OLC 2025 Conference Topics

2 + 7 topic categories covering a broad spectrum of optics of liquid crystals (and beyond)

Required Field

★ I.

Field of Liquid Crystals Research

Make your single choice out of the following four fields:

4 areas

1.1 – Physics-oriented liquid crystal research

1.2 – Chemistry-oriented liquid crystal research

1.3 – Materials science in liquid crystal technology

1.4 – Technological advances in liquid crystal applications

Required Field

★ II.

Focused Type of Liquid Crystals

Choose only one alternative that best fits your work.

9 areas

2.1 – Ionic liquid crystals

2.2 – Ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals

2.3 – Thermotropic calamitics (including bent-core molecules)

2.4 – Hydrogen-bonded mesogens

2.5 – Trimers, tetramers, discotics, and bowlics

2.6 – Oligomers and dendrimers

2.7 – Polymers, elastomers, gels, and LC–polymer composites

2.8 – Lyotropic (chromonic) liquid crystals

2.9 – Colloids, (nano)composites, complex fluids, and other soft matter

A – Nonlinear Optics

6 areas

A1 – Laser-induced director reorientation

A2 – Density and temperature fluctuations

A3 – Optical wave (frequency) mixing and phase conjugation

A4 – Nonlinear optical switching

A5 – Ultrafast nonlinearities

A6 – Self-action effects

B – Liquid Crystals of Biological and Biomedical Interest

3 areas

B1 – Instabilities, pattern formation and chaos, and fibers

B2 – Biological and bioinspired liquid crystals

B3 – Biophotonics, (optical) biosensors, bioimaging, biofunctionalization, and biomedicine

C – Electromagnetic and Physical Properties

3 areas

C1 – Birefringence, elasticity, and viscosity

C2 – Dielectric, electrical, flexoelectric, ferroelectric, and ferromagnetic properties

C3 – Acousto-, electro-, magneto-, opto-, and thermo-optical effects

D – Interfaced and Confined Liquid Crystals

5 areas

D1 – Colloids and self-assembling phenomena

D2 – Frustrated phases and complex systems

D3 – Surfaces, confined systems, and alignment control

D4 – Nanomaterials, nanocomposites, and nanostructured systems

D5 – Nanophotonics and plasmonics: Photonic crystals, metamaterials, and metasurfaces

E – New Liquid Crystalline Materials

5 areas

E1 – Molecular design, synthesis, and structural properties

E2 – Antiaromatic and nonaromatic liquid crystals

E3 – Macromolecular and functional liquid crystals

E4 – Photoresponsive liquid crystals

E5 – Electromechanical and magnetoelectric liquid crystals

F – AI, Machine Learning, Modeling, Simulation, and Observations

7 areas

F1 – Light propagation and light–matter interactions

F2 – Phase transitions, phase structures, and defects

F3 – Dynamics and pattern formation

F4 – Symmetry and topology

F5 – Hydrodynamics and rheology

F6 – Theory, simulation, and modeling

F7 – Other multidisciplinary areas involving machine learning and artificial intelligence

G – Novel Applications in Liquid Crystal Optics

8 areas

G1 – Quantum electronics, lasers, and nonlinear optical devices

G2 – Tunable lenses, (polarization) optical elements, filters, modulators, displays, and others

G3 – Optical waveguides, resonators, signal processing, encryption, security, and communications

G4 – Optoelectronics, photovoltaics, energy, environment, and sustainability applications

G5 – Holography, storage, anti-forgery, and physically unclonable functions

G6 – Actuators, biomimetic devices, and systems for switching and sensing

G7 – Fluorescent, chromogenic, and (semi)conductive liquid crystals for innovative applications

G8 – Smart textiles, smart windows, wearable devices, and other intelligent solutions

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