News/Research
The activities at the AMLCI are focused on the forefront of the cross disciplinary area, transcending the individual scientific field and streamlining the research from the basic science to development of practical applications. The AMLCI builds on the foundation of the LCI, with the 19th century discovery of the liquid crystal through an international collaboration between a biochemist and a crystallographer in Europe, the advancement of the liquid crystal science and technology has always been driven by an interdisciplinary research effort involving expertise across the boundary of biology, chemistry & materials science, physics, mathematics, and device engineering.
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The St. Petersburg paradox provides a simple paradigm for systems that show sensitivity to rare events. Here, we demonstrate a physical realization of this paradox using tensile fracture, experimentally verifying for six decades of spatial and temporal data and two鈥
New Publication: St. Petersburg Paradox and Failure Probability
Abstract: The St. Petersburg paradox provides a simple paradigm for systems that show sensitivity to rare events. Here, we demonstrate a physical realization of this paradox using tensile fracture, experimentally verifying for six decades of spatial and temporal data and two鈥We would like to congratulate former CPIP student Greta Babakhanova, Director of AMLCI and CPIP Professor Torsten Hegmann, and CPIP Professor Oleg Lavrentovich for being the recipients of the ILCS Honors and Awards 2020.
Congratulations to the recipients of ILCS Honors & Awards 2020
We would like to congratulate former CPIP student Greta Babakhanova, Director of AMLCI and CPIP Professor Torsten Hegmann, and CPIP Professor Oleg Lavrentovich for being the recipients of the ILCS Honors and Awards 2020.Image
![Members of 麻豆影院鈥檚 Undergraduate Student Government painted 鈥淔lashes Take Care of Flashes鈥 on the Rock on Front Campus. (Photo credit: Lauren Novick, Tierra Moore and Kaelee Dingey)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/03.30.20%20Photo%20of%20USG%20members%20painting%20the%20Rock-web_0.jpg?VersionId=XWlms1eAVClKLJQ1UchcBvy2VUMqXPaj)
麻豆影院 announced the creation of the Pay It Flash Forward Emergency Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
麻豆影院 State Creates Emergency Fund to Help Students Financially During COVID-19 Crisis
麻豆影院 announced the creation of the Pay It Flash Forward Emergency Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.Image
![College of Nursing donates PPE to EMA of Portage County.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/College%20of%20Nursing%20PPE%20Donations6_0.jpg?VersionId=lVsR7sdjsKJ8cldPvxzivZJ0bF5JJh5Y)
麻豆影院鈥檚 administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the university鈥檚 personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
麻豆影院 State Flashes Take Care of Community, Collect University's PPE for Area Hospitals and Agencies
麻豆影院鈥檚 administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the university鈥檚 personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
New paper by Lavrentovich group published in Nature Physics:
Polar jets of swimming bacteria condensed by a patterned liquid crystal
New paper by Lavrentovich group published in Nature Physics:Abstract
Preparation and low voltage induced bending (converse flexoelectricity) of crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA), modified with thiosiloxane (TS) and ionic liquid (1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate) (IL) are reported. In between 2碌m PEDOT:鈥
Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate Based Electro-Active Ionic Elastomer
Abstract Preparation and low voltage induced bending (converse flexoelectricity) of crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA), modified with thiosiloxane (TS) and ionic liquid (1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate) (IL) are reported. In between 2碌m PEDOT:鈥![LCE Material](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/huge_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/3d%20porous%20lce%20foams_0.jpg?VersionId=pK3IaF4E9RF94MeU_ZN9xHmVZLbRwmRm&h=2c82c523&itok=5nozUhH2)
![LCE Material](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/3d%20porous%20lce%20foams_0.jpg?VersionId=uAyz5crgEUWgNFWND2zkne.5myxI.D.T&h=2c82c523&itok=_pnsAmH6)
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![LCE Material. Optical images of LCE, Ni foam, and SEM images of the LCE foam. LCE Material. Optical images of LCE, Ni foam, and SEM images of the LCE foam.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/3d%20porous%20lce%20foams_0.jpg?VersionId=4ai9Otc9K2w929ILyuQdnHTtJujfkyuN)
New Publication by Taizo Mori, Richard Cukelj, Marianne Estelle Pr茅v么t, Senay Ustunel, Anna Story, Yunxiang Gao, Karene Diabre, Jennifer Ann McDonough, Ernest Johnson Freeman, Elda Hegmann, and Robert John Clements
Abstract:
3D Porous Liquid Crystal Elastomer Foams Supporting Long-term Neuronal Cultures
New Publication by Taizo Mori, Richard Cukelj, Marianne Estelle Pr茅v么t, Senay Ustunel, Anna Story, Yunxiang Gao, Karene Diabre, Jennifer Ann McDonough, Ernest Johnson Freeman, Elda Hegmann, and Robert John Clements Abstract:Image
![Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 麻豆影院鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances. Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 麻豆影院鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE%20-%20Jaroniec.jpg?VersionId=lRW.2YSe701cRQo9uiMlCEqCSG6svJ4J)
It鈥檚 starting to look a lot like an annual tradition to see a certain 麻豆影院 professor named on Clarivate Analytics鈥 list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a鈥
麻豆影院 State Materials Scientist Again Named Among Most Highly Cited Scholars
It鈥檚 starting to look a lot like an annual tradition to see a certain 麻豆影院 professor named on Clarivate Analytics鈥 list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world. Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a鈥On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆影院 was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on鈥
Robin Selinger Elected to APS Board of Directors
On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆影院 was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on鈥Abstract:
The St. Petersburg paradox provides a simple paradigm for systems that show sensitivity to rare events. Here, we demonstrate a physical realization of this paradox using tensile fracture, experimentally verifying for six decades of spatial and temporal data and two鈥
New Publication: St. Petersburg Paradox and Failure Probability
Abstract: The St. Petersburg paradox provides a simple paradigm for systems that show sensitivity to rare events. Here, we demonstrate a physical realization of this paradox using tensile fracture, experimentally verifying for six decades of spatial and temporal data and two鈥We would like to congratulate former CPIP student Greta Babakhanova, Director of AMLCI and CPIP Professor Torsten Hegmann, and CPIP Professor Oleg Lavrentovich for being the recipients of the ILCS Honors and Awards 2020.
Congratulations to the recipients of ILCS Honors & Awards 2020
We would like to congratulate former CPIP student Greta Babakhanova, Director of AMLCI and CPIP Professor Torsten Hegmann, and CPIP Professor Oleg Lavrentovich for being the recipients of the ILCS Honors and Awards 2020.Image
![Members of 麻豆影院鈥檚 Undergraduate Student Government painted 鈥淔lashes Take Care of Flashes鈥 on the Rock on Front Campus. (Photo credit: Lauren Novick, Tierra Moore and Kaelee Dingey)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/03.30.20%20Photo%20of%20USG%20members%20painting%20the%20Rock-web_0.jpg?VersionId=XWlms1eAVClKLJQ1UchcBvy2VUMqXPaj)
麻豆影院 announced the creation of the Pay It Flash Forward Emergency Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
麻豆影院 State Creates Emergency Fund to Help Students Financially During COVID-19 Crisis
麻豆影院 announced the creation of the Pay It Flash Forward Emergency Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.Image
![College of Nursing donates PPE to EMA of Portage County.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/College%20of%20Nursing%20PPE%20Donations6_0.jpg?VersionId=lVsR7sdjsKJ8cldPvxzivZJ0bF5JJh5Y)
麻豆影院鈥檚 administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the university鈥檚 personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
麻豆影院 State Flashes Take Care of Community, Collect University's PPE for Area Hospitals and Agencies
麻豆影院鈥檚 administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the university鈥檚 personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
New paper by Lavrentovich group published in Nature Physics:
Polar jets of swimming bacteria condensed by a patterned liquid crystal
New paper by Lavrentovich group published in Nature Physics:Abstract
Preparation and low voltage induced bending (converse flexoelectricity) of crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA), modified with thiosiloxane (TS) and ionic liquid (1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate) (IL) are reported. In between 2碌m PEDOT:鈥
Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate Based Electro-Active Ionic Elastomer
Abstract Preparation and low voltage induced bending (converse flexoelectricity) of crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA), modified with thiosiloxane (TS) and ionic liquid (1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate) (IL) are reported. In between 2碌m PEDOT:鈥![LCE Material](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/huge_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/3d%20porous%20lce%20foams_0.jpg?VersionId=pK3IaF4E9RF94MeU_ZN9xHmVZLbRwmRm&h=2c82c523&itok=5nozUhH2)
![LCE Material](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/3d%20porous%20lce%20foams_0.jpg?VersionId=uAyz5crgEUWgNFWND2zkne.5myxI.D.T&h=2c82c523&itok=_pnsAmH6)
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![LCE Material. Optical images of LCE, Ni foam, and SEM images of the LCE foam. LCE Material. Optical images of LCE, Ni foam, and SEM images of the LCE foam.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/3d%20porous%20lce%20foams_0.jpg?VersionId=4ai9Otc9K2w929ILyuQdnHTtJujfkyuN)
New Publication by Taizo Mori, Richard Cukelj, Marianne Estelle Pr茅v么t, Senay Ustunel, Anna Story, Yunxiang Gao, Karene Diabre, Jennifer Ann McDonough, Ernest Johnson Freeman, Elda Hegmann, and Robert John Clements
Abstract:
3D Porous Liquid Crystal Elastomer Foams Supporting Long-term Neuronal Cultures
New Publication by Taizo Mori, Richard Cukelj, Marianne Estelle Pr茅v么t, Senay Ustunel, Anna Story, Yunxiang Gao, Karene Diabre, Jennifer Ann McDonough, Ernest Johnson Freeman, Elda Hegmann, and Robert John Clements Abstract:Image
![Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 麻豆影院鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances. Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 麻豆影院鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE%20-%20Jaroniec.jpg?VersionId=lRW.2YSe701cRQo9uiMlCEqCSG6svJ4J)
It鈥檚 starting to look a lot like an annual tradition to see a certain 麻豆影院 professor named on Clarivate Analytics鈥 list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a鈥
麻豆影院 State Materials Scientist Again Named Among Most Highly Cited Scholars
It鈥檚 starting to look a lot like an annual tradition to see a certain 麻豆影院 professor named on Clarivate Analytics鈥 list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world. Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a鈥On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆影院 was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on鈥
Robin Selinger Elected to APS Board of Directors
On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆影院 was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on鈥Abstract:
The St. Petersburg paradox provides a simple paradigm for systems that show sensitivity to rare events. Here, we demonstrate a physical realization of this paradox using tensile fracture, experimentally verifying for six decades of spatial and temporal data and two鈥
New Publication: St. Petersburg Paradox and Failure Probability
Abstract: The St. Petersburg paradox provides a simple paradigm for systems that show sensitivity to rare events. Here, we demonstrate a physical realization of this paradox using tensile fracture, experimentally verifying for six decades of spatial and temporal data and two鈥We would like to congratulate former CPIP student Greta Babakhanova, Director of AMLCI and CPIP Professor Torsten Hegmann, and CPIP Professor Oleg Lavrentovich for being the recipients of the ILCS Honors and Awards 2020.
Congratulations to the recipients of ILCS Honors & Awards 2020
We would like to congratulate former CPIP student Greta Babakhanova, Director of AMLCI and CPIP Professor Torsten Hegmann, and CPIP Professor Oleg Lavrentovich for being the recipients of the ILCS Honors and Awards 2020.Image
![Members of 麻豆影院鈥檚 Undergraduate Student Government painted 鈥淔lashes Take Care of Flashes鈥 on the Rock on Front Campus. (Photo credit: Lauren Novick, Tierra Moore and Kaelee Dingey)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/03.30.20%20Photo%20of%20USG%20members%20painting%20the%20Rock-web_0.jpg?VersionId=XWlms1eAVClKLJQ1UchcBvy2VUMqXPaj)
麻豆影院 announced the creation of the Pay It Flash Forward Emergency Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
麻豆影院 State Creates Emergency Fund to Help Students Financially During COVID-19 Crisis
麻豆影院 announced the creation of the Pay It Flash Forward Emergency Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.Image
![College of Nursing donates PPE to EMA of Portage County.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/College%20of%20Nursing%20PPE%20Donations6_0.jpg?VersionId=lVsR7sdjsKJ8cldPvxzivZJ0bF5JJh5Y)
麻豆影院鈥檚 administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the university鈥檚 personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
麻豆影院 State Flashes Take Care of Community, Collect University's PPE for Area Hospitals and Agencies
麻豆影院鈥檚 administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the university鈥檚 personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
New paper by Lavrentovich group published in Nature Physics:
Polar jets of swimming bacteria condensed by a patterned liquid crystal
New paper by Lavrentovich group published in Nature Physics:Abstract
Preparation and low voltage induced bending (converse flexoelectricity) of crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA), modified with thiosiloxane (TS) and ionic liquid (1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate) (IL) are reported. In between 2碌m PEDOT:鈥
Poly(ethylene glycol) Diacrylate Based Electro-Active Ionic Elastomer
Abstract Preparation and low voltage induced bending (converse flexoelectricity) of crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA), modified with thiosiloxane (TS) and ionic liquid (1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate) (IL) are reported. In between 2碌m PEDOT:鈥![LCE Material](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/huge_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/3d%20porous%20lce%20foams_0.jpg?VersionId=pK3IaF4E9RF94MeU_ZN9xHmVZLbRwmRm&h=2c82c523&itok=5nozUhH2)
![LCE Material](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/3d%20porous%20lce%20foams_0.jpg?VersionId=uAyz5crgEUWgNFWND2zkne.5myxI.D.T&h=2c82c523&itok=_pnsAmH6)
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![LCE Material. Optical images of LCE, Ni foam, and SEM images of the LCE foam. LCE Material. Optical images of LCE, Ni foam, and SEM images of the LCE foam.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/3d%20porous%20lce%20foams_0.jpg?VersionId=4ai9Otc9K2w929ILyuQdnHTtJujfkyuN)
New Publication by Taizo Mori, Richard Cukelj, Marianne Estelle Pr茅v么t, Senay Ustunel, Anna Story, Yunxiang Gao, Karene Diabre, Jennifer Ann McDonough, Ernest Johnson Freeman, Elda Hegmann, and Robert John Clements
Abstract:
3D Porous Liquid Crystal Elastomer Foams Supporting Long-term Neuronal Cultures
New Publication by Taizo Mori, Richard Cukelj, Marianne Estelle Pr茅v么t, Senay Ustunel, Anna Story, Yunxiang Gao, Karene Diabre, Jennifer Ann McDonough, Ernest Johnson Freeman, Elda Hegmann, and Robert John Clements Abstract:Image
![Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 麻豆影院鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances. Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of 麻豆影院鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE%20-%20Jaroniec.jpg?VersionId=lRW.2YSe701cRQo9uiMlCEqCSG6svJ4J)
It鈥檚 starting to look a lot like an annual tradition to see a certain 麻豆影院 professor named on Clarivate Analytics鈥 list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a鈥
麻豆影院 State Materials Scientist Again Named Among Most Highly Cited Scholars
It鈥檚 starting to look a lot like an annual tradition to see a certain 麻豆影院 professor named on Clarivate Analytics鈥 list of Highly Cited Researchers in the world. Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a鈥On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆影院 was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on鈥