April 25, 1994 - April 25, 2027

  • Date:22ThursdayMarch 2018

    The Softest Crystals

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    Time
    11:15 - 12:30
    Location
    Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical Sciences
    Auditorium
    Lecturer
    Prof. Randy Kamien
    University of Pennsylvania
    Organizer
    Faculty of Physics
    Contact
    hadar.lappin@weizmann.ac.il
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    Usually, crystals have three-dimensional periodicity. Smectic liquid crystals, however, have one-dimensional order, even in three-dimensional samples. These systems, as simple as they might seem, connect the physics of biomembranes, superconductivity, and even special relativity. I will provide an introduction for non-specialists and show how this diverse set of ideas comes together in these very, very soft systems.


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