title: News about soft condensed matter--a liquid crystal meeting review.
abstract: Liquid crystal research is a growing and ramifying tree, as illustrated by the cartoon by John W. Goodby, President of the International Liquid Crystal Society: Thanks to a sunny, multidisciplinary environment, it grows from strong roots (experimental methods) and produces/synthesises ever new fruit (fullerene, dendrimer, banana and biaxial liquid crystals), as demonstrated by contributions to the recent European Conference on Liquid Crystals in Halle, Germany.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kitzerow