National Conference on Liquid Crystals

Welcome to the website of NCLC-2016, the 23rd National Conference on Liquid Crystals, organized jointly by the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad and Indian Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS). ILCS, established in the year 1992, is a prestigious scientific society of India having more than 350 life members along with many annually subscribing institutional and student members. The National Conference on Liquid Crystals is held annually under the auspices of Indian Liquid Crystals Society in different parts of the country.

Important dates

Start of Abstract submission August 1, 2016

Deadline for the abstract submission September 10, 2016

(Extended to October 25)

Notification of Acceptance October 10, 2016

(Extended to October 25)

Deadline for registration November 15, 2016

Conference Dates December 7-9, 2016

Registration fee include conference kit, breakfast, lunch, dinner and accommodation within

IIT(ISM) campus.

Physics and chemistry of soft matters

Synthesis and molecular design

Thermotropic/ lyotropic liquid crystals

Liquid crystal polymers and elastomers

Biological and bio-inspired liquid crystals

Photosensitive liquid crystals

Active liquid crystals

Colloids, fibers and polymers

Phase transitions, phase structures and defects
Theory and modeling of liquid crystals, colloids and biological systems
Hydrodynamics and rehology
Optics and photonics

Topics

Nanomaterials and nano-composites

Dielectric, ferroelectric and flexoelectric properties

Ferromagnetic liquid crystals

Instabilities, pattern formation and chaos

Surfaces and nanostructures

Confined systems

Applications of liquid crystal in displays

Liquid crystal optics and applied systems: lasers and nonlinear optical devices, sensing devices and systems, energy saving films, energy conversion

Applications of liquid crystals in earth sciences, mining and petroleum industries, etc.

Organized by

Department of Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad-826004, Jharkhand, India

in association with

Indian Liquid Crystal Society

Webpage: www.ismdhanbad.ac.in

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Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)

Established in 1926, Indian School of Mines (ISM) is a fully residential institute with all the amenities of a world class academic centre. It has been upgraded as full fledged IIT and renamed as Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad by the Government of India in 2016. It is situated in the heart of the country’s prime coking coal belt, with a serene campus spread over an area of 393 acres, (with 218 acres of existing campus and 175 acres under acquisition and development). ISM is located in the City of Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 250 Km away from Kolkata on Howrah-New Delhi Grand Chord Railway route. The city is very well connected through Railways and road transport (NH2) to various parts of the country. Kolkata and Ranchi are two nearest international airports.