IRES: Collaborative Research in Europe on Liquid Crystals (CRELIC-IRES)

该奖项为肯特州立大学液晶研究所的Antal Jakli向2007年OISE国际学生研究经验（IRES）项目提交的提案提供支持。它的标题是“欧洲液晶国际合作研究”。“它涉及九名本科生和研究生在三年内对液晶纤维、液晶凝胶和弹性体以及具有生物重要性的液晶进行研究的国际研究经验。 研究项目将在葡萄牙新里斯本大学材料科学系、德国马格德堡大学实验物理研究所、匈牙利布达佩斯匈牙利科学院固态物理与光学研究所等单位开展，并获得学术荣誉。 该项目的智力价值将是获得有关液晶纤维，弹性体及其生物相关性的新知识。 这些主题将由学生与三个著名机构的国际公认的外国科学家合作进行研究。 不同的结果将在PI和学生的会议上进行比较，合并和分析，并在国际研究经验结束时进行。 更广泛的影响。 学生们将学习如何在科学和国际层面上进行合作，并将学习外国的文化和三国不同的学术传统。 学生也将积极参与出版过程中的演示文稿，报告和论文的形式出版。 这三个研究主题的工作预计将导致尖端技术，如人工肌肉，人工神经，更好地了解细胞膜中的电传输过程，以及制造智能纺织品。

AbstractJakli0727185This award provides support for a proposal submitted by Antal Jakli, of the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University, to the 2007 OISE International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program. It is titled "International Collaborative Research in Europe on Liquid Crystals."It involves an international research experience for nine undergraduate and graduate students in research on liquid crystal fibers, liquid crystal gels and elastomers, and liquid crystals with biological importance over three years. The research projects will be carried out in the Department of Materials Sciences of the New University of Lisbon in Portugal, the Institute of Experimental Physics at the University of Magdeburg in Germany, and at the Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary.Intellectual Merit. The intellectual merit of the project will be the new knowledge acquired about liquid crystal fibers, elastomers, and their biological relevance. These subjects will be investigated by students working with internationally recognized foreign scientists in three well-known institutions. The different results will be compared, combined, and analyzed in a meeting of the PI and the students at the end of the international research experience. Broader Impacts. The students will learn how to collaborate at the scientific and at the international level, and will also learn the culture of the foreign countries and of different academic traditions in each of the three countries. The students ill also be actively involved in the publication process in the form of presentations, reports, and papers for publication. Work from each of the three research topics is expected to lead to cutting edge technologies such as artificial muscles, artificial nerves, better understanding of the electrical transport processes in cell membranes, and making smart textiles.