Miscellaneous Links

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Liquid Crystals

• International Liquid Crystal Society
• Liquid Crystals Today - newsletter of the ILCS
• electronic-Liquid Crystal Communications (e-LC) - liquid crystal research articles on-line

• Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
• Case Western Reserve University Liquid Crystal Tutorial
• Complex Fluids Group, Brandeis University
• James Sethna's Blue Phase Pages, Cornell University
• James Gleeson at Kent State University
• University of Pennsylvania Liquid Crystal Group
• John Bechoefer's Group at Simon Fraser University, Canada

• Frank Giesselmann 's Liquid Crystal Group, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Ralf Stannarius' Nonlinear Physics Group, University of Magdeburg, Germany
• Volkmar Vill's Liquid Crystal Group, University of Hamburg, Germany
• Christian Bahr's Liquid Crystal Group, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
• Compelx Fluids Group, Hungarian Central Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest, Hungary
• Liquid Crystals and Functional Films Group, Kiev, Ukraine

• The Neyts Group, University of Gent, Belgium
• The Chalmers Group, Chalmers Technical University, Sweden
• Labarotoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay, France
• John Goodby's Liquid Crystal Chemistry Group, University of York, England
• Liquid Crystals and Advanced Organic Materials Group, University of Hull, England
• University of Manchester Liquid Crystal Group, England
• Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics, University of Cambridge, England

• Jan Lagerwall's Soft Nano- & Microstructures Group, Seoul National University, Korea
• Ikeda-Shiono Laboratory, Tokyo Insitute of Technology, Japan
• Centre for Display Research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• De Gennes Nobel Prize in Physics (1991)

Liquid Crystal Application Technology

• Displaytech, Inc. - ferroelectric liquid crystal applications
• Instec, Inc. - high precision temperature controllers, microscope hot and cold stages
• Vescent Photonics, Inc. - electro-optic, waveguide, and laser products
• InFocus Systems - active matrix LC panels and projectors
• Kingston Chemicals - liquid crystal suppliers
• Rolic Technologies Ltd - liquid crystal materials and devices
• LCTec Displays - optical shutters & display devices