| ILCC | Laureate | Citation | Advisor/Mentor |
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2006 |
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For his outstanding
technical publications based on his doctoral thesis: Nonlinear Optical
Propagation in Nematic Liquid Crystals visualizing the processes of
nonlinear optics in liquid crystals and summarizing the essence of the physical
processes involved in simple, clear, and elegant drawings. Routing of anisotropic spatial solitons and modulational instability in liquid crystals, Marco Peccianti, Claudio Conti, Gaetano Assanto, Antonio De Luca, Cesare Umeton,Nature 432, 733 (2004). |
Gaetano Assanto University of Rome, Roma Tre (Italy)
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2004 |
Adam Fontecchio |
For his interactive PowerPoint web-presentation of his doctoral thesis: Multiplexing Studies of Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals: Morphology, Structure and Device Applications http://www.ece.drexel.edu/faculty/fontecchio/dissertation/index.htm including animation of H-PDLC formation. |
Greg Crawford, Brown University (USA) |
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2002 |
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For a stimulating web tutorial with interactive graphics on the uses
of Fluorescent Confocal Polarizing Microscopy for 3D imaging of the liquid
crystal director field:
http://www.lci.kent.edu/Lavrentovich/FCPMweb_site/FCPM.html See Angewandte Chemie Web-site review: A Hard Look at Soft Matter |
Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent State University (USA) |
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For the introduction of a new concept to enhance large area displays using discotic liquid crystals that has been implemented by Fuji Film, Corp. with outstanding results in active matrix liquid crystal displays 15 inches and larger. | Phil Bos, Kent State University
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An educational and entertaining interactive tutorial on novel banana
liquid crystals.
http://www.tu-berlin.de/~insi/ag_heppke/banana/contents.html |
G. Heppke, Berlin Technical University (Germany) |
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