Kristiaan Neyts
Kristiaan Neyts is full professor and BOF research professor at Ghent University, in the ELIS department, Faculty of Engineering Sciences and is
heading the Liquid Crystals
and Photonics Group.
He received
a degree in physics engineering in 1987, a doctoral degree in engineering in
1992 and became professor in the ELIS
department in 2000 after post-docs in Ghent and Berkeley. He is co-author
of over 200 papers in the Web of Science core collection. The Liquid Crystals and Photonics
Group (LCP) has now 5 professors, 2 post-docs, 14 PhD students and 6 master
thesis students. The group is involved in UGent (IOF, BOF), national (FWO, IWT,
IAP), European and bilateral
sponsored projects. The LCP group is one of 7 research groups that have joined
in the UGent sponsored Multi-disciplinary Research Network called Center for Nano- and
Bio-Photonics
Kristiaan Neyts chaired or
co-chaired several conferences organized in Ghent: the EL2002 (Electroluminescence); the LCP2006 International Workshop on
Liquid Crystals for Photonics (next LCP in Lubljana in 2016); the ELOPTO Symposium in September 2012;
the SID-ME chapter meeting in
April 2013; the ELKIN conference
in May 2014 and the SID-EURODISPLAY
conference in September 2015.
Current research interests (see also: Liquid Crystals and Photonics
Group)
- Liquid Crystals
Transmission, diffraction and waveguiding, non-linear effects
Nematic and ferro-electric switchable components
Optical filters
Simulation and measurement of ion transport - Electroluminescence
and OLEDs
microcavity effects, diffraction and interference simulations
ray tracing of optical components - Electrophoresis
and optical trapping
Electronic ink and electrophoretic displays
Charge and particle motion in polar and non-polar liquids
Optical trapping and particle manipulation - Electro-optical materials, piezo-electric materials
- Characterization of solar cells
Here is a list of publications
of Kristiaan Neyts
Visit my profile on ResearchGate
Here is a link to the publications of
the Liquid Crystals and Photonics Group
Recent projects:
- photonics@be
sponsored by the Belgian Science Policy
- The center
for Nano and Bio-Photonics
- SECONDOS: Smart
electro-optical components for the direction of solid-state light (IWT
funded)
Teaching
Elektrische Schakelingen en
Netwerken
Eerste semester, 6 studiepunten, 2
uur per week theorie, twee uur per week oefeningen. Plichtvak tweede bachelor
(Werktuigkunde, Elektrotechniek, Toegepaste Natuurkunde, Informatica)
Vakoverschrijdend
project Toegepaste Natuurkunde (together with
Christophe Leys and Dick Botteldooren)
Tweede
semester, 6 studiepunten, projectwerk. Plichtvak
derde bachelor toegepaste natuurkunde.
Optical
Materials
(taught in English at UGent and VUB, together with Jan
Danckaert)
Fall semester, 6 study points, Theory (2.5 h/week) - Exercises (2.5 h/week).
Compulsory course for students in the Master Photonics.
Display
Technology
(taught in English at UGent, together with Filip Strubbe)
Fall semester, 4 or 6 study points, Theory (1.66 h/week) - Exercises (0.83
h/week). Elective course for students in the Master Photonics and Master
Applied Physics.
Ingenieursproject I
(lecturing from 2008 until 2015)
Eerste semester, 6 studiepunten, 3 weken met introductielessen, 8 weken
projectwerk. Plichtvak eerste
bachelor.
Vanaf 2015-2016 gedoceerd
door Filip Beunis
Website of the Liquid
Crystals and Photonics Group
September 2013
October 2010 / June 2008 / May 2004
ELIS Department ; Ghent University
Fax: +32 9 264 3594
kristiaan.neyts@ugent.be
Liquid Crystals and Photonics website