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Figure 1. George Gray’s early research group. Back row from left: Alan Mosley, John Goodby, Mike Hannant; Middle row from left: George Gray, David Coates, Stephen Kelly; Front row Damien McDonnell.
![Figure 1. George Gray’s early research group. Back row from left: Alan Mosley, John Goodby, Mike Hannant; Middle row from left: George Gray, David Coates, Stephen Kelly; Front row Damien McDonnell.](/cms/asset/c8f98d82-cc84-4f81-8556-caf1f29a2f26/tlct_a_1389387_f0001_b.gif)
Figure 3. (colour online) Liquid Crystals and Advanced Materials Research Group, Hull University (1990). Back row from the left: Peter Styring, Maxine Tyler, Neil Thompson, Andy McRoberts, Alan Hall, Ken Toyne and Simon Holder; Middle row from left: Michael Hird, Russell Lewthwaite, Mike Lee, Ellis Bolton, Robert Lewis, Chuchuan Dong and David Lacey; Front row from left: John Goodby, Marlene Clark, Phil Smith, Dave Beattie, Chris Booth, Julie Haley and Andy Slaney.
![Figure 3. (colour online) Liquid Crystals and Advanced Materials Research Group, Hull University (1990). Back row from the left: Peter Styring, Maxine Tyler, Neil Thompson, Andy McRoberts, Alan Hall, Ken Toyne and Simon Holder; Middle row from left: Michael Hird, Russell Lewthwaite, Mike Lee, Ellis Bolton, Robert Lewis, Chuchuan Dong and David Lacey; Front row from left: John Goodby, Marlene Clark, Phil Smith, Dave Beattie, Chris Booth, Julie Haley and Andy Slaney.](/cms/asset/a52f4120-dfc2-453c-84cc-b75a43633397/tlct_a_1389387_f0003_oc.jpg)
Figure 4. (colour online) Liquid Crystal Group at the University of York (January 2005). Back row from the left: Isabel Saez, Mark Godber, Andrew Wilson, John Goodby and Alan Hall; Front row from left: Paul Watson, Verena Görtz and Stephen Cowling.
![Figure 4. (colour online) Liquid Crystal Group at the University of York (January 2005). Back row from the left: Isabel Saez, Mark Godber, Andrew Wilson, John Goodby and Alan Hall; Front row from left: Paul Watson, Verena Görtz and Stephen Cowling.](/cms/asset/9c7275b5-e535-4946-a908-ff14889d4963/tlct_a_1389387_f0004_oc.jpg)
Figure 5. (colour online) Research group at the University of York (2011). From the left: Paul Reiss, David Stewart, Xiang Jia, Tiantian Ma, Charles Bradbury, Wen Cai, Colin Ellis, John Goodby, Richard Mandle, Verena Görtz, Edward Davies, Duncan Bruce, Charlie Wand, Emily Bevis, Katrina Bakker, Peter Raynes and Isabel Saez.
![Figure 5. (colour online) Research group at the University of York (2011). From the left: Paul Reiss, David Stewart, Xiang Jia, Tiantian Ma, Charles Bradbury, Wen Cai, Colin Ellis, John Goodby, Richard Mandle, Verena Görtz, Edward Davies, Duncan Bruce, Charlie Wand, Emily Bevis, Katrina Bakker, Peter Raynes and Isabel Saez.](/cms/asset/76d0ed73-b414-4abf-8ad7-cab8b97055b4/tlct_a_1389387_f0005_oc.jpg)