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A project from the Soft Matter Group at the University of Leeds has been shortlisted for the ‘Research Project of the Year:STEM’ in the 20th Times Higher Education Awards 2024. Professor Helen Gleeson, Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University of Leeds School of Physics and Astronomy and researcher Dr Devesh Mistry discovered the new...
I had the fortunate opportunity to attend the Physical Aspects of Polymer Science conference, which took place in Edinburgh from September 9th to 11th. The event was rich with valuable lectures and talks in the field of polymer physics, and there was also a poster session that provided an engaging platform for sharing research. The...
I am thankful for the opportunity to attend PAPS 2024 and present my research on "Understanding Liquid Crystal Elastomer Behaviors Polymerized with Flow Chemistry." The conference brought together leading experts from academia and industry, sparking valuable discussions on a wide range of polymer advancements. Key highlights included innovative concepts like integrating car batteries with body...
This month I was invited to attend the Calorics 2024 conference held at the Møller Institute at the University of Cambridge. It was an incredible opportunity to gain insight into the field of calorics, which is a field we are not yet well-acquainted with. The talks, given by both academics and industry representatives, spanned a...
This month (September 2024) I had the privilege of attending the Physical Aspects of Polymer Science conference (PAPS 2024), where I gave a talk on my recent work on ‘Studying the Structure of Liquid Crystal Elastomers using Small- and Wide- Angle X-ray Scattering’ and also displayed a poster titled ‘The Role of Internal Strain in...
I would like to thank the SMP Group Conference Funding to support my attendance at the academic conference and give the following report: On May 29th, I attended the Seventh International Symposium Frontiers in Polymer Science in Gothenburg, Sweden and gave a poster presentation entitled "Chain-length-dependent relaxation dynamics in poly(methyl acrylate)". The three-day symposium featured...
I recently had the opportunity to attend the 29th International Liquid Crystal Conference, with the help of funding from the Institute of Physics, British Liquid Crystal Society and the Soft Matter Physics group at Leeds, to present both a poster and a talk. These were entitled “Polymer Stabilization of Nematic Liquid Crystals Confined in Stripes”,...
Emily J. Cooper, Matthew Reynolds, Thomas Raistrick, Stuart R. Berrow, Ethan I. L. Jull, Victor Reshetnyak, Devesh Mistry, and Helen F. Gleeson Link to read Determining the tunability of the optical coefficients, order parameter, and transition temperatures in optically transparent auxetic liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) is vital for applications, including impact-resistant glass laminates. Here, we...
After a year-long procurement process the Soft Matter Group has finally received its Anton Paar SAXSPoint 5.0 system for Small- and Wide-Angle X-Ray Scattering analysis. This £400,000 equipment is one of a handful of similar systems in the UK and provides the University of Leeds with access to an on-site laboratory-scale equivalent to a National...
Drs Mamatha Nagaraj and Richard Mandle (both Soft Matter Physics) are seeking applicants for their competition-funded PhD project. For further details, and to apply see here: High performance liquid crystals and liquid crystal polymers for organic electronics devices Organic electronics offer numerous advantages and capabilities for the next generation of electronic devices. Devices integrated with...