| In this talk I will present some new results from my lab at UC Merced.
We have been investigating the potential ordering and coupling of
quantum dots in liquid crystal media using microscopy and photo
luminescence measurements. We observe varying results in controlling
the dispersion of the quantum dots in liquid crystal and I hope to
discuss potential problems and strategies for dispersion.
Interestingly in the cholesteric phase a novel pattern formation of
dispersed quantum dots is observed resulting from the growth of the
cholesteric texture from the isotropic phase.
As a special bonus topic I will also briefly discuss a completely
different project on a tilt induced crumpling transition in spherical
lipid vesicles. |