The 2012 Luckhurst–Samulski Prize

The 2013 Luckhurst-Samulski Prize

“…[2][3][4][5] The first four winners of the Prize are listed in Table 1, and these have described quite different areas of liquid crystal science. [6][7][8][9] The challenge of selecting the best paper from almost 200 papers published in 2013 was a particularly demanding one.…”

Editorial

“…The prize was awarded to Igor Muševič and his colleagues for their contribution entitled Atomic force microscope based method of measuring short cholesteric pitch in liquid crystals. [3] Last year, at the 12th European Conference on Liquid Crystals held in Rhodes, Greece, the 2012 Luckhurst-Samulski Prize [4] was awarded to Professor Stephen J. Picken and his colleagues for their paper entitled Uniaxial to biaxial nematic phase transition in a bent-core thermotropic liquid crystal by polarising microscopy. [5] Liquid Crystals celebrates its 28th anniversary this year and I am delighted to announce that it continues to go from strength to strength, reflecting the vibrancy of our field.…”