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News from the Journal Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals (MCLC)

1) Expansion of the Editorial Board
The journal Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals (MCLC, published by Taylor & Francis, Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Francesco Simoni) is currently seeking two new Regional Editors. The desired areas of expertise are:
 a) Synthetic organic chemistry
 b) Thin organic films and two-dimensional molecular solids

Suggestions for suitable candidates are very welcome.

2) Mortimer Labes Prize: Nominations for 2025
In memory of Prof. Mortimer Labes, MCLC annually awards the Mortimer Labes Prize for the best scientific publication(s) of the year. The prize was awarded for the first time in 2024 and is featured prominently on the publisher’s website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/gmcl20/collections/mortimer-labes-prize Nominations for the 2025 prize are now open.
Please send your suggestions to: Prof Kitzerow hkitzero(at)mail.uni-paderborn.de

The 52nd German Liquid Crystal Conference (GLCC) is planned to take place in Luxembourg from 08–10 April 2026. Please note that the date is still provisional. Final details on the program, abstract submission, and registration will be announced soon.

 

Bunsen-Magazin 06/2024 features a thematic focus on liquid crystal research. Society provide insights into current national and international liquid crystal research as well as a historic perspective on liquid crystal research in Germany (https://bunsen.de/bunsenmagazin). Numerous articles of the issue are open access (https://bunsen.de/bmo).

51st German Liquid Crystal Conference 2025, will be held in March 26-28th in Göttingen, https://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/686467.html, Abstract Submission Deadline: January 31, 2025

50th German Liquid Crystal Conference 2024, will be held in March 13-15th in Essen, Link, Registration Deadline: January 31, 2024

SPIE Photonics. Europe 'Liquid Crystals Optics and Photonic Devices', will be held on April 7-11, 2024 in Strasbourg, Link, Abstract Submission Deadline: November 8, 2023

49th German Liquid Crystal Conference 2023, will be held in March 22-24 in Stuttgart, Link, Abstract Submission Deadline: January 14, 2023
Conference Registration: begins December 10, 2022

We congratulate our Laureates of the Young Researcher Award 2024:
Foteini Trigka (University of Groningen) and Florian Kolb (University of Stuttgart)