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Hirst wins Hilsum Medal
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Hirst wins Hilsum Medal

May 17, 2019 Linda Hirst

Linda Hirst has been named this year’s recipient of the British Liquid Crystal Society’s C. Hilsum Medal for her contributions to liquid crystal science and technology.

Read the UC Merced new article here

Linda and her PhD advisor Prof Helen Gleeson from Leeds University at the awards ceremony
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    Fundamentals of Soft Matter Science introduces and explores the scientific study of soft matter and molecular self-assembly, covering the major classifications of materials, their structure and characteristics, and everyday applications.

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Molecular dynamics simulation of network of semiflexible filaments
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