Applications of Liquid Crystals in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Technologies PhD Studentship

This fully funded PhD studentship focuses on characterising and understanding liquid crystalline based materials and optical devices for future augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies. Liquid crystals are ordered fluids which display birefringence and dielectric anisotropy, properties that revolutionised display technologies. AR and VR technologies represent the next logical step in display device technology but require novel solutions in engineering and physics to overcome limitations and become fully realised. The studentship is part funded by Merck KGaA, specialists in liquid crystals and optoelectronics, and the successful candidate will join a diverse and multidisciplinary team of chemists, physicists, and engineers in academia and industry. The project is supervised by Dr Mamatha Nagaraj and Dr Thomas Raistrick in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds.