Join us in Luxembourg 8–10 April 2026 for the next German Liquid Crystal Conference! (a.k.a. Däitsch Konferenz iwwer Flëssegkristallen.)
More details to come soon at lcsoftmatter.com/glcc2026.

One week, three Ph.D. defenses. Congratulations to our group's newest doctors: Xu Ma, Deniz Avşar, and Nikolay Popov!

One of our projects (ALCEMIST) now has three positions open! (One Ph.D., two postdoc.) If you're interested in working with sustainable, cellulose-derived liquid crystal rubbers, we're interested in hearing from you. Apply on/before 30 July:
www.lcsoftmatter.com/team/work-fo...

We're looking for a research scientist to join us! If you're passionate about liquid crystals, microscopy, and soft matter physics, apply before 1 June: www.lcsoftmatter.com/team/work-fo...

Congratulations to Najiya, the newest Docteur de l'Université du Luxembourg en Chimie! She just defended her thesis on liquid crystal elastomers for artificial vasculature yesterday; our first defense in quite a while, but also our first of this year (with plenty to celebrate).

Jan (our group leader) was recently featured on the SciLux podcast, where he talks at length about our research and (especially) liquid crystals! You can listen to it on many of your favorite podcast platforms (like here: scilux.buzzsprout.com/1412332/epis...).

One of our collaborators is hiring for a Ph.D. position! If a project that bridges concrete, engineering, and structural health monitoring interests you, we'd love to work with you. Apply until 1 March here: recruitment.uni.lu/en/details.h...

With this year's edition of the official ESMP Christmas card, we wish you all Happy Holidays and a very colorful New Year!

Looks like our first content post is to celebrate our recent publication in "Energy & Environmental Science" about how to make solar cells more aesthetically pleasing at minimal efficiency cost.
Congrats to the team, esp. Yansong, Jan, Rijeesh, and Hakam!
doi.org/10.1039/D4EE...

Moien, Salut, Hallo, Hoi, Hej, and Howdy!