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    2007

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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

  14. Ferroelectric particles-liquid crystal dispersions.
    Reznikov, Yurii; Buchnev, Oleksandr; Glushchenko, Anatoliy; Reshetnyak, Victor; Tereshchenko, Oleksandr; West, John
    Proc. SPIE (2005), 5741, 171-179.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Stressed liquid crystals for fast photonic applications.
    West, John; Glushchenko, Anatolly; Reznikov, Yurii; Zhang, Matt.
    PMSE Preprints (2005), 92 246.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.

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

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

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

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

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

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

  27. 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

  28. 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,

  29. 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.

  30. 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.

  31. 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.

  32. 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

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

  34. 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

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




    2002

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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
  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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
  50. 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

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

  52. 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

  53. 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

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

  55. 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

  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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

  59. 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
  60. 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

  61. 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
  62. 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

  63. 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

  64. 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

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

  66. 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)

  67. 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)
  68. 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.
  69. 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
  70. 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

  71. 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

  72. 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
  73. 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

  74. 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

  75. 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

  76. 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

  77. 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

  78. 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

  79. 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

  80. 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

  81. 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

  82. 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

  83. 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

  84. 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
  85. 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

  86. 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

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

  88. 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
  89. 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

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

  91. 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
  92. 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

  93. 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

  94. 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

  95. 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

  96. 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).

  97. 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).

  98. 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

  99. 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
  100. 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).

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

  102. 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).

  103. 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

  104. 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

  105. 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

  106. 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
  107. 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

  108. 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

  109. 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

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

  111. 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
  112. Cholesteric/Polymer Dispersed Light Shutters
    J. L. West, R. B. Akins, J. Francl, and J. W. Doane
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 63 (11), 1993
  113. Liquid-Crystal Displays
    J.L. West
    Info. Display, 9(12) (1993). (Invited)

  114. 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

  115. Analysis of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals by Infrared Spectroscopy
    C.A. McFarland, J.L. Koenig, J.L. West
    App. Spectr. 47(3), 321, 1993
  116. 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

  117. 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

  118. 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
  119. 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

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

  121. 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

  122. 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

  123. 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

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

  125. 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
  126. Effect of thickness on PDLC electro-optics
     Robert Akins and John L. West
    ALCOM Tech. Journal    , I, 1991

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

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

  129. 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

  130. 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

  131. 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

  132. 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

  133. 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
  134. 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

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

  136. 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

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

  138. 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
  139. 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

  140. 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

  141. 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

  142. 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

  143. 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
  144. Phase Separation of Liquid Crystals in Polymers
    J.L. West
    Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 157, 427, 1988

  145. 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

  146. 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
  147. 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)
  1. 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    .

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

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

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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

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