Alexei Eremin, featured ILCC liquid crystal artist, January 2012


Eremin
Alexey Eremin is currently an assistant professor at Otto-von-Guerike University in Magdeburg (Germany). His main research interests are Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Biophysics.
January2012_LCphoto
Depolarizing transmission light microscopy image of helical filaments and ribbon structures in a texture of the polarization modulated SmCP phase. The polarizers are parallel to the sides of the image. The image width is approx. 300 microns.



Jury comment: Submarine life or jewelry of liquid crystals?