Selected ALCOM Publications

Selected Abstracts of ALCOM Publications

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Archived Publications

2000 - 2002 Publications

Kent State University

David W. Allender - Theory

G. Panasyuk, D.W. Allender, "Approximate Description of the Three Dimensional Director and Electric Field in a Liquid Crystal Display at a High Voltage," J. Appl. Phys. 87, 649-657 (2000).
A.E. Jacobs, D. Mukamel, D.W. Allender, "Novel Surface State in a Class of Incommensurate Systems," Phys. Rev. E 61, 2753-2758 (2000).
G. Panasyuk, D.W. Allender, J. Kelly, "A Simplified Model for the Director in Multidimensional LCDs," SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers, 850-853 (2001).
G. Panasyuk, D.W. Allender, J. Kelly, "Approximate Description of the Two-Dimensional Director Field in a Liquid Crystal Display," J. Appl. Phys. 89, 4777-4786 (2001).
A.E. Jacobs, D. Mukamel, D.W. Allender, "Surface States in Nearly Modulated Systems," Phys. Rev. E 63, 021704-1 - 021704-6 (2001).
F. Karimi Pour Haddadan, D.W. Allender, S. Zumer, "Pseudo-Casimir Effect in Untwisted Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals," Phys. Rev. E 64, 061701 (2001).

Laura M. Bartolo - Information Management

A.M. Trimble, L.M. Bartolo, "User-defined Access to a Polymer Liquid Crystal Thesaurus," Proc. Intl. Soc. Knowledge Org. 2000, 1643-1649 (2000).
A.L. German, L.M. Bartolo, "Science and Information Literacy on the Internet: Using the Standards Created by the Association of College and Research Libraries and Project 2061 to Create a Science Web Page Evaluation Tool," Sci. Info. Literacy on Internet, 10th Nat. Conf., 33-44 (2001).

Phil Bos - Liquid Crystal Displays
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J.E. Anderson, P. Watson, P.J. Bos, "Comparisons of the Vector Method and Tensor Method for Simulating Liquid Crystal Devices," Liq. Cryst. 28, 109-115 (2001).
P. Watson, J.E. Anderson, V. Sergan, P.J. Bos, "Computer Simulation of the Homeotropic to Planar Transition in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals," Liq. Cryst. 28, 1-15 (2001).
J.E. Anderson, P. Watson, T. Ernst, P.J. Bos, "Computer Simulation Evidence of the Transient Planar State During the Homeotropic to Focal Conic Transition in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals," Phys. Rev. E 61, 3951-3960 (2000).
J.E. Anderson, C. Titus, P. Watson, P.J. Bos, "Significant Speed and Stability Increase in Multi-Dimensional Director Simulations," Submitted to SID 2000.
S. Saeed, P.J. Bos, Z.-L. Li, "A Method of Generating Full Color LCD Using Birefringent Filters in a Stacked Design", Submitted to SID 2000.
V. Sergan, P.J. Bos, G.D. Sharp, "Two Crossed A-Plates as an Alternative to Negative C-plate," Submitted to SID 2000.
C.D. Hoke, J.-F. Li, Y.-H. Lin, L.-C. Chien, P.J. Bos, "Polarized Infrared Study of a Polymer Network Deformation in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Host," Liq. Cryst. 27, 359-363 (2000).
B. Wang, P.J. Bos, "Considerations of the d/p Ratio in the Design of a Bistable Twist Nematic Display," SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers, 232-235 (2001).
C. Wang, R. Kurihara, P.J. Bos, S. Kobayashi, "Numerical Calculation of Using Low Azimuthal Anchoring to Achieve Zigzag Free SmC* State with a Low Pretilt Angle," SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers, 834-837 (2001).
J.E. Anderson, P. Watson, P.J. Bos, "Study of Relaxations in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals after Reduction of an Electric Field," Liq. Cryst. 28, 945-968 (2001).
C. Wang, R. Kurihara, P.J. Bos, S. Kobayashi, "How to Achieve Zigzag Free Sm-C* State iwth a Low Pretilt Angle: A Numerical Calculation," J. Appl. Phys. 90, 4452-4455 (2001).
J.E. Anderson, P. Watson, T. Ernst, P.J. Bos, "Computer Simulation of the Homeotropic to Focal Conic Transition in Cholesterics," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 366, 909-918 (2001).
B. Wang, J.E. Anderson, C.D. Hoke, P.J. Bos, "Director Field Transitions in Bistable Twisted Nematic Devices," IMID '01 Digest, 54-57 (2001).

L.-C. Chien - Polymer Synthesis
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O. Yaroshchuk, L.G. Cada, M. Sonpatki, L.-C. Chien, "Liquid-Crystal Photoalignment Using Low-Molecular-Weight Photo-Cross-Linkable Composites," Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 30-32 (2001).
S.W. Kang, S. Sprunt, L.-C. Chien, "Switchable Diffraction Gratings Based on Inversion of the Dielectric Anisotropy in Nematic Liquid Crystals," Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 3782-3784 (2001).
D.A. Olson, M. Veum, A. Cady, M.V. D'Agostino, P.M. Johnson, H.T. Nguyen, L.C. Chien, C.C. Huang, "Optical Studies of the Liquid Crystal B2 Phase Formed by Banana-Shaped Molecules," Phys. Rev. E 63, 041702-1 - 041702-5 (2001).
P.-Y. Liu, A.M. Jamieson, L.-C. Chien, "Ensemble-Averaged Dynamic Light Scattering from Polymer-Stabilized Liquid Crystals," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 348, 187-205 (2000).
C.Y. Li, S.Z.D. Cheng, J.J. Ge, F. Bai, J.Z. Zhang, I.K. Mann, L.-C. Chien, F.W. Harris, B. Lotz , "Molecular Orientations in Flat-elongated and Helical Lamellar Crystals of a Main-chain Nonracemic Chiral Polyester," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 72-79 (2000).
O. Yaroschuk, L.-C. Chien, L.G. Cada, M. Sonpatki, "Low-molecular-weight Photocrosslinkable Composites--Advanced Materials for Liquid Crystal Alignment," Accepted by SID 2000.
T. Sergan, M. Sonpatki, J. Kelly, L.-C. Chien, "Photo-polymerized Discotic Films with Uniaxial and Twisted Optical Axis Configurations," Accepted by SID 2000.
L.-C. Chien, A.J. Walz, I.G. Shenouda, Z.Z. Zhong, D.E. Schuele, W.L. Gordon, "Cyanohydrin-Containing Side-Chain Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystalline Copolymers," Ferroelectrics 243, 171-177 (2000).
C.-K. Lee, L.-C. Chien, "Helical Superstructure from an Achiral Banana-Shaped Liquid Crystal," Ferroelectrics 243, 231-237 (2000).
O. Yaroshchuk, L.G. Cada, M. Sonpatki, L.-C. Chien, "Low-Molecular-Weight Photo-Crosslinkable Composites: Advanced Materials for Liquid Crystal Alignment," SID 00 Digest, 443-445 (2000).
T.-H. Tong, L.-C. Chien, "Photoluminescent Properties of Poly(p-Phenylene Vinylene Thiophene-co-Siloxane)," J. Poly. Sci., Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 38, 1450-1456 (2000).
C.-K. Lee, S.-S. Kwon, L.-C. Chien, E.-J. Choi, "Effect of Lateral Substituents on the Formation of Smectic Phases in Banana-Shaped Molecules," Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 21, 1155-1158 (2000).
C.Y. Li, J.J. Ge, F. Bai, J.Z. Zhang, B.H. Calhoun, L.-C. Chien, F.W. Harris, B. Lotz, S.Z.D. Cheng, "Phase Tranformations in a Chiral Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polyester Involving Double-Twist Helical Crystals," Polymer 41, 8953-8960 (2000).
O. Yaroshchuk, D.M.G. Agra, Yu. Zakrevskyy, L.-C. Chien, J. Lindau, S. Kumar, "Anisotropic Surface Morphology of Azopolymer Films Generated by Polarized UV Light Irradiation," Liq. Cryst. 28, 703-707 (2001).
C.K. Lee, J.-H. Kim, E.-J. Choi, W.-C. Zin, L.-C. Chien, "Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystal from a Banana-shaped Achiral Molecule," Liq. Cryst. 28, 1749-1754 (2001).
M. Sonpatki, L.-C. Chien, "Lyo-Mesophases from Self-Assembled Disk-Shaped Molecules," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 367, 545-553 (2001).

Daniele Finotello - Confined Geometries; Orientational Order

B. Zalar, S. Zumer, D. Finotello, "Deuteron NMR Study of Monolayer Thick Films of Nematogenic Molecules," Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4866-4869 (2000).
T. Jin, D. Finotello, "Aerosil Dispersed in a Liquid Crystal: Magnetic Order and Random Silica Disorder," Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 818-821 (2001).
P. Ukleja, D. Finotello, "NMR Studies of Orientational Order," in Liquid Crystals: Experimental Study of Physical Properites and Phase Transitions, S. Kumar, ed., Cambridge University Press (2000).
B. Zalar, R. Blinc, S. Zumer, T. Jin, D. Finotello, "Behavior of Mesogenic Molecules Deposited at the Alumina-air Interface: A Deuteron NMR Study,"
Phys. Rev. E 65, 041703 (2002).
X. Liu, D. Finotello, "Liquid Crystal Wetting in Cylindrical Pores," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 367, 341-351 (2001).

Julia E. Fulghum - Surfaces and Alignment Layers

K. Artyushkova, J.E. Fulghum, "Quantification of PVD-PMMA Polymer Blend Compositions by XPS in the presence of X-ray Degration Effects," Surf. Interface Anal. 31, 352-361 (2001).
K. Artyushkova, J.E. Fulghum, "Identification of Chemical Components in XPS Spectra and Images Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis Methods,"
J. Electron Spectros. Rel. Phenom. 121, 33-55 (2001).

Eugene C. Gartland, Jr. - Numerical Computations

S. Mkaddem, E.C. Gartland, Jr., "Fine Structure of Defects in Radial Nematic Droplets," Phys. Rev. E 62, 6694-6705 (2000).
D. Golovaty, L.K. Gross, S.I. Hariharan, E.C. Gartland, Jr., "On Instability of a Bend Freedericksz Configuration in Nematic Liquid Crystals," J. Math. Anal. Appl. 255, 391-403 (2001).
D. Golovaty, L.K. Gross, S.I. Hariharan, E.C. Gartland, Jr., "On Instability of a Bend Freedericksz Configuration in Nematic Liquid Crystals," J. Math. Anal. Appl. 255, 391-403 (2001).

Antal Jakli - Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals
Link to Archived Publications

A. Jakli, Ch. Lischka, W. Weissflog, G. Pelzl, A. Saupe, "Helical Filamentary Growth in Liquid Crystals Consisting of Banana-Shaped Molecules," Liq. Cryst. 27, 1405-1409 (2000).
A. Jakli, T. Kosa, A. Vajda, E. Benkler, I. Janossy, P. Palffy-Muhoray, "Optically Induced Periodic Structure in Smectic-C Liquid Crystals," Phys. Rev. E 63, 011705-1 - 011705-4 (2000).
A. Jakli, "Texture Transformation of a Smectic Phase with Asymmetric Banana-Shaped Molecules," Liq. Cryst. (In print).
A. Jakli, Y. Huang, S. Wang, C.K. Lee, L-C. Chien, "Ferro-electric Lyo-Mesophase of Banana-shaped Molecules Showing Electro-optical Switching at Room Temperature", Accepted by SID 2000.
A. Jakli, W. Cao, Y. Huang, S. Wang, C.K. Lee, L.-C. Chien, "Ferroelectric Lyo-Mesophase of Banana-Shaped Molecules Showing Electro-Optical Switching at Room Temperature," SID 00 Digest, 234-237 (2000).
A. Jakli, Ch. Lischka, W. Weissflog, G. Pelzl, "Textural Transformations of a Smectic Phase with Asymmetric Banana-Shaped Molecules," Liq. Crystals 27, 715-719 (2000).
A. Jakli, G.G. Nair, C.K. Lee, R. Sun, L.-C. Chien," Macroscopic Chirality of a Liquid Crystal From Nonchiral Molecules," Phys. Rev. E 63, 061710-1 - 061710-5 (2001).
A. Jakli, D. Kruerke, H. Sawade, G. Heppke, "Evidence for Triclinic Symmetry in Smectic Liquid Crystals of Bent-Shape Molecules," Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5715-5718 (2001).
A. Jakli, W. Cao, Y. Huang, C.K. Lee, L.-C. Chien, "Ferroelectric Lyo-mesophase of Banana-shaped Molecules," Liq. Cryst. 28, 1279-1283 (2001).
A. Jakli, L.-C. Chien, D. Kruerke, H. Sawade, G. Heppke, "Electro-Optical Devices from banana-Shaped Liquid Crystals," SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers, 124-127 (2001).
A. Jakli, A. Saupe, "Viscoelastic Director Rotation of a Low Molecular Mass Liquid Crystal," Liq. Cryst. 28, 827-831 (2001).
A. Jakli, G.G. Nair, C.K. Lee, L.C. Chien, "Electro-disclinic Effect in Tilted Smectic Phases of Banana-Shaped Liquid Crystal Materials," Liq. Cryst. 28, 489-494 (2001).
C.-K. Lee, A. Primak, A. Jakli, E.-J. Choi, W.-C. Zin, L.-C. Chien, "Ferroelectric Smectic Meso-phase Formed by Banana-shaped Achiral Liquid Crystals," Liq. Cryst. 28, 1293-1299 (2001).
K. Wang, A. Jakli, H. Li, Y. Yang, J. Wen, "Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properites of Resorcyl di[4-(4-alkoxy-2,3-difluorophenyl)ethynyl]benzoate: A Novel Achiral Antiferroelectric Banana-shaped Mesogen," Liq. Cryst. 28, 1705-1708 (2001).
A. Jakli, L.-C. Chien, D. Kruerke, H. Sawade, G. Heppke, "Light Shutters from Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals of Bent-shaped Molecules," Liq. Cryst. 29, 377-381 (2002).

Jack Kelly - Modeling
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T. Sergan, T. Schneider, J. Kelly, O.D. Lavrentovich, "Polarizing-Alignment Layers for Twisted Nematic Cells," Liq. Cryst. 27, 567-572 (2000).
W. Liu and J.R. Kelly, "Multidimensional Modeling of Liquid Crystal Optics Using Ray-Tracing Technique," Submitted to SID 2000.
T. Sergan, M. Sonpatki, J. Kelly, L.-C. Chien, "Optical Characterization of Discotic Liquid Crystalline Films," Submitted to SID 2000.
T. Sergan, M. Sonpatki, J. Kelly, L.-C. Chien, "Polarizing Microscopy of a Chiral Discotic," Submited to SID 2000.
M.M. Sonpatki, T. Sergan, J. Kelly, L.C. Chien, "Anisotropic Photo-polymerization and Fluorescence Study of Discotic Materials," Macromol. Symp. 154, 83-93 (2000).
T. Sergan, M. Sonpatki, J. Kelly, L.-C. Chien, "Photo-Polymerized Discotic Films for Viewing Quality Improvement of Liquid Crystal Displays," SID 00 Digest, 1091-1093 (2000).
T. Sergan, J. Kelly, "Negative Uniaxial Films from Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Material for Liquid Crystal Display Applications," Liq. Cryst. 27, 1481-1484 (2000).
C.M. Titus, J.R. Kelly, E.C. Gartland, S.V. Shiyanovskii, J.A. Anderson, P.J. Bos, "Asymmetric Transmissive Behavior of Liquid-Crystal Diffraction Gratings," Opt. Lett. 26, 1188-1190 (2001).
B. Wang, J.E. Anderson, C.D. Hoke, P.J. Bos, "Director Field Transitions in Bistable Twisted Nematic Devices," IMID '01 Digest, 54-57 (2001).
O. Yaroschuk, T. Sergan, J. Lindau, S.N. Lee, J. Kelly, L.-C. Chien, "Light Induced Structures in Liquid Crystalline Side-Chain Polymers with Azobenzene Functional Groups," J. Chem .Phys. 114, 5330-5337 (2001).
W. Liu, J. Kelly, "Optical Properties of a Switchable Diffraction Grating," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 358, 199-208 (2001).
O. Yaroshchuk, T. Sergan, J. Kelly, "Ellipsometry Studies of 3D Orientational Structures in Thin Liquid Crystal Layers," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 367, 143-150 (2001).
O. Yaroshchuk, T. Sergan, J. Kelly, I. Gerus, "Spatial Anisotropy in Poly(vinylcinnamate) Films," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 41, 285-289 (2002).

Satyendra Kumar - Structure and Phase Transition

A.D. Schwab, D.M.G. Agra, J.-H. Kim, S. Kumar, A. Dhinojwala, "Surface Dynamice in Rubbed Polymer Thin Films Probed with Optical Birefringence Measurements," Macromol. 33, 4903-4909 (2000).
T. Qian, J.-H. Kim, S. Kumar, P.L. Taylor, "Phase-separate Composite films: Experiment and Theory," Phys. Rev. E 61, 4007-4010 (2000).
D.M.G. Agra, A.D. Schwab, J.-H. Kim, S. Kumar, A. Dhinojwala, "Relaxation Dynamics of Rubbed Polystyrene Thin Films," Europhys. Lett. 51, 655-660 (2000).
Q. Wang, H. Choi, B.R. Acharya, V. Vorflusev, J.-H. Kim, S. Kumar, "Phase Separated Composite Film Based LC Devices with and without Alignment Layers," IMID '01 Digest, 7-16 (2001). (Best paper award)
J.-H. Kim, Y.-J. Seo, B.R. Acharya, D.M. Agra, S. Kumar, "Thermal Stability of LC Alignment Layers Prepared by UV Exposure During Imidization of Polyimide," IMID '01 Digest, 83-86 (2001).
J.-H. Kim, B.R. Acharya, D.M. Agra, S. Kumar, "Thermal Stability of Liquid Crystal Alignment Layers Prepared by In-Situ Ultra-Violet Exposure during Imidization of Polyimide," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 40, 2381-2386 (2001).
A. Primak, M. Fisch, S. Kumar, "Critical Behavior at the Nematic-to-Smectic-A Transition in a Strong Magnetic Field," Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 035701-1 - 035701-4 (2002).

Oleg Lavrentovich - Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals
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I.I. Smalyukh, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, "Three-dimensional Imaging of Orientational Order by Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy," Chem. Phys. Lett. 336, 88-96 (2001).
S.V. Shiyanovskii, A. Glushchenko, Yu. Reznikov, O.D. Lavrentovich, J.L. West, "Tensor and Complex Anchoring in Liquid Crystals," Phys. Rev. E 62, R1477-R1480 (2000).
D. Voloschenko and O.D. Lavrentovich, "Optical Vortices Generated by Dislocations in a Cholesteric Liquid Crystal," Opt. Lett. 25, 317-319 (2000).
B. Zalar, O.D. Lavrentovich, H. Zeng, D. Finotello, "Deuteron NMR Investigation of a Photomechanical Effect in a Smectic-A Liquid Crystal," Phys. Rev. E 62, 2252-2262 (2000).
T. Schneider, O.D. Lavrentovich, "Self-Assembled Monolayers and Multilayered Stacks of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystalline Dyes with In-Plane Orientational Order," Langmuir 16, 5227-5230 (2000).
M. Kleman, O.D. Lavrentovich, "Grain Boundaries and the Law of Corresponding Cones in Smectics," Eur. Phys. J. E 2, 47-57 (2000).
O.D. Lavrentovich, M. Kleman, "Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Defects and Topology," in Chirality in Liquid Crystals, Ch. Bahr and H.-S. Kitzerow, eds., Springer-Verlag: New York, pp. 115-155 (2000).
T. Ishikawa, O.D. Lavrentovich, "Undulations in a Confined Lamellar System with Surface Anchoring," Phys. Rev. E 63, 030501-1 - 030501-4 (2001).
T. Schneider, A. Smith, O.D. Lavrentovich, "Imaging Oriented Aggregates of Lyotropic Chromonic Mesogenic Dyes by Atomic Force Microscopy," Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. 636, D11.8.1-D11.8.5 (2001).
S.V. Shiyanovskii, I.I. Smalyukh, O.D. Lavrentovich, "Computer Simulations and Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy of Structures in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals," in Defects in Liquid Crystals: Computer Simulations, Theory and Experiments, O.D. Lavrentovich, et al., Eds., pp. 229-270, Academic Publishers: The Netherlands (2001).
T. Ishikawa, O.D. Lavrentovich, "Defects and Undulation in Layered Liquid Crystals," in Defects in Liquid Crystals: Computer Simulations, Theory and Experiments, O.D. Lavrentovich, et al., Eds., pp. 271-301, Academic Publishers: The Netherlands (2001).

Mary Neubert - Liquid Crystal Systhesis
Link to Archived Publications

D.R. Link, L. Radzihovsky, G. Natale, J.E. Maclennan, N.A. Clark, M. Walsh, S.S. Keast, M.E. Neubert, "Ring-Pattern Dynamics in Smectic-C* and Smectic-C*A Freely Suspended Liquid Crystal Films," Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5772-5775 (2000).
S.-T. Wu, M.E. Neubert, S.S. Keast, D.G. Abdallah, S.N. Lee, M.E. Walsh, T.A. Dorschner, "Wide Nematic Range Alkenyl Diphenyldiacetylene Liquid Crystals," Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 957-959 (2000).
R.A. Shenoy, M.E. Neubert, D.G. Abdallah Jr., S.S. Keast, R.G. Petschek, "Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properties of 4-alkylamino-4'-substituted Diphenyldiacetylenes," Liq. Crystals 27, 801-812 (2000).
S. Zhang, X.-Y. Wang, T.Z. Qian, M.P. Mahajan, S.S. Keast, M.E.Neubert, P.L. Taylor, C. Rosenblatt, "Ultrafast, Electric Field-Induced Fingers in an Anticlinic Liquid Crystal," Liq. Cryst. 27, 249-253 (2000).
B. Wen, S. Zhang, S.S. Keast, M.E. Neubert, P.L. Taylor, C. Rosenblatt, "Freedericksz Transition in an Anticlinic Liquid Crystal," Phys. Rev. E 62, 8152-8158 (2000).
S. Zhang, S. S. Keast, M.E. Neubert, R.G. Petschek, C. Rosenblatt, "Electric Field-Induced Acoustic-Optic Mode Coupling in an Anticlinic Liquid Crystal," Phys. Rev. E 62, R5911-R5914 (2000).
H. Sun, F. Roussel, W.S. Cheung, B.M. Fung, S.S. Keast, M. Lohman, J. Kim, M.E. Neubert, "Liquid crystal Mixtures for Potential Infrared Applications," Liq. Cryst. 28, 1483-1486 (2001).

Peter Palffy-Muhoray - Optics of Liquid Crystals
Link to Archived Publications

P. Fast, L. Kondic, M.J. Shelley, P. Palffy-Muhoray, "Pattern Formation in Non-Newtonian Hele-Shaw Flow," Phys. Fluids 13 1191-1212 (2001).
A. Munoz, P. Palffy-Muhoray, B. Taheri, "Ultraviolet Lasing in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals," Opt. Lett. 26, 804-806 (2001).
H. Yuan, P. Pallfy-Muhoray, "Waveguide Based Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays," Submitted to SID 2000.
H. Yuan, W. E, P. Palffy-Muhoray, "Analytical Solution of Maxwell's Equations in Lossy and Optically Active Crystals," Phys. Rev. E 61, 3264-3266 (2000).
P. Palffy-Muhoray, A. Munoz, B. Taheri, R. Twieg, "Lasing in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals," SID 00 Digest, 1170-1173 (2000).
H. Yuan, P. Palffy-Muhoray, "Waveguide Based Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays," SID 00 Digest, 814-817 (2000).
T. Kosa, W. E, P. Palffy-Muhoray, "Brownian Motors in the Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals," Intnl. J. Eng. Sci. 38, 1077-1084 (2000).
H. Finkelmann, S.T. Kim, A. Munoz, P. Palffy-Muhoray, B. Taheri, "Tunable Mirrorles Lasing in Cholesteric Liquid Crystlaline Elastomers," Adv. Mat. 13, 1069-1072 (2001).
E. Alvarez, M. He, A.F. Munoz, P. Palffy-Muhoray, S.V. Serak, B. Taheri, R. Twieg, "Mirrorless Lasing and Energy Transfer in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Doped with Laser Dyes," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 369, 75-82 (2001).
B. Taheri, A.F. Munoz, P. Palffy-Muhoray, R. Twieg, "Low Threshold Lasing in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 358, 73-82 (2001).
H. Yuan, W. E, P. Palffy-Muhoray, "Optical Eigenmodes in General Linear Optical Media," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 358, 311-319 (2001).
M. Copic, T. Kósa, P. Palffy-Muhoray, "Absorptive Dynamic Diffraction Gratings in a Dye-Doped Nematic Liquid Crystal," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 359, 97-106 (2001).

Samuel N. Sprunt - Optical Studies

S.N. Lee, S. Sprunt, L.-C. Chien, "Morphology-Dependent Switching of Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric Gratings," Liq. Cryst. 28, 637-641 (2001).
S.W. Kang, S. Sprunt, L.C. Chien, "Structure and Morphology of Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric Diffraction Gratings," Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 3516-3518 (2000).
S.-W. Kang, S. Sprunt, L.-C. Chien, "Ordered Polymer Microstructures Obtained Using Pattern Forming States of a Cholesteric Liquid Crystal as Templates," Adv. Mater. 13, 1179-1182 (2001).
D. Konovalov, H.T. Nguyen, M. Copic, S. Sprunt, "Structural Properties of the Ferrielectric Phases of a Chiral Liquid Crystal Revealed by Dynamic Light Scattering," Phys. Rev. E 64, 010704-1 - 010704-4 (2001).
S.W. Kang, S. Sprunt, L.-C. Chien, "A Novel Polymer Patterning Method based on Pattern Forming States of Liquid Crystals as Templates," MRS Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 709, CC6.3 (2002).
S.W. Kang, S. Sprunt, L.-C. Chien, "Electrically Switchable Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric Diffraction Gratings," Proc. SPIE 4279, 78-82 (2001). Invited
S.W. Kang, S.N. Sprunt, L.-C. Chien, "Multi-Dimensional Polymer Microstructures Obtained Using Pattern-Forming States of Cholesteric Liquid Crystals as Templates," Polymer Preprints 42, 581-582 (2001).

Robert J. Twieg - Synthesis

A. Galvan-Gonzalez, K.D. Belfield, G.I. Stegeman, M. Canva, K.-P. Chan, K. Park, L. Sukhomlinova, R.J. Twieg, "Photostability Enhancement of an Azobenzene Photonic Polymer," Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 2083-2085 (2000).
W.G. Jang, R. Sun, R.J. Twieg, D.-K. Yang, "Dichroic Dye-Doped Bistable Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric-Texture Light Valve," SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers 8, 73-77 (2000).

John West - Liquid Crystal Display Applications
Link to Archived Publications

E.Y. Park, B. Taheri, J.L. West and P. Palffy-Muhoray, "Surface Induced Polymer Walls and Islands Using a Polymer/Liquid Crystal Mixture," accepted by SID 2000.
K. Ha, J.L. West, "Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of the Thermal Stability of Alignment Layers of Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Films for Liquid Crystal Alignment," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 339, 125-137 (2000).
D. Andrienko, Y. Kurioz, M. Nishikawa, Y. Reznikov, J.L. West, "Control of the Anchoring Energy of Rubbed Polyimide Layers by Irradiation with Depolarized UV-Light," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 39, 1217-1220 (2000).
E. Ouskova, D. Fedorenko, Yu. Reznikov, S.V. Shiyanovskii, L. Su, J.L. West, O.V. Kuksenok, O. Francescangeli, F. Simoni, "Hidden Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals in the Isotropic Phase," Phys. Rev. E 63, 21701 (2001).
L. Su, J.L. West, Y. Reznikov, K. Artyushkova, J.E. Fulghum, "XPSCharacterization of Photo-Alignment Using Adsorbed Dichroic Materials," SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers, 1166-1169 (2001).
J.L. West, G.R. Novotny, M.R. Fisch, D. Heineman, "New Techniques for Fabrication of Flexible Plastic LCD's," Proc. Intnl. Mtg. On Information Display (2001).
J.L. West, G.R. Novotny, M.R. Fisch, D. Heineman, "New Techniques for Fabrication of Flexible Plastic LCDs," IMID '01 Digest, 3-6 (2001).
John L. West, Greg R. Novotny, Michael R. Fisch, David Heineman, "New Techniques for Fabrication of Flexible Plastic LCDs," J. Info. Display 2, 15-18 (2001).
E. Ouskova, Yu. Reznikov, S.V. Shiyanovskii, L. Su, J.L. West, O.V. Kuksenok, O. Francescangeli, F. Simoni, "Photo-orientation of Liquid Crystals Due to Light-induced Desportion and Adsorption of Dye Molecules on an Aligning Surface," Phys. Rev. E 64, 051709-1 - 051709-5 (2001).
N.J. Diorio Jr., M.R. Fisch, J.L. West, "Filled Liquid Crystal Depolarizers," J. Appl. Phys. 90, 3675-3678 (2001).
J.L. West, L. Su, Y. Reznikov, "Photo-Alignment using Adsorbed Dichroic Molecules," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 364, 199-210 (2001).
N.J. Diorio Jr., M.R. Fisch, J.L. West, "The Electro-Optic Properties of Colloidal Silica Filled Nematics," Liq. Cryst. 29, 589-596 (2002).
O. Buluy, E. Ouskova, Yu. Reznikov, A. Glushchenko, J. West, V. Reshetnyak, "Magnetically Induced Alignment of Ferro-Nematic Suspension on PVCN-F Layer," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 375, 81-87 (2002).

Deng-Ke Yang - Electro-optics of Liquid Crystals
Link to Archived Publications

X. Mi, D.K. Yang, "Ionic Effects in Bistable Reflective Cholesteric Liquid Crystals," Accepted by SID 2000.
R.-Q. Ma, D.-K. Yang, "Fréedericksz Transition in Polymer-Stabilized Nematic Liquid Crystals," Phys. Rev. E 61, 1567-1573 (2000).
X.-D. Mi, D.-K. Yang, "Ionic Effects in Bistable Reflective Cholesteric Liquid Crystals," SID 00 Digest, 823-825 (2000).
R.-P. Sun, D.-K. Yang, "Fast Drive Scheme for Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Texture Display," SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers, 34-37 (2000).

Other Personnel

D. Harrison, M.R. Fisch, "Robust Liquid Crystal Droplets," Liq. Cryst. 27, 737-742 (2000).
S.G. Lukishova, "Nonlinear Optical Response of Cyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystals to High-Power, Nanosecond Laser Radiation," J. Nonlinear Opt. Phys. & Mat. 9, 365-411 (2000).
J.S. Collura, D.E. Harrison, C.J. Richards, T.K. Kole, M.R. Fisch, "The Effects of Concentration, Pressure, and Temperature on the Diffusion Coefficient and Correlation Length of SDS Micelles," J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 4846-4852 (2001).

Case Western Reserve University

William L. Gordon - Education Outreach

Steven D. Hudson - Morphology

Alexander M. Jamieson - Physical Characterization

P.-Y. Liu, A.M. Jamieson, N. Yao, "Twist Viscosity of a Side-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Polysiloxane Dissolved in a Tumbling Nematic Solvent," Macromol. 33, 1692-1697 (2000).
N. Yao, A.M. Jamieson, "Rheological Behavior of Dilute Solutions of a Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polysiloxane in 4,4'-n-octylcyanobiphenyl," Rheol. Acta 39, 338-345 (2000).
Y.-C. Chiang, A.M. Jamieson, "Electrorheological Determination of the Leslie Viscosity Coefficient (a2) of a Main-Chain Liquid Crystal Polymer in a Nematic Solvent," Rheol. Acta 38, 268-273 (2000).
Y.-C. Chiang, A.M. Jamieson, S. Campbell, T.H. Tong, N. D'Sidocky, L.C. Chien, M. Kawasumi, V. Percec, "Electro-rheological Behavior of Liquid Crystal Polymers (LCPs) Dissolved in a Nematic Solvent: Dependence on Temperature and LCP Structure," Polymer 41, 4127-4135 (2000).
N. Yao, A.M. Jamieson, "Synthesis and Solution Properties of Cholesterol End-Capped Poly(ethylene glycol)," Polymer 41, 2925-2930 (2000).

Jack L. Koenig - NMR and FTIR Analysis

R. Bhargava, B.G. Wall, J.L. Koenig, "Comparison of the FT-IR Mapping and Imaging Techniques Applied to Polymeric Systems," Appl. Specstroscopy 54, 470-479 (2000).
R. Bhargava, S.-Q. Wang, J.L. Koenig, "Route to Higher Fidelity FT-IR Imaging," Appl. Specstroscopy 54, 486-495 (2000).
C.M. Snively, J.L. Koenig, "Structure/Property Relationships in nematic Liquid Crystal/Polymer Alignment layer Interactions," J. Mol. Structure 521, 121-126 (2000).
J.L. Koenig, S.-Q. Wang, R. Bhargava, "FTIR Imaging of Phase-Separated Polymeric Systems," Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. No 165: Symposium 1, pp. 43-44 (2000).
K. Artyushkova, B. Wall, J. Koenig, J.E. Fulghum, "Correlative Spectroscopic Imaging: XPS and FT-IR Studies of PVD/PMMA Polymer Blends," Appl. Spectrosc. 54, 1549-1558 (2000).
R. Bhargava, S.-Q. Wang, J.L. Koenig, "Processing FT-IR Imaging Data for Morphology Visualization," Appl. Spectrosc. 54, 1690-1706 (2000).
T. Ribar, R. Bhargava, J.L. Koenig, "FT-IR Imaging of Polymer Dissolution by Solvent Mixtures. 1. Solvents," Macromolecules 33, 8842-8849 (2000).
J.L. Koenig, S.-Q. Wang, R. Bhargava, "FTIR Images," Analytical Chem. 73, 360A-369A (2001).
K. Artyushkova, B. Wall, J.L. Koenig, J.E. Fulghum, "Direct Correlation of XPS and FTIR Spectra and Images from PVD/PMMA Polymer Blends,"
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 19, 2791-2799 (2001).
D. Wade Rafferty, J.L. Koenig, G. Magyar, J.L. West, "Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging of Nematic Liquid Crystals," Appl. Spectroscopy 56, 284-287 (2002).
T. Ribar, J.L. Koenig, R. Bhargava, "FTIR Imaging of Polymer Dissolution. 2. Solvent/Nonsolvent Mixtures," Macromol. 34, 8340-8346 (2001).
B.A. Miller-Chou, J.L. Koenig, "FT-IR Imaging of Polymer Dissolution by Solvent Mixtures. 3. Entangled Polymer Chains with Solvents," Macromol. 35, 440-444 (2002).

Jerome B. Lando - Langmuir-Blodgett Films

J. Adin Mann - Planar Liquid Crystal/Substrate Interfaces

Rolfe Petschek - Theory and Structure Property Relationships

V. Ostroverkhov, R.G. Petschek, K.D. Singer, L. Sukhomlinova, R.J. Twieg, S.-X. Wang, L.-C. Chien, "Measurements of the Hyperpolarizability Tensor by Means of Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 1531-1542 (2000).
V. Ostroverkhov, O. Ostroverkhova, R.G. Petschek, K.D. Singer, L. Sukhomlinova, R.J. Twieg, S.-X. Wang, L.C. Chien, "Optimization of the Molecular Hyperpolarizability for Second Harmonic Generation in Chiral Media," Chem. Phys. 257, 263-274 (2000).
V. Ostroverkhov, R.G. Petschek, K.D. Singer, L. Sukhomlinova, R.J. Twieg, S.-X. Wang, L.-C. Chien, "Measurements of the Hyperpolarizability Tensor by Means of Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 1531-1542 (2000).
V. Ostroverkhov, R.G. Petschek, K.D. Singer, R.J. Twieg, "Lambda-like Chromophores for Chiral Non-linear Optical Materials," Chem. Phys. Lett. 340, 109-115 (2001).
V. Ostroverkhov, O. Ostroverkhova, R.G. Petschek, K.D. Singer, L. Sukhomlinova, R.J. Twieg, "Prospects for Chiral Nonlinear Optical Media," IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 7, 781-792 (2001). Invited
B. Wen, R.G. Petschek, C. Rosenblatt, "Nematic Liquid-Crystal Polarization Gratings by Modification of Surface Alignment," Appl. Optics 41, 1246-1250 (2002).

Charles Rosenblatt - Phase Transitions, Magnetic and Electric Field Effects

M.R. Dodge, C. Rosenblatt, R.G. Petschek, M.E. Neubert, M.E. Walsh, "Bend Elasticity of Mixtures of V-shaped Molecules in Ordinary Nematogens," Phys. Rev. E 62, 5056-5063 (2000).
J.-H. Kim, C. Rosenblatt, "Temperature Effect on a Rubbed Polyimide Alignment Layer," J. Appl. Phys. 87, 155-158 (2000).
B. Wen, M.P. Mahajan, C. Rosenblatt, "Ultrahigh-Resolution Liquid Crystal Display with Gray Scale," Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 1240-1242 (2000).
B. Wen, C. Rosenblatt, "Planar Nematic Anchoring Due to a Periodic Surface Potential," J. Appl. Phys. 89, 4747-4751 (2001).
G.P. Sinha, W. Bing, C. Rosenblatt, "Large Continuously Controllable Nematic Pretilt from Vertical Orientation," Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 2543 (2001).

Donald E. Schuele - Characterization

T. Srikhirin, D.E. Schuele, J.A. Mann, J.B. Lando, "Application of Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy to Ultrathin Langmuir-Blodgett Films," Macromol. 33, 2584-2594 (2000).

Kenneth D. Singer - Nonlinear Optical Measurements

Y. Reznikov, O. Ostroverkhova, K.D. Singer, J.-H. Kim, S. Kumar, O. Lavrentovich, B. Wang, J.L. West, "Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals by Liquid Crystals," Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1930-1933 (2000).
J. Zhang, V. Ostroverkhov, K.D. Singer, V. Reshetnyak, Yu. Reznikov, "Electrically Controlled Surface Diffraction Gratings in Nematic Liquid Crystals," Opt. Lett. 25, 414-416 (2000).
S. Wang, K.D. Singer, R.G. Petschek, S. Wang, L.-C. Chien, "Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Chiral Chromophores for Nonlinear Optical Applications," in Optical Polymers: Fibers and Waveguides, J.P. Harmon, G.K. Noren, Eds., Chapter 6, pp. 77-89, ACS Symposium Series, Oxford University Press (2001).
S. Wang, K.D. Singer, R.G. Petschek, S. Huang, L.-C. Chien, "Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Chiral Chromophores for Nonlinear Optical Applications," in Optical Polymers: Fibers and Waveguides, J.P. Harmon and G.K. Noren, eds., Ch. 6, ACS Symposium Series 795, Washington DC (2001).
V. Boichuk, S. Kucheev, J. Parka, V. Reshetnyak, Y. Reznikov, I. Shiyanovskaya, K.D. Singer, S. Slussarenko, "Surface-Mediated Light-Controlled Freedericksz Transition in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell," J. Appl. Phys. 90, 5963-5967 (2001).
V. Ostroverkhov, K.D. Singer, R.G. Petschek, "Second-order Nonlinear Optical Processes in Non-polar Chiral Materials: Relationship Between Molecular and Macroscopic Properties," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 18, 1858-1865 (2001).

Philip L. Taylor - Structure and Finite-Size Effects

The University of Akron

Stephen Z.D. Cheng

C.Y. Li, S.Z.D. Cheng, X. Weng, J.J. Ge, F. Bai, J.Z. Zhang, B.H. Calhoun, F.W. Harris, L.-C. Chien, B. Lotz, "Left or Right, It is a Matter of One Methylene Unit," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 2462-2463 (2001).
R.-Q. Zheng, E.-Q. Chen, S.Z.D. Cheng, F. Xie, D. Yan, T. He, V. Percec, P. Chu, G. Ungar, "Phase Identification in a Series of Liquid Crystalline TPP Polyethers and Copolyethers Having Highly Ordered Mesophase Structures. 8. Phase and Structural Evolution in a Series of Copolyethers Containing Odd-Numbered Methylene Units in Both Comonomers," Macromol. 33, 5159-5168 (2000).
H. Tu, X. Wan, Y. Liu, X. Chen, D. Zhang, Q.-F. Zhou, Z. Shen, J.J. Ge, S. Jin, S.Z.D. Cheng, "Self-Assembly-Induced Supramolecular Hexagonal Columnar Liquid Crystalline Phase Using Laterally Attached Nonmesogenic Templates," Macromolecules 33, 6315-6230 (2000).
G.-H. Kim, C. Pugh, S.Z.D. Cheng, "A New Route to Stabilize the Smectic C Phase in a Series of Laterally Attached Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polynorbornenes with a One-Carbon Spacer," Macromolecules 33, 8983-8991 (2000).
F. Xie, Z. Hu, J. Liu, D. Yan, T. He, B. Wang, R. Zheng, S.Z.D. Cheng, V. Percec, "Molecular and Supramolecular Deformations and Disclinations in a Liquid Crystalline Copolyether Thin Films under an Electrostatic Field," Macromol. Rapid Commun. 22, 396-400 (2001).
G.H. Kim, S. Jin, C. Pugh, S.Z.D. Cheng, "Effect of Numbers of Carbon Spacers on Phase Structures and Transition Behaviors in a Series of Laterally Attached Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polynorbornenes," J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Phys. Ed. 39, 3029-2037 (2001).

Frank W. Harris

J.J. Ge, M. Guo, Z. Zhang, P.S. Honigfort, I.K. Mann, S.-Y. Wang, F.W. Harris, S.Z.D. Cheng, "Phase Structures, Transition Behavkor, and Surface Alignment in Polymers Containing Rigid-Rod Backbones with Flexible Side Chains. 4. Solid-State 13C NMR Studies of Molecular Motions in PEFBPs(n) (n-10 and 11)," Macromol. 33, 3983-3992 (2000).
C.Y. Li, J.J. Ge, F. Bai, B.H. Calhoun, F.W. Harris, S.Z.D. Cheng, L.-C. Chien, B. Lotz, H.D. Keith, "Early-State Formation of Helical Single Crystals and their Confined Growth in Thin Film," Macromol. 34, 3634-3641 (2001).
J.J. Ge, C.Y. Li, G. Xue, I.K. Mann, D. Zhang, S.-Y. Wang, F.W. Harris, S.Z.D. Cheng, S.-C. Hong, X. Zhuang, Y.R. Shen, "Rubbing-Induced Molecular Reorientation on an Alignment Surface of an Aromatic Polyimide Containing Cyanobiphenyl Side Chains," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 5768-5776 (2001).
B.Y. Tang, J.J. Ge, A. Zhang, B. Calhoun, P. Chu, H. Wang, Z. Shen, F.W. Harris, S.Z.D. Cheng, "Liquid Crystalline and Monotropic Phase Behaviors of 2,3,5,6,7,10,11-Hexa(4'- octyloxybenzoyl-oxy)triphenylene Discotic Molecules," Chem. Mater. 13, 78-86 (2001).
J. Ruan, J.J. Ge, A. Zhang, J. Shi, S.-Y. Wang, F.W. Harris, S.Z.D. Cheng, "Polymorphous Structures and Their Phase Relationships in a Main-Chain/Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polyester," Macromol. 35, 736-745 (2002).
S.-C. Hong, M. Oh-e, X. Zhuang, Y.R. Shen, J.J. Ge, F.W. Harris, S.Z.D. Cheng, "Orientations of Side Chains and Adsorbed Liquid Crystal Molecules on a Rubbed Polyimide Surface Studied by Optical Second Harmonic Generation," Phys. Rev. E 63, 051706-1 - 051706-7 (2001).
K.-H. Kim, S. Jang, F.W. Harris, "Synthesis and Characterization of Photosensitive Polyimides for Optical Applications," Macromol. 34, 8925-8933 (2001).

Thein Kyu

D. Nwabunma, H.-W. Chiu, T. Kyu, "Morphology Development and Dynamics of Photopolymerization-Induced Phase Separation in Mixtures of a Nematic Liquid Crystal and Photocuratives," Macromol. 33, 1416-1424 (2000).
D. Nwabunma, H.-W. Chiu, T. Kyu, "Theoretical Investigation on Dynamics of Photopolymerization-induced Phase Separation and Morphology Development in Nematic Liquid Crystal/Polymer Mixtures," J. Chem. Phys. 113, 6249-6436 (2000).
D. Nwabunma, T. Kyu, "Phase Behavior, Photopolymerization and Morphology Development in Mixtures of Eutectic Nematic Liquid Crystal and Photocurable Monomer," Polymer 42, 801-806 (2001).
T. Kyu, H.-W. Chiu "Morphology Development During Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation in a Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal," Polymer 42, 9173-9185 (2001).
T. Kyu, D. Nwabunma, H.-W. Chiu, "Theoretical Simulation of Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid-Crystal Films via Pattern Photopolymerization-Induced Phase Separation," Phys. Rev. E 63, 061802-1 - 061802-8 (2001).
T. Kyu, D. Nwabunma, "Simulations of Microlens Arrays Formed by Pattern-Photopolymerization-Induced Phase Separation of Liquid Crystal/Monomer Mixtures," Macromol. 34, 9168-9172 (2001).

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