Selection of Recent Oral Presentations 

 

15- M.A. Gharbi, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang and K. J. Stebe. Elasto-capillary interactions between solid spheres at smectic thin films. APS March Meeting 2014, Denver, Colorado, USA (March 3-March 7).

 

14- I. Liu, M.A. Gharbi, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang and K. J. Stebe. Behavior of anisotropic particles at air/nematic interface. APS March Meeting 2014, Denver, Colorado, USA (March 3-March 7).

 

13- D. Beller, S. Copar, M.A. Gharbi, M. Cavallaro, G. Wu, K. J. Stebe, S. Yang and R.D. Kamien. Modeling the assembly of colloids with sharp features in nematic liquid crystals. APS March Meeting 2014, Denver, Colorado, USA (March 3-March 7).

 

12- Wei-Shao Wei, Matthew Lohr, M.A. Gharbi, K. J. Stebe and A.G. Yodh. Ordered and disordered colloidal particle monolayers at liquid crystal interfaces. APS March Meeting 2014, Denver, Colorado, USA (March 3-March 7).

 

11- M.A. Gharbi, D. Beller, A. Honglawan , S. Yang, R.D. Kamien and K. J. Stebe. Behavior of microparticles on thin smectic films. Waterloo Soft Matter Theory Conference 2013, Ontario, Canada (December 5).

 

10- M.A. Gharbi, S. Yang, R.D. Kamien and K. J. Stebe. Assembly of microparticles on thin smectic films. AICHE Annual Meeting 2013, San Francisco, USA (November 3-November 8).

 

9- M. A. Gharbi. D. Sec, T. Lopez-Leon, M. Nobili, M. Ravnik, S. Žumer and Ch. Blanc. Microparticles confined to a nematic liquid crystal shell. European Conference on Liquid Crystals, ECLC-2013, Rhodes, Greece (September 22-September 27).

 

8- D. Sec, M. A. Gharbi, T. Lopez-Leon, M. Nobili, M. Ravnik, S. Žumer and Ch. Blanc. Colloidal particles confined to a nematic liquid crystal shell. International Soft Matter Conference 2013, Rome, Italy (September 15-September 19).

 

7- M.A. Gharbi, M. Cavallaro, Jr., D. Beller, S. Copar, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang and K.J. Stebe. Topological defects in nematic liquid crystal. CAP Congress 2013, Montreal, Canada (May 26-May 31).

 

6- M.A. Gharbi, G. Wu, M. Cavallaro, Jr., D. Beller, R. Kamien, K. J. Stebe and S. Yang. Self-assembly of micro-rods in nematic liquid crystal controlled by boundary conditions. AICHE Annual Meeting 2012, Pittsburgh, USA (October 28-November 2).

 

5- M.A. Gharbi, D. Seč, T. Lopez-Leon, M. Nobili, M. Ravnik, A. F. Nieves, S. Žumer and Ch.Blanc. Colloids trapped on a nematic shell. New Horizons of Colloidal Science: Fundamentals and Applications 2012, Sete, France (October 17-October 20).

 

4- M.A. Gharbi and Ch. Blanc. Particules piégées aux interfaces de cristaux liquides. Colloque Francophone des Cristaux Liquides 2011, Rennes, France (September 6-September 9).

 

3- M.A. Gharbi, M. Nobili, T. Lopez-leon, M. Abkarian, M. In, P. Galatola, J-b. Fournier and Ch. Blanc. Behavior of colloidal particles trapped at liquid crystal interfaces. European Conference on Liquid Crystal 2011, Maribor, Slovenia (February 6-February 11).

 

2- M.A. Gharbi, M. Nobili, M. Abkarian, M. In and Ch. Blanc. Behavior of colloids at liquid crystal/air interface. International Soft Matter Conference 2010, Granada, Spain  (July 5-July 8).

 

1- M.A. Gharbi, M. Nobili, M. Abkarian, M. In and Ch. Blanc. Study of liquid crystal/colloids systems using microfluidic. Winter School of "Les Houches" - CNRS GDR on Microfluidics. 2nd Advance School on microfluidics, LesHouches, France (January 2011). 

Selection of Recent Poster Presentations 

 

13- M.A. Gharbi, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang and K. J. Stebe. Use of elastic fields in liquid crystals to template colloidal particles: Towards advanced materials. MRSEC Workshop on Liquid Crystals & Particles 2013. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (December 16).

 

12- I. Liu, M.A. Gharbi, V. Ngo, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang and K. J. Stebe. Behavior of anisotropic particles at air/nematic interface. MRSEC Workshop on Liquid Crystals & Particles 2013. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (December 16).

 

11- H. Jeredi, M. Gharbi, Teresa Lopez-Leon, M. Nobili and Ch. Blanc. Particules colloïdales piégées dans un film mince nématique. Conférence Francophone des Cristaux Liquides 2013. Strasbourg, France (September 3-September 6).

 

10- A. Honglawan, D. Beller, M.A. Gharbi, K. J. Stebe, R.D. Kamien and S. Yang. 3D topology of smectic liquid crystal by a mediation of elasticity and mobile interfaces of nanoparticles. The Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals 2013, University of New England, Biddeford, ME, USA (June 16-June 21).

 

9- D. Beller, S. Čopar, G. Alexander, M.A. Gharbi, M. Cavallaro Jr., G. Wu, K. Stebe, S. Yang and R. Kamien. Modeling nematic disclinations in the presence of sharp-cornered boundaries. Analytical and computational paths from molecular foundations to continuum descriptions 2013. Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK (March 18-March22).

 

8- M. Cavallaro, M.A. Gharbi, D. Beller, L. Yao, R. Kamien, S. Yang and K. Stebe. Elastic induced colloidal interactions in liquid crystals. AICHE Annual Meeting 2012, Pittsburgh, USA (October 28-November 2).

 

7- M.A. Gharbi, T. Lopez-Leon, M. Nobili and Ch. Blanc. Colloids trapped on nematic shells: textures and dynamics. International liquid crystal conference 2012, Mainz, Germany (August 19-August 24).

 

6- M.A. Gharbi, G. Wu, M. Cavallaro, Jr., D. Beller, R. Kamien, K. Stebe and S. Yang. Self-assembly of micro-rods in nematic liquid crystal controlled by boundary conditions. The Frontiers of Soft Matter 2012 symposium, Boulder, USA (May 16-May 18).

 

5- M.A. Gharbi, M. Nobili, M. Abkarian, M. In and Ch. Blanc. Behavior of colloids at liquid crystal/air interface. International liquid crystal conference 2010, Krakow, Poland (July 11-July 16).

 

4- M.A. Gharbi, M. Nobili, M. Abkarian, M. In and Ch. Blanc. Colloids trapped at nematic/air interface. Complex Fluids-Fluid Interfaces 2010. Institute of Physics, London, UK (February 25).

 

3- N. Ben-m'barek, M.A. Gharbi, Ch. Blanc, M. In, M. Abkarian and M. Nobili. Self-diffusion of colloids at fluid interfaces. The Gordon Research Conference 2010: Colloidal, Macromolecular & Polyelectrolyte Solutions, Ventura, USA (February 21-February 26).

 

2- M.A. Gharbi, M. Nobili, M. Abkarian, M. In and Ch. Blanc. Structures colloïdales à l’interface nématique/fluide isotrope. Colloque Francophone des Cristaux Liquides 2009, Orsay, France (September 8-September 11). 

 

1- M.A. Gharbi, M. Nobili, M. Abkarian, M. In and Ch. Blanc. Comportement de colloïdes à la surface d’un cristal liquide. Congrès Société Française de Physique 2009, Paris, France  (July 6-July 10).