Research Topics

Toroidal smectic layer configuration

Toroidal liquid crystal layers
(Dr Geoff McKay)

Research activity in the Department has been focussed into key priority areas in order to further strengthen and advance the research we undertake. These research areas often overlap and there is significant collaboration between groups.

Teaching and research activity within the department is organised under the following groups and further information can be found by following the links below,

The Department also has a joint research group with the Department of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow which involves researchers from all the above groups,