U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Structure of Smectic Blue Phases

9910017卡米恩这项为期三年的美法材料研究合作奖的获得者是宾夕法尼亚大学的博士后研究员和研究生兰德尔·d·卡米恩，以及南巴黎大学的布丽吉特·潘苏和她的学生。研究人员建议研究液晶相和相变，特别是一种被称为具有近晶有序的蓝色相的物质状态。理论学家和实验学家正在研究蓝色近晶相，因为它们具有引人注目的结构、高度有序的结构和力学性能。这项合作将美国的理论家和法国的实验家聚集在一起。重点介绍了蓝相的结构和性能以及同晶结构。物质的新相，包括近晶蓝相，对于它们作为纳米和微加工技术上有趣的材料的模板很重要，包括那些具有光电特性的材料。该奖项代表了美国方面向美国国家科学基金会和法国国家科学研究中心（CNRS）提交的联合提案。美国国家科学基金会将支付美国研究人员、博士后研究员和研究生的旅费和生活费。CNRS将支持法国研究人员访问美国。

9910017KamienThis three-year award for U.S.-France collaboration in materials research involves Randall D. Kamien, a postdoctoral researcher and graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania and Brigitte Pansu and her students at the University of Paris, South. The investigators propose to study liquid crystalline phases and phase transitions, in particular, a state of matter known as blue phases with smectic order. Theorists and experimentalists are studying blue smectic phases for their dramatic structure, high degree of structural order, and mechanical properties. The collaboration brings together U.S. theorists with French experimentalists. It will focus on the structure and properties of blue phases and the smectic structure. New phases of matter, including smectic blue phases, are important for their use as templates for nano- and micro-fabrication of technologically interesting materials, including those with optoelectronic properties.This award represents the U.S. side of a joint proposal to the NSF and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). NSF will cover travel funds and living expenses for the U.S. investigators, postdoctoral researcher, and graduate students. The CNRS will support the visits of the French researchers to the United States.