INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND MODELING
OF THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS
Portoroz, Slovenia, April 15-18, 2000
INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND MODELING
OF THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS
Portoroz, Slovenia, April 15-18, 2000
Within the frame of TMR SILC network we are organizing a mini school on INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND MODELING OF THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS with the emphasis on surface related phenomena. It will take place from Saturday April 15 (arrival on Friday afternoon, April 14) to Tuesday April 18, 2000 in hotel Emona in Portoroz (Slovenia). The decision to organize such a school was made at the last annual meeting of SILC network to help young experimentalists to get better insight and understanding of theoretical approaches in their research field. Nevertheless the participation of candidates not belonging to SILC network is strongly encouraged. As the organization and speakers are covered by SILC network funds, there is no participation fee. According to our preliminary inspections we expect about 40 participants.
The school structure will include 16 hours of lectures by specialists plus 5 hours of tutorial seminars chaired by specialists where young researchers will present problems related to their current work. The following distribution of lectures and seminars is planned: 6 hours on Saturday, 4 hours on Sunday, 7 hours on Monday and 4 hours on Tuesday. On Saturday the lectures will start at 10 a.m. and on Tuesday we plan to finish by 1 p.m.
The list of lecturers, together with the topics treated, is as follows:
| P. Barois (Bordeaux) | Phenomenological description of smectics (2h) | |
| S. Dietrich (Wuppertal) | Forces mediated by liquids (2h) | |
| G. Durand (Paris) | Phenomenological description of nematics and cholesterics (2h) | |
| S. Faetti (Pisa) | Anchoring of liquid crystals (1h) | |
| C. Oldano (Torino) | Linear optics of liquid crystals (1h) | |
| P. Palffy-Muhoray (Kent) | Nonlinear optics of liquid crystals (2h) | |
| M. Telo da Gama (Lisboa) | Wetting in liquid crystals (1h) | |
| H. R. Trebin (Stuttgart) | Defects in liquid crystals (2h) | |
| C. Zannoni (Bologna) | Computer simulations of liquid crystals (2h) | |
| B. Zeks (Ljubljana) | Antiferroelectric liquid crystals (1h) |
Portoroz is located at the sea-side 40 km from Trieste airport and 120 km from Ljubljana airport. (Timetables of bus connections Trieste-Portoroz-Trieste and Ljubljana-Portoroz-Ljubljana)
Candidates for participation are kindly asked to make a notice of their interest using emails: strigazzi@polito.it and slobodan.zumer@fmf.uni-lj.si.
Each participant is kindly requested to book the room directly at the Hoteli Bernardin; remember that the School takes place at the beginning of Easter holidays, therefore it is necessary to book as early as possible.
Directors of the school:
| A. Strigazzi | S. Zumer |
| Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino | Department of Physics, University of Ljubljana |
| Torino, Italy | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Organizing committee: | M. Becchi, Torino |
| I. Drevensek Olenik, Ljubljana | |
| S. Ponti, Torino | |
| A. Sarlah, Ljubljana |
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TMR SILC network |
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(coordinated by V. Benci, Pisa University) |
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Contract No. IC15CT98-0806 |