School research in liquid crystals exhibited at Royal Society 350th anniversary summer exhibition
The School of Mathematics has been selected to exhibit its research in liquid crystals at The Royal Society's 350th anniversary summer exhibition "Seefurther", at London's South Bank Centre.
Liquid crystals are essential to modern computing and leisure. Without them there would be no flat screen TVs, laptops, ipad, iphone, .... The efficient control of devices made from liquids crystals fundamentally relies on mathematical models of the physics and engineering.
Professor Tim Sluckin heads Southampton's mathematical research in this area and the School's contribution to the exhibit. He is one of the world's leading liquid crystals theorists with over 160 published papers, 80 in the field of liquid crystals.
The Royal Society is the UK's national academy of science. Set up by Charles II it celebrates its 350th anniversary in 2010.
Southampton's School of Mathematics is no stranger to the Royal Society summer exhibitions, having previously exhibited its research in the area of general relativity and gravitational waves in 2008.
The 2010 liquid crystals exhibit is run jointly with the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield Hallam.
The Seefurther exhibition , and the Southampton liquid crystals exhibit is open to all on Friday 25 June 6.00pm-8.30pm, and then from Sat 26 July- Sun 4 July 10.00am-8.30pm