The Conference

Contacts

Scientific Secretariat:
I3N-CENIMAT
Campus da Caparica
2825-114 Caparica
Portugal

Phone: +351 212 948 584
Fax: +351 212 957 810

e-mail: ilcec2011@fct.unl.pt

Executive Secretariat:
Meeting point Travel Agency Ltd
Rua Marcelino Mesquita, nº13 - loja 3
Alto de Santa Catarina
2799 - 549 Linda-a-Velha
Portugal

Phone: +351 21 415 99 00
Fax: +351 21 415 99 09

Sponsorships

Conference Venue

Address:
UNL Rectorate
Campus de Campolide
1099-085 Lisboa

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Scientific Programme

Schedule

Poster dimensions:

The display area for each poster on the panel of the poster board is 0.84m wide x 1.18m high. This area will be allocated for each poster. Please ensure that your poster does not exceed this size.

Presentations will be delivered under the following main topics

  • Biomaterials
  • Nanomaterials
  • New Materials
  • Response and Applications
  • Response and Characterization
  • Theory and Modeling

 

Committee

Scientific Committee 

T.  Bunning (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
T. Ikeda (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
T. Lubensky (Pennsylvania University, USA)
A. Martins (New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
P. Palffy-Muhoray (Kent State University, LCI, USA)
B. Ratna (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
M. Warner (University of Cambridge, UK)
R. Zentel (Mainz University, Germany)
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Introduction

Following the tradition of the previous meetings (Kent 2009, Ljubljana 2007, Cambridge 2005, Bleibach 2003, and Ebernburg 2001), the conference will bring together physicists, chemists, and engineers active in the field of liquid crystal elastomers. Experimental, theoretical, and technical issues will be discussed through talks (invited and contributed) as well as poster presentations.