Studies of Liquid Crystals

9415656 Meyer技术摘要：该项目涉及液晶物理学中的几个相关主题：基于水性病毒悬浮液的胶体液晶，分子聚集体液晶，动力学系统和图案形成。这些相互关联的主题涉及 液晶的物理学有三个层次， 微观层次的分子或粒子及其相互作用， 介观层次的有序相形成和材料性能，以及宏观层次的可观察现象。客观 是 发展基本的理解， 的 液晶有序及其在所研究的系统中的后果。 从这些研究中获得的一般知识 对新型材料如超高强度纤维的合成和加工，以及对自组装重要的材料的潜在生物合成具有意义。 非技术性摘要：该项目涉及液晶物理学中的几个相关主题：基于水性病毒悬浮液的胶体液晶，分子聚集体液晶，动力学系统和图案形成。这些相互关联的主题涉及 液晶的物理学有三个层次， 微观层次的分子或粒子及其相互作用， 介观层次的有序相形成和材料性能，以及宏观层次的可观察现象。客观 是 发展基本的理解， 的 液晶有序及其在所研究的系统中的后果。 从这些研究中获得的一般知识 对新型材料如超高强度纤维的合成和加工，以及对自组装重要的材料的潜在生物合成具有意义。 ***

9415656 Meyer Technical abstract: This project concerns several related subjects in the physics of liquid crystals: colloidal liquid crystals based on aqueous virus suspensions, molecular aggregate liquid crystals, and dynamical systems and pattern formation. These inter-related subjects involve the physics of liquid crystals at three levels, the microscopic level of the molecules or particle and their interaction, the mesoscopic level of ordered phase formation and materials properties, and the macroscopic level of observable phenomenology. The objective is to develop fundamental understanding of liquid crystalline ordering and its consequences in the systems being studied. The general knowledge gained from these studies has implications for the synthesis and processing of novel materials, such as ultra-high-strength fibers, and for potential biosynthesis of materials in which self-assembly is important. %%% Non-technical abstract: This project concerns several related subjects in the physics of liquid crystals: colloidal liquid crystals based on aqueous virus suspensions, molecular aggregate liquid crystals, and dynamical systems and pattern formation. These inter-related subjects involve the physics of liquid crystals at three levels, the microscopic level of the molecules or particle and their interaction, the mesoscopic level of ordered phase formation and materials properties, and the macroscopic level of observable phenomenology. The objective is to develop fundamental understanding of liquid crystalline ordering and its consequences in the systems being studied. The general knowledge gained from these studies has implications for the synthesis and processing of novel materials, such as ultra-high-strength fibers, and for potential biosynthesis of materials in which self-assembly is important. ***