At the start of September, I had the opportunity to attend the IOP Physical Aspects of Polymer Science Conference in sunny Edinburgh. While at this conference, I was fortunate to give my first conference talk on our research, titled "Reprogrammable 3D Printed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Actuators." The response to this was extremely positive and it...
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”,...