Mary E. Neubert Liquid Crystal Institute Kent State University Kent, Ohio 44242 Tel: (330) 672-1545 Fax: (330) 672-2796 mneubert@lci.kent.edu

Emeritus Senior Research Fellow

Neubert received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Rochester in 1968. She returned to Bristol Laboratories in Syracuse, NY as a senior chemist where she had worked previously as a junior chemist. Neubert came to Kent State University as a postdoctoral fellow in 1972 and became a research associate in 1979.

Since Neubert's arrival in Kent she has been designing and synthesizing liquid crystalline materials for researchers in the Liquid Crystal Institute and throughout the world. She has also studied the relationship between molecular structure and liquid crystalline properties. Her research has resulted in over 95 papers in refereed scientific journals. As an adjunct associate professor in the Chemistry Department, Neubert has trained numerous undergraduate students in the art of organic synthesis. She is a recognized expert in the characterization of liquid crystalline phases using hot-stage polarizing microscopy.

Neubert is a member of the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, and the International Liquid Crystal Society.

Liquid Crystal Images

Previous research areas and ALCOM projects
New Materials and Effects
High optical birefringence/dielectric anisotropy - nematic materials
Biaxial nematics
Non-chiral ferroelectrics
Dyes

Representative Publications

• "Synthesis and Characterization of Some Azo-Anil Dyes," M.E. Neubert, S.J. Hummel, J.C. Bhatt, S.S. Keast, A.M. Lackner, J.D. Margerum, and E. Sherman, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 260, 287 (1995).
• "Synthesis of Highly Chiral Multisubstituted Binaphthyl Compounds as Potential New Biaxial Nematic and NLO Materials," J.C. Bhatt, S.S. Keast, M.E. Neubert, and R.G. Petschek, Liq. Cryst. 18, 3, 367 (1995).
• "Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properties of Some Disubstituted Unsymmetrical Phenyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazines," C.M. Hudson, M.E. Neubert, A.M. Lackner, J.D. Margerum, and E. Sherman, Liq. Cryst. 19, 6, 871 (1995).
• "Mesomorphic Properties of 4-[3',4',5'-tri(p-n-Dodecyloxybenzyloxy)]-Benzoyloxy-4'-p-n-
  Dodecyloxybenzyloxybiphenyl," G. Shenouda, Y. Shi, M.E. Neubert, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 257, 209 (1994).
• "Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properties of Some Biphenyl-Phenyl Triesters as Potential Longitudinal Ferroelectrics," S.S. Keast, M.E. Neubert, and R.G. Petschek, Liq. Cryst. 21, 695 (1996).