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2009

1.      Preparation of ferroelectric nanoparticles for their use in liquid crystalline colloids
H. Atkuri, G. Cook, D. R. Evans, A. Glushchenko, V. Reshetnyak, Yu. Reznikov, J. West and K. Zhang.  

J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 11, 024006, 2009

2.    Fabrication of Paraelectric Nanocolloidal Liquid Crystals

Hari M. Atkuri, Ke Zhang, John L. West 

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Volume 508, September 2009, pages 183/[545] - 190/[552]

 

3.    High Transmittance Stressed Liquid Crystals In Visible Spectral Range

Hari Atkuri, Ke Zhang, John West, Anatoliy Glushchenko, Victor Reshetnyak

Eurodisplay, XXIX International Display Research Conference, 4.8, pages.  95-97, 2009

 

4.    Monitoring Surfactant in Ferroelectric Colloidal Dispersions

Hari Atkuri, Ke Zhang and John West – in progress

 

2008

5.    Raman Imaging of Nematic and Smectic Liquid Crystals.
Buyuktanir, Ebru A.; Zhang, Ke; Gericke, Arne; West, John L.
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. (2008), 487, 39-51.

 

2007

6.    Raman Imaging of Nematic and Smectic Liquid Crystals.
Buyuktanir, Ebru A.; Zhang, Ke; Gericke, Arne; West, John L.
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. (2008), 487, 39-51.

7.    Orientational coupling amplification in ferroelectric nematic colloids. [Erratum to document cited in CA146:014031].
Li, Fenghua; Buchnev, Oleksandr; Cheon, Chae Il; Glushchenko, Anatoliy; Reshetnyak, Victor; Reznikov, Yuri; Sluckin, Timothy J.; West, John L..
Physical Review Letters (2007), 99(21), 219901/1.

8.    Electro-optic properties of ferroelectric nanoparticle/liquid crystal dispersions.
West, John L.; Li, Fenghua; Zhang, Ke; Atkuri, Hari M.; Glushchenko, Anatoliy V.
SID Digest (2007), 38(Bk. 2), 1090-1092.

9.    Applications of ferroelectric particles/liquid crystal colloids.
Glushchenko, Anatoliy; Cheon, Chae Il; West, John; Reznikov, Yuri.
Proc. SPIE (2007), 6487(Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies II), 64870T/1-64870T/7.

 

2006

10. Ferroelectric Particles in Liquid Crystals: Recent Frontiers.
Glushchenko, Anatoliy; Cheon, Chae Il; West, John; Li, Fenghua; Büyüktanir, Ebru; Reznikov, Yuri; Buchnev, Alexander
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, (2006), 453, 227-237.

11. Orientational coupling amplification in ferroelectric nematic colloids.
Li, Fenghua; Buchnev, Oleksandr; Cheon, Chae Il; Glushchenko, Anatoliy; Reshetnyak, Victor; Reznikov, Yuri; Sluckin, Timothy J.; West, John L.
Physical Review Letters
(2006), 97(14), 147801/1-147801/4.

12. Colloidal particles at a nematic-isotropic interface: effects of confinement.
West, J. L.; Zhang, K.; Glushchenko, A.; Andrienko, D.; Tasinkevych, M.; Reznikov, Y.
European Physical Journal E (2006), 20(2), 237-242.

13. Field-induced polymer wall formation in a bistable smectic-A liquid crystal display. Buyuktanir, Ebru A.; Gheorghiu, Nadina; West, John L.; Mitrokhin, Maxim; Holter, Boerre; Glushchenko, Anatoliy.
Applied Physics Letters (2006), 89(3), 031101/1-031101/3.

14. Patterned field induced polymer walls for smectic A bistable flexible displays. Gheorghiu, N.; West, J. L.; Glushchenko, A. V.; Mitrokhin, M.
Applied Physics Letters (2006), 88(26), 263511/1-263511/3.

15. Ferroelectric nanoparticle/liquid-crystal colloids for display applications.
Li, Fenghua; West, John; Glushchenko, Anatoliy; Cheon, Chae Il; Reznikov, Yuri.
Journal of SID (2006), 14(6), 523-527.

16. Flexible bistable smectic-A polymer dispersed liquid crystal display.
Buyuktanir, Ebru A.; Mitrokhin, Maxim; Holter, Borre; Glushchenko, Anatoliy; West, John L.
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1 (2006), 45(5A), 4146-4151.

17. New non-synthetic method to modify properties of liquid crystals using micro- and nano-particles.
Buchnev, O.; Cheon, C. I.; Glushchenko, A.; Reznikov,Yu.; West, J. L.
Journal of SID, (2006), 13(9), 749-754.

18. Fast multispectral liquid-crystal-on-silicon spatial light modulators.
Zhang, Guoqiang; Glushchenko, Anatoliy; West, John L.; McNeil, John R.; O'Callaghan, Michael J.; Handschy, Mark A.; Lane, Kerry; Gaalema, Stephen D
Proc. of SPIE,
(2006), 6208, 62080T.




2005

19. Ferroelectric particles-liquid crystal dispersions.
Reznikov, Yurii; Buchnev, Oleksandr; Glushchenko, Anatoliy; Reshetnyak, Victor; Tereshchenko, Oleksandr; West, John
Proc. SPIE (2005), 5741, 171-179.

20. A model of stressed liquid crystals: close-packed, shaped liquid crystal droplets inside a sheared polymer matrix.
Zhang, Guoqiang; Glushchenko, Anatoliy; West, John L.; Smalyukh, Ivan; Lavrentovich, Oleg.
Proceedings of SPIE (2005), 5936(Liquid Crystals IX), 593615/1-593615/9.

21. Stressed liquid crystals for fast photonic applications.
West, John L.; Glushchenko, Anatoliy V.; Reznikov, Yurii; Zhang, Matt.
Abstracts of Papers, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, March 13-17, 2005, PMSE-147.

22. Stressed liquid crystals for fast photonic applications.
West, John; Glushchenko, Anatolly; Reznikov, Yurii; Zhang, Matt.
PMSE Preprints (2005), 92 246.

23. Stressed liquid-crystal optical phased array for fast tip-tilt wavefront correction.
Wang Bin; Zhang Guoqiang; Glushchenko Anatoliy; West John L; Bos Philip J; McManamon Paul F.
Applied optics (2005), 44(36), 7754-9.

24. Ferroelectric Particle/Liquid Crystals Dispersions for Display Applications.
West, John; Glushchenko, Anatolity; Cheon, Chae Il; Reznikov, Yuri; Li, Fenghua;
Proc Int Disp Workshops (2005), 12(1), 17-20.

25. Stressed liquid crystals and their application
John L. West, Ke Zhang, Matt Zhang, Ebru Buyuktanir, and Anatoliy V. Glushchenko
Proc. SPIE, 5936, 59360L, 2005

26. Shearing effects of stressed liquid crystals with various liquid crystal domain sizes
Guoqiang Zhang, John L. West, Anatoliy Glushchenko, Ivan Smalyukh, and Oleg Lavrentovich,
Proceedings of SID - The International Society for Informational Displays, 2005.

27. Electro-optics of Liquid Crystals Doped with Ferroelectric Nano-powder
C.I. Cheon, L. Li, A. Glushchenko and J.L. West, Yuri Reznikov, J.S. Kim, and D.H. Kim
Proceedings of SID - The International Society for Informational Displays, 2005.

28. Flexible Bistable Smectic-A LCD Based on PDLC
Ebru A. Büyüktanir, Anatoliy Glushchenko, Bentley Wall, John L. West, Maxim Mitrokhin, Bĝrre Holter
Proceedings of SID - The International Society for Informational Displays, 2005.

29. Fast Birefringent Mode of Stressed Liquid Crystal.
John L. West, Guoqiang Zhang, Yurii Reznikov, Anatoliy Glushchenko
Appl. Phys. Lett., 86, 031111, 2005

30. Stressed Liquid Crystals
John West, Ke Zhang, Matt Zhang, Toshihiro Aoki, Anatoliy Glushchenko.
Proc. SPIE, 5741, 10, 2005

31. Liquid crystals as a tool for forming photonic crystals
John West, Ke Zhang, Yuri Reznikov, Denis Andrienko, Anatoliy Glushchenko.
Proc. SPIE, 5733, 10, 2005.

32. Diluted suspensions of submicron ferroelectric particles in liquid crystals
Yu. Reznikov, O. Buluy, O. Tereshchenko, Anatoliy Glushchenko, John West.
Proc. SPIE, 5741, p. 26, 2005.



2004

33. Control of liquid crystal pretilt angles by chemical derivatization reaction of polyvinyl alcohol films
Kiryong Ha, John West
Liquid Crystals, 31(6), 753-757, 2004,

34. Drag of Micro-Particles by an Extended Nematic-Isotropic Interface
John West, Ke Zhang, Anatoliy Glushchenko, Yuri Reznikov, Denis Andrienko
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 422, 73-82, 2004.

35. Study of ion beam alignment of liquid crystals on polymer substrates
Julia E. Fulghum, Linli Su, Kateryna Artyushkova, John L. West, Yuri Reznikov,
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 412, 361-368, 2004.

36. Mechanism of formation of three dimensional structures of particles in a liquid crystal
John L. West, Ke Zhang, Guangxun Liao, Anatoliy V. Glushchenko, Yuri Reznikov, Denis Andrienko, Michael P Allen
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 410, 611-621, 2004.

37. Ordered Micro-Particle Structures in a Liquid Crystal: Formation and Physical Properties
Ke Zhang, Anatoliy Glushchenko, John L. West.
Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 817 (New Materials for Microphotonics), 2004.




2003

38. Ferroelectric Nematic Suspension
Yurii Reznikov, Olexander Buchnev, Olexander Tereshchenko, Victor Reshetnyak, Anatoliy Glushchenko and John West
Appl. Phys. Lett., 82,1917-1919, 2003

39. Stressed Liquid Crystals for Electrically Controlled Fast Shift of Phase Retardation
John L. West1 , Guoqiang Zhang, and Anatoliy Glushchenko
SID 03 Digest, 55, 1, 2003

40. Control of Morphology of Nanoparticles – Liquid Crystal Colloids
John L. West, Ke Zhang, Anatoliy Glushchenko
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 776, 193 2003





2002

41. Organic thin-film transistor-driven polymer-dispersed liquid crystal displays on flexible polymeric substrates
C. D. Sheraw, L. Zhou, J. R. Huang, D. J. Gundlach, and T. N. Jackson, M. G. Kane, I. G. Hill, M. S. Hammond, J. Campi, and B. K. Greening, J. Francl and J. West
Appl. Phys. Lett., 80(6), 1088-1090, 2002

42. Studies on the Photodegradation of Polarized UV-exposed PMDA–ODA Polyimide Films
Ha, KiRyong; West, John L.
J. Appl. Phys. Sci., 86(12), 3072 - 3077, 2002

43. Drag on Particles in a Nematic Suspension by a Moving Nematic-Isotropic Interface
John L. West, Anatoliy Glushchenko, Guangxun Liao, Yuriy Reznikov, Denis Andrienko, Michael P. Allen
Phys. Rev. E, 66, 012702, 2002

44. FT-IR Imaging of Patterned Photocrosslinkable Poly(vinyl cinnamate)
Denise .Wade Rafferty ; Jack L. Koenig ; Gregory Magyar ; John L West
Applied Spectroscopy, 56(2), 1549-1551, 2002

45. Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging of Nematic Liquid Crystals
Denise Wade Rafferty, Jack L. Koenig, Gregory Magyar, and John L. West
Applied Spectroscopy, 56(3), 284-287, 2002

46. The electro-optic properties of colloidal silica filled nematics
N. J. Diorio Jr., M. R. Fisch* and J. L. West
Liquid Crystals, 29(4), 589-596, 2002

47. Non-monotonic exposure dependence of the pretilt angle and surface polarity of the photo-orientant F-PVCN
L. Bugayova, I. Gerus, A.
Glushchenko, A. Dyadyusha, Yu. Kurioz, V.Reshetnyak , Yu.Reznikov and J. West
Liquid Crystals, 29(2), 209-212, 2002

48. Magnetically Induced Alignment of Ferro-Nematic Suspension on PVCN-F Layer
O.Buluy, E.Ouskova, Yu.Reznikov, A.Glushchenko, J.West, V.Reshetnyak
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 375, 81-87, 2002

49. Orientation of Nematic Liquid Crystals on Random Anchoring Surface
N. Aryasova, A. Iljin, V. Reshetnyak, Yu. Rezniov, A. Glushchenko, J. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 375, 165-173, 2002

50. Study of Ion Beam Alignment of Liquid Crystals on Polymer Substrate
John L. West, Linli Su, Kateryna Artyushkova, Jabari Farrar, Julia E. Fulghum
SID 02 Digest, 48, 1102-1105, 2002

51. Flexible Plastic Liquid Crystal Displays
John L. West, Greg R. Novotny, Michel R. Fisch, David Heineman
Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 709, 45-53, 2002

52. Magnetically induced alignment of FNS
O.Buluy, E.Ouskova, Yu.Reznikov, A.Glushchenko, J.West, V.Reshetnyak
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 252, 159–161, 2002

53. Mechanism of Formation of Three Dimensional Structures of Particles in a Liquid Crystal
John L. West, Ke Zhang, Guangxun Liao, Yuri Reznikov, Denis Andrienko, Anatoliy V. Glushchenko
J. Info. Disp., 3, 18-23, 2002

54. Electrically Controlled Transparency of Salted Liquid Crystal
O. Buchnev, A. Glushchenko, G. Puchkovskaya,
Yu. Reznikov, O. Tkachenko and J. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 375, 73-79, 2002




2001

55. New Techniques for Fabrication of Flexible Plastic LCDs
J.L. West, G.R. Novotny, M.R. Fisch and D. Heineman
Proc. IMID '01, 3-6, 2001

56. Filled Liquid Crystal Depolarizers
Nicholas J. Diorio, Jr., Michael R. Fisch, and John L. West
J. Appl. Phys., 90, 3675-3677, 2001

57. Photo-orientation of Liquid Crystals due to Light-induced Desorption and
Adsorption of Dye Molecules on an Aligning Surface

E. Ouskova, Yu. Reznikov, S.V. Shiyanovskii, L. Su, J.L. West, O.V. Kuksenok, O. Francescangeli, F. Simoni
Phys. Rev. E, 64, 051709, 2001

58. Infrared Dichroism Studies on Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Alignment Layers for LCDs
K. Ha, W.S. Kim, I. Kim, K.-C. Kim, S.-W. Kang and J.L. West
Proc. IMID '01
, 79-82, 2001

59. Liquid Crystal Photoalignment on Azo-Dye Layers
L. Su, B. Wang, J. West and Yu. Reznikov
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 359, 147-155, 2001

60. AMLCDs Using Organic Thin-Film Transistors on Polyester Substrates
M.G. Kane, I.G. Hill, J. Campi, M.S. Hammond, B. Greening, C.D. Sheraw, J.A. Nicholds, D.J. Gundlach, J.R. Huang, C.C. Kuo, L. Jia, T.N. Jackson, J.L. West and J. Francl
SID Intl. Digest Tech Papers
, 32, 57-59, 2001

61. XPS Characterization of Photo-alignment Using Adsorbed Dichroic Materials
L. Su, J.L. West, Yu. Reznilov, K. Artyushkova and J.E. Fulghum
SID Intl. Digest Tech Papers
, 32, 1166-1169, 2001

62. Hidden Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals in Isotropic Phase
E. Ouskova, D. Fedorenko, Yu. Reznikov, S.V. Shiyanovskii, L. Su, J.L. West, O.V. Kuksenok, O. Francesangeli and F. Simoni
Phys. Rev. E, 63, 021701, 2001




2000

63. Surface Induced Polymer Walls and Islands Using a Polymer/LC Mixture
E.Y. Park, B. Taheri, J.L. West and P. Palffy-Muhoray
SID Digest, XXXI, 782-785, 2000

64. Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of the Thermal Stability of Alignment Layers of Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Films for Liquid Crystal Alignment
K. Ha and J.L. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst.,
339, 125-137, 2000

65. Spectroscopic Studies on the Liquid Crystal Alignment Mechanism for Polarized UV-Exposed Organosoluble 6FDA-TFMB Polyimide Films
K. Ha, J.L. West and G.R. Magyar
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 357, 263-280, 2000

66. Building Polymer Structures in Liquid Crystal Devices
J.L. West, B. Taheri, E.Y. Park, Y. Kim and P. Palffy-Muhoray
Nitto Technical Report, 38(1), 3-10, 2000

67. Control of the Anchoring Energy of Rubbed Polyimide Layers by Irradiation with Depolarized UV-Light
D. Andrienko, Y. Kurioz, M. Nishikawa, Y. Reznikov and J.L. West
Jpn. J. App. Phys.
, 39, 1217-1220, 2000

68. Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals by Liquid Crystals
Yu. Reznikov, O. Ostroverkhova, K.D. Singer, J.-H. Kim, S. Kumar, O. Lavrentovich, B. Wang and J.L. West
Phys. Rev. Lett.
, 84, 1930-1933, 2000

69. Tensor and Complex Anchoring in Liquid Crystals
S.V. Shiyanovskii, A. Glushchenko, Yu. Reznikov, O.D. Lavrentovich and J.L. West
Phys. Rev. E, 62, R1477-R1480, 2000





1999

70. Generation of High Pretilt on Photo-aligned Polyimides
M. Nishikawa and J.L. West
SPIE. 3635, 16-23, 1999

71. Control of alignment and Pre-tilt on Photoexposed Surfaces
John L. West, Linli Su, Michinori Nishikawa, Bin Wang and Yuri Reznikov
13th Conference on Liquid Crystals - Chemistry, Physics and Applications, Krynica Zdroj, Poland, 1999, (
Invited paper)

72. Optimization of Stacks of Reflective Cholesteric Films for Full Color Displays
J.L. West and V. Bodnar
Proc. 5th Asian Symposium on Information Display, pp. 29-32, 1999, (Invited)

73. Multi-color, Cholesteric Displays Using Plastic Substrates
J.L. West, V.H. Bodnar, Y. Kim and H. Wonderly
Proc. Intl. Display Works 99, pp. 235-238, 1999,. Sendai, Japan. Invited.

74. Effect of Chemical Structures of Polyimides on Photo-alignment of Liquid Crystals
M. Nishikawa and J.L. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 333, 165-179, 1999

75. Generation of Pretilt Angles on Polyimides with a Single Exposure to Polarized Ultraviolet Light
M. Nishikawa and J.L. West
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 5183-5188, 1999

76. Generation of Pretilt Angles on Polyimides with a Single Linearly Polarized UV Exposure
M. Nishikawa and J.L. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 329, 579-587, 1999

77. Formation of Polymer Walls by Phase Separa-tion of LC-Polymer Binary Mixtures in a Nonuniform Electric Field
V.H. Bodnar, Y. Kim, B. Taheri and J.L. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 329, 405-412, 1999

78. Light Induced LC Alignment on the Isotropic Non-photosensitive Surface
G. Magyar, J. West, Yu. Reznikov and O. Yaroshchuk
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 329, 71-79, 1999

79. Mechanically and Light Induced Anchoring of Liquid Crystal on Polyimide Film
M. Nishikawa, J.L. West, D. Andrienko, Yu. Kurioz, Yu. Reznikov, D.S. Kang, J.H. Kim, C. Rosenblatt
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 329, 11-18, 1999

80. Patterned Field-Induced Polymer Wall Formation in Nematic Liquid Crystal Displays
G.R. Magyar, J.L. West, B. Taheri, Y. Kim and V. Bodnar
SID Digest XXX, 664-667, 1999

81. Effect of Chemical Structures of Polyimides on Photosensitivity of Liquid Crystal Alignment Using a Polarized UV Exposure
M. Nishikawa, J.L. West and Y. Reznikov
Liq. Cryst. 26, 575-58, 1999

82. Order Parameter of Liquid Crystal on Polyimide with Polarized Ultraviolet-Light Exposure
M. Nishikawa and J.L. West
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, L331-L333, 1999

83. Effect of Chemical Structures of Polyimides on Unidirectional Liquid Crystal Alignment Produced by a Polarized Ultraviolet Light-Exposure
M. Nishikawa, T. Kosa and J.L. West
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, L334-L337, 1999




1998

84. Effect of Chemical Structures of Polyimides on Unidirectional LC Alignment Produced by Polarized UV Exposure
M. Nishikawa and J.L. West
Proc. Int'l Display Works '98, pp. 327-330, 1998

85. Effect of Chemical Structures of Polyimides on Unidirectional Liquid Crystal Alignment Using a Single Linearly Polarized UV Exposure
M. Nishikawa, B. Taheri and J.W. Doane
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 325, 63-78, 1998

86. Polarized Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Films for Liquid Crystal Alignment
K.R. Ha, J.L. West and G.R. Magyar
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 325, 13-32, 1998

87. New Photo-Aligned Multi-Domain Liquid Crystal Display Formed Utilizing a Liquid Crystal Polarizer
M. Nishikawa, B. Taheri, J.L. West and Y. Reznikov
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 37, L1391-L1395, 1998

88. Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of the Mechanism of Orientation of Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Films for Liquid Crystal Alignment
K.R. Ha and J.L. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 323, 129-143,1998

89. Novel Method for the Formation of Polymer Walls in LC/Polymer Displays
Y. Kim, J. Francl, B. Taheri and J.L. West
SID 98 Digest XXIX, 397-400, 1998

90. Mechanism of Unidirectional Liquid-Crystal Alignment on Polyimides with Linearly Polarized Ultraviolet Light Exposure
M. Nishikawa, B. Taheri and J.L. West
Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2403-2405, 1998

91. A Method for the Formation of Polymer Walls in Liquid Crystal/Polymer Mixtures
Y. Kim, J. Francl, B. Taheri and J.L. West
Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2253-2255, 1998

92. Recent Developments in Bistable Cholesteric Displays
B. Taheri, J.L. West and D.K Yang
SPIE 3297, 1998

93. ALCOM, the National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials
J.L. West
EKISHO 2/1, 57-61, 1998 (Invited)



1997

94. Reflective Display with Photoconductive Layer and Bistable Reflective Cholesteric Mixture
H. Yoshida, Y. Takizawa, T. Martin and J.L. West
J. of SID 5/3, 269-274, 1997

95. The Mechanism of Pretilt Generation on Polarized Ultraviolet Light Aligned Polyimide Film
X. Wang, J.L. West
Proc. 1997 IDRC, pp. 5-8, 1997

96. The Mechanism for the Formation of Polymer Wall In Higher Poly-mer Content Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Mixture
Y. Ji, J. Francl, J.L. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 299, 395-400, 1997




1996

97. Cholesteric liquid crystals: Study of relaxation from homeotropic texture using visible spectroscopy of pulsed samples with varying off time
J.L. West, G.R. Magyar

98. Effect of linearly polarized ultraviolet irradiration in pretilt angle generation for nematic liquid crystal on rubbed polyimide surface
D. Seo, H. Vithana, J. Chen, X. Wang, J.L. West

99. Mechanism of liquid-crystal alignment by polyimide exposure to linearly polarized UV light
J. Chen, D.L. Johnson, P.L. Bos, X. Wang, J.L. West
SID 96 Digest XXVII, 634, 1996

100.              Polymer Walls in Higher-Polymer-Content Bistable Reflective Cholesteric Displays
Y. Ji, J. Francl, W.J. Fritz, P.J. Bos and J.L. West
SID Digest XXVII, 611-613, 1996

101.              Model of Liquid Crystal Alignment by Exposure to Linearly Polarized Ultraviolet Light
J. Chen, D.L. Johnson, P.J. Bos, X. Wang and J.L. West
Phys. Rev. E, 54, 1599-1603 (1996).

102.              Recent Advances in Bistable Reflective Cholesteric Displays: Relaxation from Homeotropic Texture in Pulsed Cells
J.L. West, G.R. Magyar and H. Yoshida
AM-LCD 96 Digest of Technical Papers, Kobe, Japan, pp. 321-324, November 29, 1996 (Invited).

103.              Recent Research Related to High Definition LCDs at ALCOM and the Liquid Crystal Institute
J.L. West
JALCS Symposium on Liquid Crystals, Osaka, Japan, pp. 1-6, November 26, 1996

104.              Four-Domain Liquid Crystal Display Using High Pretilt Photoaligned Polyimide Substrates
X. Wang, D. Subacius, O. Lavrentovich, J.L. West, Y.A. Reznikov
SID 96 Digest XXVII 654, 1996



1995

105.              The Challenge of New Applications to Liquid Crystal Displays
J.L. West
Liquid Crystals in Complex Geometries Formed by Polymer and Porous Networks, G. Crawford and S. Zumer, eds., Taylor and Francis: London (1996).

106.              Liquid Crystal Displays
J.L. West
Information Display 11(2), 14, 1995 (Invited).

107.              Trends in Liquid Crystal Research in the USA: Research Directions at the Liquid Crystal Institute and the Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials
J.W. Doane, J.L. West
Proc. Japanese Assn. of Liquid Crystal Scientists, Sept. 1995 (Invited).

108.              Flexible Displays Utilizing Bistable, Reflective Cholesteric/Polymer Dispersions and Polyester Substrates
J.L. West, M. Rouberol, J.J. Francl, Y. Ji, J.W. Doane, M. Pfeiffer
Asia Display '95, Proc. 15th International Display Research Conference, 55, October 1995

109.              Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Films for Liquid-Crystal Alignment
J.L. West, X. Wang, Y. Ji, J.R. Kelly
SID 95 Digest XXVI, 703, 1995

110.              Dichroic Ultra-Violet Absorption of Thin Liquid Crystal Films
J.L. West, G.R. Magyar, J.R. Kelly, S. Kobayashi, Y. Iimura, N. Yoshida
App. Phys. Lett., 67(2), 155, 1995

111.              Molecular Motions and Ordering of the Interfacial, Droplet and Binder Regions of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Displays: A Paramagnetic Resonance Spin Probe Study
Y.C. Kim, S.H. Lee, J.L. West, E. Gelerinter
J. App. Phys. 77(5), 1914, 1995



1994

112.              Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Texture Materials for Black-on-White Displays
J.L. West, G.R. Magyar, J.J. Francl
SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers, 25, 608-610, 1994

113.              Bistable Switching in Polymer-Dispersed Ferro-electric Smectic-C* Displays
P. Patel, D. Chu, J.L. West and S. Kumar
SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers, 25, 845-847, 1994

114.              Control of Reflectivity and Bistability in Displays Using Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
D.-K. Yang, J.L. West, L.-C. Chien, J.W. Doane
J. Appl. Phys. 76(2) 1331, 1994

115.              Liquid Crystal Dispersions
J.L. West
Technological Applications of Dispersions, R.B. McKay, ed., Marcel Dekker: New York, 1994. (Invited)

116.              Investigation of Liquid Crystal Alignment on Polybutylmethacrylate Surfaces Using FTIR-ATR and XPS
E.A. Thomas, T.A. Zupp, J.E. Fulghum, D.S. Fredley, J.L. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 250, 193, 1994



1993

117.              Cholesteric/Polymer Dispersed Light Shutters
J. L. West, R. B. Akins, J. Francl, and J. W. Doane
Appl. Phys. Lett. 63 (11), 1993

118.              Liquid-Crystal Displays
J.L. West
Info. Display, 9(12) (1993). (Invited)

119.              A Study of the Surface Anchoring at a Polymer/Liquid Crystal Interface in the Neighborhood of the Glass Transition
Y. Ji, J.R. Kelly, J.L. West
Liq. Cryst. 14(6), 1885, 1993

120.              Analysis of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals by Infrared Spectroscopy
C.A. McFarland, J.L. Koenig, J.L. West
App. Spectr. 47(3), 321, 1993

121.              Influence of the Polymer Matrix on the Bipolar and Radial Droplet Configurations within PDLC Films Examined by Infrared Spectroscopy
C.A. McFarland, J.L. Koenig, J.L. West
App. Spectr. 47(5), 598, 1993

122.              Molecular Motion Analysis of 5CB in PDLCs Using Solid-State 13C NMR Relaxation Spectroscopy
K.L. Buchert, J.L. Koenig, S.Q. Wang, J.L. West
App. Spectr. 47(7), 933, 1993

123.              Molecular Motion Analysis of E7 in PDLCs as a Function of Droplet Size Using Solid-State 13C NMR Relaxation Spectroscopy
K.L. Buchert, J.L. Koenig, S.Q. Wang, J.L. West
App. Spectr. 47(7), 942, 1993




1992

124.              Liquid crystal alignment at a polybutylmethacrylate interface
David S. Fredley, Keith Jewell, John L. West, and Julia E. Fulghum
ALCOM Tech. Journal
, III, 137, 1992

125.              Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Infrared Light Shutters
J.W. McCargar, R. Ondris-Crawford, J.L. West
J. Elec. Imag., 1(1) 22, 1992

126.              Effect of Polymer Matrix Glass Transition Tem-perature on Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Electro-Optics
J.L. West, J.R. Kelly, K. Jewell and Y. Ji
App. Phys. Lett.
, 60(26), 1992

127.              Haze-Free Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals Utilizing Linear Polarizers J.L. West, D.S. Fredley, J.C. Carrell
App. Phys. Lett.,
61(17), 2004, 1992

128.              Surface Anchoring, Polymer Glass Transi-tion and Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Electro-Optics
J.L. West, K. Jewell, J. Francl, Y. Ji and J.R. Kelly
Proc. SPIE 1665, 8, 1992

129.              Effect of Thickness on PDLC Electro-Optics
R.B. Akins and J.L. West
Proc. SPIE
1665, 280,1992

130.              A Calorimetric Determination of Fundamental Properties of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals
G.W. Smith, G.M. Ventouris, J.L. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst.
213, 11, 1992



1991

131.              Effect of thickness on PDLC electro-optics
Robert Akins and John L. West
ALCOM Tech. Journal
, I, 1991

132.              Infrared PDLCs
James W. McCarger and John L. West
ALCOM Tech. Journal, II, 27, 1991

133.              Polymer for PDLCs
John L. West
ALCOM Tech. Journal
, II, 27, 1991

134.              Surface Anchoring, Polymer glass transition and PDLC electro-optics Yimin Ji, Keith Jewell, James Francl, John L. West, and Jack R. Kelly
ALCOM Tech. Journal, II, 186, 1991

135.              Characterization of Polymer Dispersed Liquid-Crystal Shutters by Ultraviolet/Visible and Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy
J.L. West, R. Ondris-Crawford
J. Appl. Phys.
70, 3785, 1991

136.              Droplet Size Effects in Light Scattering from Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films
G.P. Montgomery, Jr., J.L. West and W. Tamura-Lis
Proc. SPIE
1455, 45, 1991

137.              Light Scattering from Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films: Droplet Size Effects
G.P. Montgomery, Jr., J.L. West and W. Tamura-Lis
J. Appl. Phys. 69, 1605, 1991

138.              Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Shutters for IR Applications
J.W. McCargar, J.W. Doane, J.L. West, T.W. Anderson
Proc. SPIE
1455, 54, 1991



1990

139.              Side-chain liquid crystal epoxy polymer binders for polymer dispersed liquid crystals
L.-C. Chien, David S. Fredley, James W. McCarger, and John L. West
Presented at 13th International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July, 1990

140.              Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals
J.L. West
ACS Symposium Series: Advances in Liquid Crystal Polymers, ed. Robert Weiss, 1990, (Invited)

141.              Dichroic Dye-Containing Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) Films J.L. West, R. Ondris and M. Erdmann
Proc. SPIE: Liquid Crystal Displays and Applications,
1257, pp 76-83, 1990

142.              Wide-Angle View PDLC Displays
J.W. Doane, J.L. West, J.B. Whitehead, Jr., D.S. Fredley
SID Digest XXI,
224, 1990

143.              Optical Field Induced Scattering in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films P. Palffy-Muhoray, M.A. Lee and J.L. WestMol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 179, 445-460, 1990



1989

144.              Active Matrix Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Display
Z. Yaniv, J.W. Doane, J.L. West and W. Tamura-Lis
SID Digest, Japan Display '89
, 572, 1989

145.              Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals Incorporating Isotropic Dyes
J.L. West, W. Tamura-Lis and R. Ondris
Proc. SPIE: Liquid Crystal Chemistry, Physics and Applications, 1080, 48,1989

146.              Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films and their Nonlinear Optical Response
P. Palffy-Muhoray, J.R. Kelly, M.A. Lee, J.L. West, B.J. Frisken, J.Y. Kim and H.J. Yuan
Proc. 1st Intnl. Symposium on Nonlinear Optical Polymers, 70, 1989

147.              Liquid Crystal Epoxies for Use in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals
J.L. West, L.-C. Chien and W. Tamura-Lis
Pacific Polymer Preprints I, 246-247,1989

148.              Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals for Haze-Free, Wide-Angle View Light Shutters
J.W. Doane, J.L. West, W. Tamura-Lis and J.B. Whitehead, Jr.
Pacific Polymer Preprints I
, 245-246, 1989



1988

149.              Phase Separation of Liquid Crystals in Polymers
J.L. West
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 157, 427, 1988

150.              Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals for Display Application
J.W. Doane, J.L. West, A. Golemme, J.B. Whitehead, Jr. and B.-G. Wu
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 165, 511, 1988

151.              Nonlinear optical response of polymer dispersed liquid crystal materials P. Palffy-Muhoray, John L. West
Proc. SPIE: Wave Propagation and Scattering in Varied Media
, 927, 226-234, 1988



1987

152.              Angular discrimination of light transmission through polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal films Bao-Gang Wu, John L. West, and J. William Doane J. Appl. Phys., 62 (9), 3925, 1987


Patents

(Abstract only)

153.              Non-synthetic method for modifying properties of liquid crystals.
West, John L.; Cheon, Chae Il; Glushchenko, Anatoliy V.; Reznikov, Yuri; Li, Fenghua.
U.S. Patent Application., US 2007200093 A1 20070830
.

154.              Stressed liquid crystals as an ultra-fast light modulating material consisting of unidirectionally oriented liquid crystal micro-domains separated by polymer chains
West, John L., Glushchenko, Anatoliy V.
U.S. Patent, 7,034,907, April 25, 2006

155.              Stressed liquid crystals materials for light modulation.
West, John L.; Glushchenko, Anatoliy; Zhang, Guoqiang; Bos, Philip J.
PCT Int. Appl. (2006), WO 2006061808 A2 20060615.

156.              Method for alignment of liquid crystals using irradiated liquid crystal films.
Reznikov, Yuriy; West, John; Yaroshchuk, Oleg.
U.S. Patent 6,927,823, August 9, 2005

157.              Method for Forming Liquid Crystal Display Cell Walls using a Patterned Electric Field
M. Rouberol, Y. Ji, J. Francl, J. West
U.S. Patent, 5,929,960, July 27 1999

158.              Method for Forming Uniformly-Spaced Plastic Substrate Liquid Crystal Displays
J.L. West and P.J. Bos
U.S. Patent 5,766,694, June 16, 1998

159.              Multistable Chiral Nematic Displays
John West and Deng-Ke Yang
U.S. Patent 5,453,863, Sep. 26, 1995

160.              Light Modulation Device with Polarizer and Liquid Crystal Interspersed as Spherical or Randomly Distorted Droplets in Isotropic Polymer
J.L. West and J.C. Carrell
U.S. Patent 5,264,950, Nov. 23, 1993

161.              Light Modulating Materials Comprising Liquid Crystal Microdroplets Dispersed in a Birefringent Polymeric Matrix Method of Making Light Modulating Materials
J.W. Doane and J.L. West
U.S. Patent 5,240,636, August 31, 1993

162.              Infrared Modulating Material Comprising a Liquid Crystal and a Medium J.L. West and J.W. Doane
U.S. Patent 5,093,735, March 3,1992

163.              Novel Cyanobiphenyl Amines and Liquid-Crystalline-Side-Group Polymers Incorporating Same
J.L. West
U.S. Patent 5,093,471, March 3, 1992

164.              Extended Temperature Range PDLC Shutters
J.L. West
U.S. Patent 5,004,323 April 2, 1991

165.              Light Modulating Materials Comprising a Liquid Crystal Phase Dispersed in a Birefringent Polymeric Phase
J.W. Doane and J.L. West
U.S. Patent 4,994,204, Feb. 19, 1991

166.              Liquid Crystal Light Modulating Materials with Selectable Viewing Angles
J.W. Doane, E.P. Wenninger, J.L. West and B.-G. Wu
U.S. Patent 4,890,902, Jan. 2, 1990

167.              Liquid Crystal Display Material Comprising a Liquid Crystal Dispersion in a Thermoplastic Resin
J.L. West, J.W. Doane, S. Zumer
U.S. Patent 4,685,771, Aug. 11, 1987

168.              Method of Controlling Microdroplet Growth in Polymeric Dispersed Liquid Crystal
J.L. West, A. Golemme and J.W. Doane
U.S. Patent 4,673,255,June 16, 1987

169.              Process of Using Metal Azide Recording Media with Laser
J.L. West and J.T. Russell
U.S. Patent, 4,622,284, Dec. 1986