Dr. Rajdeep Deb

Rajdeep Deb joined the Liquid crystal Material Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder. Here he is studying the most spectacular defects and structures in B7 phase (such as spirals, ribbons, checkerboard …) using fluorescence confocal microscope imaging technique in Prof Ivan I Smalyukh’s Lab. His doctoral dissertation work is directed toward tailoring liquid crystal bent-core compounds by incorporating emissive properties to such systems while retaining their liquid crystalline properties. His current research interests encompass different branches of soft condensed matter and optical physics, including novel laser trapping and fluorescence confocal imaging techniques which he is presently perusing, apart from synthesis of functionalized molecular electronic materials.