A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to present my research at the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) in Liquid Crystals and then attended the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in the same field. Refle...

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to share some of the research I’ve been doing with my advisor, Prof. Atherton, at the APS March Meeting. It was a really positive experience, especially ...

The purpose of this article is to briefly describe some of the principal properties of liquid crystals and how they can be described mathematically. Let’s begin by assuming that the liquid crystal...