On the Geometry of Liquid Crystals and Biological Membranes

该项目将通过现实的数学模型提供基本的见解，进入两个领域的技术重要性，在某些先进材料的发展，涉及液晶和生物膜。液晶器件的使用在光学显示单元的设计中是普遍存在的。生物膜是当前非常重要的，特别是与复杂的药物递送系统有关。设计具有孤波行为的先进“智能”材料是材料科学的前沿领域，因此对澳大利亚继续发展先进技术基础十分重要。

This project will provide fundamental insights via realistic mathematical models into two areas of technological importance in the development of certain advanced materials involving liquid crystals and biomembranes. The use of liquid crystal devices is ubiquitous in the design of optical display units. Biomembranes are of much current importance, in particular, in connection with sophisticated drug delivery systems. The design of advanced `smart' materials which admit solitonic behaviour is an area at the forefront of materials science and as such is important to the continued development of an advanced technological base within Australia.