Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

Dr. Pankaj Kumar has more than 18 years of research experience in the field of liquid crystal (LC) and related technology. From December 2009 to June 2012, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow (PDF) at Chonbuk National University, South Korea. His research interests are in the areas of LC display cell fabrication, alignment techniques, image analysis, dielectric spectroscopy, conoscopy, and expertise in use of sophisticated instruments like polarizing optical microscope, DSC, temperature controller, and UV-Visible spectrophotometer etc.

Dr. Vandna Sharma has more than eight years of research experience in the field of liquid crystals and related areas. Dr. Sharma worked as a post-doctoral fellow as a scientific associate in the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Project at the Department of Soft Matter Physics, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Europe). Her research interests are in the areas of liquid crystal cell fabrication, alignment techniques, image analysis, dielectric spectroscopy, and expertise in use of sophisticated instruments like polarizing optical microscopy, temperature controller, Nanoscribe for micro 3D printings, impedance analyzer, and UV-Visible spectrophotometer.

Dr. Vinayak Adimule has fifteen years of research experience as a senior scientist and associate research scientist in R&D organizations of TATA (Advinus Therapeutics Ltd), Astra Zeneca India, Trans Chem Ltd. Vinayak Adimule is an expert in the area of medicinal chemistry, material chemistry, material electronics, photocatalysis, polymer nanocomposites, nanoelectronics, liquid crystals, actuators, and sensors.