney's ppt presentation contains video clips that need to be downloaded separately

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