NSF Support for Liquid Crystal Research

Dates Grant Number

Title
Project Director
Support awarded to individuals
1973-74 GH34164X Structures and Properties of Liquid Crystals Brown
1974-77 DMR74-13173 Structure and Properties of Liquid Crystals Brown
1974-76 DMR74-13174 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liquid Crystals Doane
1976-78  ENG76-00046 Adiabatic Calorimetry of Liquid Crystals Andrews
1976-79 DMR76-21363 Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Nematic Systems Saupe
1977-78  DMR76-21339 Orientation of Solute Molecules by Liquid Crystalline Media and the Influence of Chemical Reactions Bacon
1977-79 DMR76-21346 Thermal and Optical Study of Liquid Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions Johnson
1977-79 DMR76-21364 X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Structure of Liquid Crystals deVries
1977-79 DMR76-21365 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liquid Crystals  Doane
1978-80 DMR78-09046 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Superconducting Magnet Facility (Equipment) Doane
1979-82 DMR79-06330 Thermal and Optical Study of Liquid Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions Johnson
1979-82 DMR78-26495 X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Structure of Liquid Crystals deVries
1979-82 DMR79-07789 Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Nematic Systems Saupe
1979-82 DMR79-04393 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liquid Crystals Doane
1980-81 DMR80-00675 High Pressure Liquid Chromatography Facility (Equipment) Johnson
1982-83 DMR82-03773 Thermal and Optical Study of Liquid Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions Johnson
1982-85 DMR82-04342 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liquid Crystals Doane
1982-85 DMR81-15544 Liquid Crystal Synthesis Program Doane
1982-85 DMR82-04340 Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Nematic Systems Saupe
1983-87  DMR82-44461 Thermal and Optical Study of Liquid Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions Johnson
1985-88 DMR85-15221 Liquid Crystal Synthesis Neubert
1985-88 DMR85-12253 Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Nematic Systems Saupe
1985-88 DMR85-03219 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liquid Crystals Doane
1987-91  DMR87-03524 Thermal and Optical Study of Liquid Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions Johnson
1988-90 DMR89-19680 X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Study of Structure and Fluctuation Phenomena in Side-Chain Liquid Crystals Kumar
1989-91 DMR88-17647 Basic Studies of PDLCs Doane
1989-92 DMR88-18561 Liquid Crystal Synthesis Neubert
1989-92  DMR89-03453 Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Nematic Systems Saupe
1991-93 DMS91-07434 Numerical Analysis of Problems in Liquid Crystals and Singular Perturbations Gartland
1992-94 ECS90-20420 Electric Field Response of PDLCs Kelly
1992-95 DMR92-20130 Basic Studies of PDLCs Doane
1993-96 DMS93-10733  Mathematical Analysis of Problems in Liquid Crystals Gartland
1997-01 DMI97-12304 Wire Grid Polarizers for LCDs Kelly
1998-01 DMS98-70420 Numerical Modeling of Problems in Liquid Crystals Gartland
1999-00 DMI99-03655 High Twisting Power Chiral Materials for Nanostructure Bragg Reflective Displays Seed
1999-02 DMR99-04321 Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Commensurate and Incommensurate Structure in Ferrielectric and Twist Grain Boundary Liquid Crystals Sprunt

Support awarded to the Science & Technology Center for
Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM)
1991-02 DMR89-20147 NSF Science and Technology Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (consortium of 3 NE Ohio universities: Kent State, Case Western Reserve, and Akron - 34 principal investigators) Doane/West
 
Educational supplemental support to the ALCOM Center
1992 DMR89-20147-2 Assessment and Development of ALCOM Education Program

Palffy-Muhoray
1994-95 EHR DMR89-20147 Electronic Classroom 

Palffy-Muhoray
1995 EHR DMR89-20147 Real Physics On-line: Experiments and Telemetry via the World Wide Web

Palffy-Muhoray
1998-99 EHR DMR89-20147-12 School Based Remote Experiments on the Web

Palffy-Muhoray 
1997  EHR DMR89-20147 Real Physics On-Line: Interactive Learning via the World Wide Web

Palffy-Muhoray

Supplemental support for International Exchange Programs and International Conferences
1972-76  GF-30031  Yugoslovia/US - Molecular Diffusion in Smectic Liquid Crystals Doane 
1976  DMR-2217 Sixth International Liquid Crystal Conference deVries
1976-81  GF-30032 Yugoslovia/US - NMR Studies of Liquid Crystals  Doane 
1982-84  YOR82-047 Yugoslovia/US - Chiral Liquid Crystals  Doane 
1985-88 INT85-07514 Yugoslovia/US - Composite Liquid Crystals Doane
1976-78  INT76-01318 Poland/US Cooperative Research Doane
1988-91 INT87-21016 Yugoslovia/US Composite Liquid Crystals Doane
1991-95  INT95-457  Slovenia-US Microconfined Liquid Crystals Doane
1993 DMR-9308116 Conference on Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Nonequilibrium Complex Systems Palffy-Muhoray
1994 INT93-11612 Japan/US - Surface Anchoring and Alignment in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals West
1995  DMR95-28953  Conference on Dynamics and Defects of Liquid Crystals Palffy-Muhoray
1996 DMR96-12505 16th International Liquid Crystal Conference Kumar
1996-99  PAN/NSF96-249 Poland-US Investigation of the Influence of Structure Factors on the Stability of Smectic C* and CA Phases in Compounds and Mixtures Neubert
1998-00 DMR89-20147-13 Brazil-US: Nonlinear Optics of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals Palffy-Muhoray
1998-01  INT98-15313 Orientational Phenomena in Homeotropic Liquid Crystal Films: Experiment, Theory and Applications Finotello
1998-01  INT97-26802 Structures and Defects in Lamellar Thermotropic and Lyotropic Soft Matter Systems Lavrentovich
1999-01 DMR89-20147-13  Hungary-US: Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals Palffy-Muhoray
1999-02  DMR89-20147-14 Ukraine/Germany/US - Photo-induced Anisotropy and Liquid Crystal Alignment Properties of Low-molecular-weight Crosslinkable Materials Chien

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