1st JOINT AMS-UMI MEETING


Saturday, June 15 2002

Special Session on:


 
 
Mathematical Problems in Soft Matter Modelling


Polo Fibonacci (aula 25) Pisa (Italy), 15 June 2002
 
 
 
 

PROGRAM

After every presentation, 5 minutes will be available for discussion.
 

Morning (9:00 - 13:00)


 

SESSION 1
9:00 - 9:30 E. C. Gartland Numerical Modeling of Liquid Crystal Devices
9:35 - 10:10 M. C. Calderer A Study of Transitions in the Smectic C* Phase of Chiral Compounds
10: 15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
SESSION 2
10:45 - 11:25 P. Bauman A PDE Model for Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals with Chirality
11:30 - 12:10 D. Phillips On Singular Limits in Polymer Stabilized Liquid Crystals
12:15 - 12:55 M. G. Forest The Dynamics of Nematic Liquids in Linear Flows: molecular Theory and Averaged Descriptions

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Afternoon (15:00 - 18:15)

 

SESSION 1
15:00 - 15:30 E. G. Virga Order and Force for Liquid Crystal Defects
15:35 - 16:15 L. Preziosi Modelling Tumour Evolution and Growth
16:20 - 16:45 Coffee/Tea Break
SESSION 2
16:45 - 17:25 A. De Simone Variational Models of Material Instabilities in Nematic Elastomers
17:30 - 18:10 P. Cermelli The Evolution equation for a Disclination in a Nematic Liquid Crystal

 
   

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Last revised on June 12, 2002