ECLC 93 — European Conference on Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, 7–12 March 1993, Flims,Switzerland

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February 11th dawned clear and bitterly cold. The Pennines were white with Christmas card icing. The sky was blue. The sun was shining. God was clearly in his heaven and Blondie were back at number one, as representatives of the UK liquid crystal scene gathered at the University of Hull for a ceremony to mark the naming of the new organic chemistry laboratories after George W. Gray. The ceremony involved the unveiling of a plaque by the Vice Chancellor (Professor D. N. Dilks), followed by an afternoon of three lectures. The first, a tour of reminiscence by George Gray, outlined his early scientific life—how he narrowly escaped a career in the oil industry in the Middle East, and the events leading up to the synthesis of pentylcyanobiphenyl. The point he made about his gratitude to the University for giving him space and freedom to develop his liquid crystals work was well taken. The second talk, by Steven Ley of Cambridge University, described the synthesis of okadic acid. This was an impressive example of the power of modern organic synthetic chemistry. The third talk from John Goodby outlined some of the more recent liquid crystals interests at Hull, including smectic-C materials, and then concentrated on a new and promising class of mesogens: the liposaccharides.     

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Report on the 11th Annual British Liquid Crystal Society Meeting, 1–3 April 1996

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This year's meeting was held at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston and was attended by 185 delegates. The meeting was organized jointly by Professor Mike Holmes and Dr Richard McCabe and took place in the recently completed Harrington conference facilities. It provided a lively interchange of information on a wide variety of topics, led by the invited speakers who covered four important areas of interest. The Ben Sturgeon Memorial Lecture was delivered Professor Bill Doane from Kent State University. His up-to-the-minute presentation dealt with reflective cholesteric liquid crystal displays and the progress that has been made in developing low cost, low power and high-resolution displays capable of delivering the type of switching rates that will make them serious rivals to the printed page. He provided his audience with both the scientific background and the challenges remaining before commercial displays of this type are available.     

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