Liang-Chy Chien Professor Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Liquid Crystal Institute Kent State University Kent OH 44242-0001 Tel: (330) 672-3827; Fax: (330) 672-2796 lcchien@lci.kent.edu

RESEARCH

• Polar Switching from Achiral Banana-Shaped Liquid Crystals
• Helical Polymer “Soft” Crystals from Isoregic Chiral Smectic Polyesters
• Advanced Composite Materials for Liquid Crystal Photoalignment
• Discotic Films for LCDs Viewing Angle Improvement
• Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric Textures
• White Reflective Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric Displays
• Color Reflective Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric Displays
• Polymer-Stabilized Ferroelectric LCs
• Electrically-Switchable Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric Diffraction Gratings