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The Symposium is an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange and discussion
of ideas, research and practical experience on the manipulation of functional
organic and inorganic advanced smart materials. The Symposium provides
a valuable opportunity for scientists, engineers and students to meet,
and so is the ideal forum at which research groups can identify not only
common areas of interest but also complementary expertise.
The aim of this Symposium is to bring together examples of some of the
latest applications of spectroscopic methods, such as nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, second harmonic generation (SHG) and Fourier
transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to the investigation of the ever
increasing number of oriented phases and their fascinating behaviour. At
the same time theory can also play a key role in such experimental studies
and their interpretation. It is to be hoped that the presentations, both
talks and posters will stimulate new and ingenious applications of these
major experimental techniques to solve some of the latest liquid crystal
challenges. To this end the Symposium has been arranged to provide an informal
atmosphere to permit an easy exchange of views and ideas.
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