Topics

• Synthesis and design of new materials
  
  
• Physical properties and structures of Chiral systems
  
  
• Banana shaped and achiral switchable and polar systems
  
  
• Novel tilted smectic phases (Ferri-, Antiferro-, TGB, de Vries SmA, etc.)
  
  
• Ferro- and Antiferro-electric, and V-shaped switching
  
  
• Surface interactions and alignments
  
  
• Theory and modelling of the chiral smectic phases
  
  
• Linear, non-linear & electro-optical properties
  
  
• Display technologies: addressing, switching, alignment
  
  
• Nondisplay applications: switching, data processing, telecommunication etc.
  
  
• New condensed matters exhibiting polar properties