I will describe two experiments that probe softness, rearrangement, and reconfiguration in disordered soft matter.  The first set of experiments employ video microscopy to probe structure and dynamics in colloidal supercooled liquids and elucidate the origin of non-exponential relaxation in these systems. The second set of experiments involve drops containing liquid crystal oligomers; these drops exhibit remarkable shape transitions with variation in temperature (and variation of other parameters) that are facilitated by oligomer polydispersity.

Rearrangements in supercooled liquids and reconfiguration of liquid crystal oligomer drops

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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