Vance Williams, featured ILCC liquid crystal artist, October 2011
Web page: www.sfu.ca/~vancew/vew.htm
Further details of his research can be found at:
• E. Voisin, E. J. Foster, M. Rakotomalala, V. E. Williams, Chem. Mater. (2009), 21, 3251.
• C. Lavigueur, E. J. Foster, V. E. Williams, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2008) 130, 11791.
• E. J. Foster, R. B. Jones, C. Lavigueur, V. E. Williams, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2006) 128, 8569.
Columnar rectangular phase formed by hydrogen bonding discotic mesogens. The sample was viewed with a 10x objective using an Olympus BX50 polarizing optical microscope equipped with a Linkam LT5350 heating stage and photographed using a Nikon 990 Coolpix digital camera.
Jury comment: We see a competition of two textures. One abstract, golden metallic, of chiseled design. The other soft, bloomy and colorful. Which of them do we favor? Which of them will oust the other, finally?
Jury comment: We see a competition of two textures. One abstract, golden metallic, of chiseled design. The other soft, bloomy and colorful. Which of them do we favor? Which of them will oust the other, finally?