Studies of Liquid Crystals

液晶研究

• 批准号: 9415656
• 负责人: Robert Meyer
• 金额: $ 37.36万
• 依托单位: Brandeis University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-03-01 至 1999-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9415656&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Studies; Liquid; Crystals

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. ***

技术摘要：本项目涉及液晶物理学的几个相关课题：基于水性病毒悬浮液的胶体液晶、分子聚集体液晶、动力系统和图案形成。这些相互关联的学科涉及三个层面的液晶物理学，微观层面的分子或粒子及其相互作用，中观层面的有序相形成和材料性质，以及宏观层面的可观察现象学。目的是发展对液晶有序及其在所研究系统中的影响的基本理解。从这些研究中获得的一般知识对新材料（如超高强度纤维）的合成和加工以及自组装重要的潜在生物合成材料具有重要意义。非技术摘要：本项目涉及液晶物理学中的几个相关课题：基于水性病毒悬浮液的胶体液晶、分子聚集体液晶、动力系统和图案形成。这些相互关联的学科涉及三个层面的液晶物理学，微观层面的分子或粒子及其相互作用，中观层面的有序相形成和材料性质，以及宏观层面的可观察现象学。目的是发展对液晶有序及其在所研究系统中的影响的基本理解。从这些研究中获得的一般知识对新材料（如超高强度纤维）的合成和加工以及自组装重要的潜在生物合成材料具有重要意义。＊＊＊