The British Liquid Crystal Society Annual Training Workshops (2019-21)

英国液晶学会年度培训班（2019-21）

• 批准号: EP/T007354/1
• 负责人: Dwaipayan Chakrabarti
• 金额: $ 7.88万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT007354%2F1
• 关键词: British; Liquid; Crystal; Society; Annual

Liquid crystals are an important class of soft materials, because they not only have been key to our fundamental understanding of soft materials, but also have a variety of technological applications critical to the economy. Liquid crystal display (LCD) technology provides the backbone of the global market of flat-panel displays, which is currently worth over £100 bn. Their attractive opto-electrical and stimuli-responsive properties also make them suitable for non-display applications. The development of the LCD technology, in particular, is a triumph of combined basic and applied research at the crossroads of traditional disciplines of physics, chemistry, mathematics and engineering, initiated by pioneering work in the UK.The development of new liquid-crystal technologies to meet the need of the 21st century requires innovation underpinned by a strong knowledge-base in the interdisciplinary field of liquid-crystal research. It is undoubtedly a matter of national importance to continue the supply of highly trained and skilled researchers with expertise in core liquid-crystal research as well as in its interfaces in the broader context of soft and biological matter for fully harnessing the potential of this exciting field of research and for the UK liquid-crystal community to continue to hold an edge over its competitors. In this proposal, we propose to organise an Annual Training Workshop on behalf of the British Liquid Crystal Society at the University of Birmingham for three consecutive years (2019-21). The proposed workshop, a three-day event held annually, is intended to provide novices in the field of liquid-crystal research with the necessary interdisciplinary background and an exposure to the field of soft and biological matter relevant to the widening scope of liquid-crystal research. Such an exposure is critical to securing the breadth of knowledge, which, in particular, is necessary to work in the areas of emerging applications and foster collaboration across disciplines. The workshop will bring early-stage and experienced researchers, drawn from academia, industry and beyond, together on a cross-disciplinary platform for exchange of knowledge, development of practical skills and fostering of new ideas. We envisage the early-stage researchers to be primarily PhD students, but they could also be post-doctoral research associates and researchers in industry relatively new to the field of liquid-crystal research, irrespective of their academic backgrounds. While the lectures and practical training sessions in the first two days will be predominantly focused on aspects of core liquid-crystal research, the third day's programme will build on this foundation and highlight recent developments at the interfaces of liquid-crystal research within the broader field of soft and biological matter. There will be a mini-symposium in the afternoon, called "Liquid-Crystal Research in the 2020s", which will discuss emerging questions and open problems in liquid-crystal research and at its interfaces.

液晶是一类重要的软材料，因为它们不仅是我们对软材料基本理解的关键，而且具有对经济至关重要的各种技术应用。液晶显示器（LCD）技术是全球平板显示器市场的支柱，目前价值超过1000亿英镑。它们吸引人的光电和刺激响应特性也使其适用于非显示应用。特别是液晶显示器技术的发展，是英国在物理、化学、数学和工程学等传统学科交叉点上进行的基础研究和应用研究相结合的成果。要开发新的液晶技术以满足21世纪的需要，就必须在液晶研究的跨学科领域建立强大的知识基础，进行创新。这无疑是一个国家的重要性，以继续提供训练有素的和熟练的研究人员与专业知识的核心液晶研究，以及在其接口在更广泛的背景下，软和生物物质，充分利用这一令人兴奋的研究领域的潜力和英国液晶界继续保持优势超过其竞争对手。在本提案中，我们建议代表英国液晶协会在伯明翰大学连续三年（2019-21）举办年度培训研讨会。拟议的讲习班每年举行一次，为期三天，旨在为液晶研究领域的新手提供必要的跨学科背景，并接触与液晶研究范围不断扩大有关的软物质和生物物质领域。这种接触对于确保知识的广度至关重要，这对于在新兴应用领域开展工作和促进跨学科合作尤其必要。该研讨会将汇集来自学术界，工业界和其他领域的早期和经验丰富的研究人员，在一个跨学科的平台上交流知识，发展实用技能和培养新的想法。我们设想早期研究人员主要是博士生，但他们也可以是博士后研究助理和液晶研究领域相对较新的行业研究人员，无论他们的学术背景如何。虽然前两天的讲座和实践培训课程将主要集中在核心液晶研究的各个方面，但第三天的课程将建立在此基础上，并突出液晶研究界面的最新发展在更广泛的软和生物物质领域。下午将有一个小型研讨会，名为“2020年代的液晶研究”，将讨论液晶研究及其界面的新问题和开放问题。