The International Liquid Crystal Elastomers Conference (ILCEC) will be held from 16-18 October, at Rice University in Houston, Texas. ILCEC 2017 will bring together chemists, physicists, and engineers to share both fundamental advances and discuss application opportunities for this exciting class of materials. The conference will focus on recent advances including reconfigurable network chemistries, localization of mechanical properties, advances in theory and simulation, and material physics.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
- Mark Warner (University of Cambridge, UK)
- Antonio De Simone (SISSA, Italy)
- Dick Broer (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Germany)
- Christopher Bowman (University of Colorado, USA)
- Yanlei Yu (Fudan University, China)
- Peter Palffy-Muhoray (Kent State University, USA)
- Michael Dickey (North Carolina State University, USA)
Registration is now open – click here to sign up today and visit the ILCEC website for more information.
