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LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE®

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CHEMICAL PHYSICS INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

ANNUAL REPORT

July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009

Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Director

2008-2009 Annual Report

Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Director’s Report ..............................................................................................................................1

Achievements and Recognition........................................................................................................3

Summary of Accomplishments and Activities .................................................................................4

Major Funding Sources and Expenditures .......................................................................................5

LCI Highlights ................................................................................................................................7

In Memoriam ..............................................................................................................................12

Table 1 Liquid Crystal Institute Staff ......................................................................................14

Table 2 Liquid Crystal Institute Research Personnel...............................................................15

Table 3 Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Faculty .................................................17

Table 4 Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Students ...............................................18

Table 5 Scholarships and Fellowships .....................................................................................20

Table 6 Graduate Degrees Awarded ........................................................................................21

Table 7 Placement of Personnel...............................................................................................22

Table 8 Visiting Scientists .......................................................................................................23

Table 9 Grants and Contracts...................................................................................................24

Table 10 Proposals for Extramural Support...............................................................................31

Table 11 Patents.........................................................................................................................36

Table 12 Publications.................................................................................................................38

Table 13 Presentations ...............................................................................................................45

Table 14 Other Scholarly Activities...........................................................................................59

Table 15 Seminar Program ........................................................................................................63

Table 16 Industrial Partnership Program ...................................................................................66

Table 17 Research Facility Report.............................................................................................67

Table 18 Research Facility Services Provided...........................................................................68

Table 19 Education and Public Service .....................................................................................69

APPENDICES

I. Student Achievements Lena Lopatina Receives Amelia Earhart Fellow...............................................................75 II. Outreach and Research Activities

Plain Dealer Article on Greenhouse Project......................................................................77 Liquid Crystal Day Brochure ............................................................................................81 Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Brochure.....................................................85 Industrial Partnership Program and LCD Research Facility Brochure .............................87 Technology Transfer Brochure..........................................................................................89

III. Extramural Grant Funding, 1982-2009..................................................................................91

IV. Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals ..........................................................................105

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2008-2009 Director’s Report

Personnel During 2008-2009 we successfully recruited world-renowned liquid crystal scientist, Dr. Hiroshi Yokoyama as the first of two Ohio Research Scholars funded by the Ohio Department of Development. Dr. Yokoyama has served as director of the Nanotechnology Research Institute (NRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. He joins the Liquid Crystal Institute on July 1, 2009 as a professor in the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program. Dr. Yokoyama will be a major contributor to the ODOD funded project, “Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials (RC-SAM)". He will also design a new Chemical Physics course focused on nanotechnology. See “Highlights” on page 7 for more information on Dr. Yokoyama. The field of liquid crystal science and technology lost two of its most prominent figures. KSU Professor Emeritus Alfred Saupe and Dr. James L. Fergason both passed away in 2008. See pages 12-13 for more information on their scientific impact and legacy. In December, 2008, Professor Jack Kelly retired from Kent State University to fully focus on his startup company, CoAdna Photonics, Inc. CoAdna was established in 2000 and has been highly successful in using liquid crystal technology for the design and manufacture of a wavelength selective switch module for telecommunication networks. His company is an excellent example of how liquid crystal technology helps the economy in Northeast Ohio. With the departure of Dr. Kelly and the addition of Dr. Yokoyama, our senior staff remains at eleven faculty and one senior research fellow.

Research The LCI continued to successfully bring extramural funding to Kent State University, applying for 45 grants totaling $43,582,575. LCI scientists were awarded 19 new grants totaling $5,242,347 with over $3 million in grant proposals pending at fiscal year end. Two proposals were for major centers: International Liquid Crystal Materials Institute ($5,372,833) and Department of Energy Frontiers Research Center ($25,000,000); unfortunately, neither was awarded. The Liquid Crystal Institute received 65% of its total fiscal year support through extramural sources. We extended collaborations with industries, both domestic and international, with funding from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), Samsung Electronics in Korea, Johnson & Johnson-Vistakon Division, Dupont, and Intel; subawards were received from ATK Space Systems, Kent Displays, General Dynamics, Pixel Optics, Dynamic Eye, and the University of Akron. Federal sources comprised 29% of our total extramural funding and included the National Science Foundation, Air Force Research Laboratories, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Naval Research, and Air Force Office of Science Research. The State of Ohio provided 29% (see Pie Graph note on page 5) of our extramural funding through the Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio Department of Development. Other funding sources include the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM), NorTech, and the Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust. We continued research collaborations with colleagues in the KSU departments of Architectural and Environmental Design (Sharag-Eldin), Biological Sciences (Kooijman, Woolverton), Chemistry (Gericke, Lee, Twieg), School of Fashion Design and Merchandising (Schofield-Tomschin), Geology (Ortiz), Mathematical Sciences (Gartland), Computer Sciences (Maletic)

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and Physics (Finotello, Gleeson, Kumar, Portman, Sprunt). Of the 52 active grants, 14 involved KSU investigators from other departments and 3 included investigators from other universities.

Education and Outreach Chemical Physics professor Antal Jákli completed the second year of his 3-year collaborative research grant to study liquid crystals in Europe. He selected KSU graduate students and one California undergraduate to travel to Europe with him to conduct research in Hungary, Portugal, Austria and Germany. See “Highlights”, pages 8-9, for more information on their research experiences.

Scholarships Three Chemical Physics students were selected as the first scholarship recipients from the Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust. The Lennon Trust will provide scholarships for a 3-year period. Nicholas Diorio, Jake Fontana and Shin-Ying Lu were selected in 2009 from a competition based on proposals that demonstrate innovation, entrepreneurship and the potential for product development (See Table 5).

This was the final year of a 5-year program generously supported by Samsung Electronics Company, LTD, Korea, to provide scholarships to outstanding Chemical Physics graduate students. Scholarships were awarded through a competition whereby students submitted research project proposals. Chemical Physics faculty reviewed the proposals and awarded scholarships for the most promising research.

Service LCI/CPIP continued to serve the research and industrial community through the Industrial Partnership Program (Bos), Synthesis Facilities (Chien, Li) and Characterization Facilities (Lavrentovich, Shiyanovskii). LCI personnel provide services (electron and atomic force microscopic analysis, cleanroom time, materials characterization, etc.) at no cost to KSU faculty. Invoices issued for services provided by LCI researchers and for use of our facilities by scientists from universities and industries in the liquid crystal field totaled $63,000 for this reporting period (Table 18).

In closing, our research and education continues to be strong and we look forward to new and innovative directions in liquid crystal research.

Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Director

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Achievements and Recognition

Books and Conference Proceedings L.C. Chien and M. Wu, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies IV, Proceeding of SPIE, Vol. 7232 (2009).

Conference and Workshop Chairs Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Conference Chair, International Liquid Crystal Elastomers Conference, September 24-26, 2009 at Kent State University.

Awards Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

Robin Selinger, selected as “Philips Visitor,” an endowed speaker program at the Physics department of Haverford College; she gave a physics colloquium and two additional presentations for students, October 27-29, 2008.

Students Lu Lu, Spectral Physics Research Excellence Award, 2009 SPIE Photonics West Conference, January 23, 2009, San Jose, California.

Lena Lopatina, Amelia Earhart Fellowship from Zonta, an International Women’s Organization. See Appendix I, page 75, for a feature story on Lena.

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Summary of LCI Accomplishments and Activities

Proposals for Extramural Funding Submitted 45 Awarded 19 Pending 6

Extramural Grants and Contracts Current Grants (continuing from previous year) 39 Renewals and New Awards 14

Degrees Awarded Ph.D. 5 Masters 1

Students – Graduate Stipend and Tuition support 33 Students – Undergraduate REU summer students – 2007-2008 4 REU summer students – 2008-2009 6 Students employed at LCI 5 Honors Thesis, LCI/CPIP Advisors 2 Students – High School Internships 2

Research Staff Faculty and Senior Research Staff 12 Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Associates, Research

Scientists, Research Interns, Display Engineers 24

Visitors

Industrial and academic scientists conducting collaborative research at the LCI

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Publications Journals and Book Chapters 56 Juried Conference Proceedings, Technical Reports 24

Presentations Professional Societies (Invited and oral) 91 Conference Poster Presentations 62 Academic and Other (Invited and oral) 30

Patents Awarded 3 Applications 9 Invention Disclosures 13

Industrial Partnership Program IPP Members 19 LCD Research Facility Services Provided 44

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Major Funding Sources and Expenditures 2008-2009

KSU$2,253, 35%

Foundations $81, 1%

Industry and Other $374, 6%

National Science Foundation$923, 14%

Other Federal$1,003, 15%

State of Ohio$1,897, 29%

Major Funding Sources (in thousands) University, Foundations and Grant Funds

*State of Ohio Funding includes $1M for Ohio Research Scholars endowment; for reporting purposes, the $5M endowment is shown as $1M per year for the 5-year RC-SAM grant period, FY 2009 – FY 2013.

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LCI Highlights

Hiroshi Yokoyama joins the Liquid Crystal Institute as Ohio Research Scholar

As part of the Ohio Department of Development’s Ohio Research Scholars Program, the Liquid Crystal Institute recently recruited Professor Hiroshi Yokoyama to be an Ohio Research Scholar and Professor in the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program at Kent State University.

Professor Yokoyama is a world expert in the field of liquid crystal physics with a focus on surface properties. His primary research interests are in the areas of liquid crystals, surface and colloid science, organic thin films and scanning probe technology.

In addition to his well-known research on surface anchoring and orientational boundary transition in liquid crystal systems, he organized and directed, from 1999-2004, the "Yokoyama Nanostructured Liquid Crystal Project" under the ERATO system funded by Japan Science and Technology. This project pioneered the now flourishing soft matter nanotechnology which is one of the major pillars of the Ohio Third Frontier Program.

His research efforts at the LCI will be associated with the recently funded grant, "Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials (RC-SAM)". RC-SAM is a partnership of Kent State University, Case Western Reserve University, Youngstown State University, Alpha Micron, Inc., Cleveland Botanical Garden, CoAdna Photonics, Inc., Kent Displays, Inc., Kent Optronics, Inc., and LXD, Inc. He will be leading a partner-wide initiative to explore the new frontier of liquid crystal applications by combining nanotechnology with liquid crystal science. Professor Yokoyama's activity will also embrace the establishment of an international research and higher education network centered on soft matter nanotechnology.

Professor Yokoyama most recently held the position of Director of the Nanotechnology Research Institute (NRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), one of the largest government-funded research organizations in Japan, which is responsible for strategic planning and implementation of research programs over the whole spectrum of nanotechnology.

Professor Yokoyama joins the Liquid Crystal Institute on July 1, 2009.

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CPIP student Jake Fontana, CPIP Prof. Tony Jákli, and Prof. Istvan Jánossy, in Hungary during the 2008 research visit.

LCI Highlights

Collaborative Research in Europe on Liquid Crystals International Research Experience for Students (CRELIC-IRES)

Professor Antal (Tony) Jákli obtained a three-year grant to provide international research experiences for nine students during the summers of 2008, 2009, and 2010, by involving them in collaborative work in timely and important specific areas of liquid crystal science. U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who are engaged in a physical science discipline, were eligible to participate in the project entitled, “Collaborative Research in Europe on Liquid Crystals”.

The research topics include liquid crystal fibers, liquid crystal gels and elastomers, and liquid crystals with biological importance. Research has been conducted at the Department of Materials Sciences, University of New Lisbon, Portugal (host: Professor Helena Godinho), the Institute of Experimental Physics, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany (host: Professor Ralf Stanarius) and the Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary (host: Professor Istvan Jánossy).

The goal of the CRELIC-IRES program is for students to learn how to collaborate at the scientific level and also learn and appreciate the culture of foreign countries. In this way, students are educated as global scientists who will be able to compete in the international science market. The results of each research topic may lead to cutting-edge technologies such as artificial muscles, artificial nerves, better understanding of electrical transport processes in cell membranes, and making smart textiles.

Local accommodations were organized by the host partners. Public transportation was used for local travel to further provide interactions with residents. To learn the cultures of other European countries, students were encouranged to purchase a EuroRail pass for train or bus travel anywhere in Europe within a one month period.

Summer 2008 (May – July)

The first year’s subject was the study of liquid crystal fibers, which are free-standing fluid objects with remarkable stability and physical properties that cannot be explained by simple fluid dynamics.

The project began in May when Nick Diorio worked in Magdeburg, Germany. In June, Stefanie Taushanoff traveled to Lisbon and Jake Fontana arrived in Budapest. Professor Jákli mainly worked with Jake in Budapest, but stayed in daily contact with Nick and Stefanie and visited them during the last half of June to discuss their research progress. Toward the end of the program, Nick and Stefanie joined Jake and Professor Jákli in Budapest where they visited several universities and research institutes in Budapest and in neighboring countries such as the Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubliana, Slovenia (hosts Martin Copic and Slobodan Zŭmer).

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Participants at the 1st NSF-OTKA Symposium for Complex Fluids, held in Eger, Hungary, July 8-10, 2009.

Summer 2009 (June - July)

The second year’s project involved the study of liquid crystal gels and elastomers. These unique materials couple mechanical strain and orientational order. They are ‘solid liquid crystals’, uniting liquid crystals and elastic solids.

Ricky Gibson, an undergraduate student from California State University, conducted research in Magdeburg, Germany with Professor Ralf Stannarius and Dr. Alexey Eremin on acoustically excited mechanical vibrations of fluid and elastomer filaments of bent-core LC materials. CPIP graduate student Christopher Culbreath visited Professor Helena Godinho in Lisbon, Portugal, to work on dispersed ferroelectric nanoparticles in cellulose-based liquid crystalline polymers and electrospin them to form novel electromechanical devices. In Budapest, Hungary, KSU Physics graduate student Tanya Ostapenko worked with Dr. Nandor Eber on dynamic image analysis of fluctuations in bent-core liquid crystals. Students and co-hosts traveled to Eger, Hungary, to participate in a symposium held July 8-10, 2009. The symposium was organized with another NSF IRES group for Undergraduate Research in Optics and Materials lead by David Statman at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, and the Complex Fluid Department of the Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which was the main host institution of both NSF programs. The meeting provided an ideal occasion for all U.S. students to meet and present their research results. The symposium motivated the students to work hard and also encouraged them better understand their research. Most important, they gave impressive talks about their research projects and they made connections with the participating Hungarian students and young scientists. The detailed scientific program is available on the web at (http://www.lci.kent.edu/crelic_ires/ symposium.htm).

Research in the frame of the IRES program has resulted in two publications to date:

J. Fontana, C. Bailey, W. Weissflog, I. Jánossy and A. Jákli, “Optical waveguiding in bent - core liquid crystal filaments,” Phys. Rev. E, 80, 032701 (2009).

J. Petzold, A. Nemeş, A. Eremin, C. Bailey, N. Diorio, A. Jákli, R. Stannarius, “Acoustically driven oscillations of freely suspended liquid crystal filaments,” Soft Matter, 5(16), 3120-3126 (2009).

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Above: Phase I greenhouses at the Cleveland Botanical Garden. A dedication ceremony was held on April 20, 2008. Right: At the Dedication Ceremony, KSU Research VP John West (right) explains the technology behind the liquid crystal greenhouse panels to KSU President Lester Lefton and Cleveland Botanical Gardens Executive Director Natalie Ronayne.

LCI Highlights

Kent State University and Cleveland Botanical Garden Create ‘Smart’ Greenhouse

Cleveland Botanical Garden and the Liquid Crystal Institute launched a pioneering research project in 2008 to explore the potential of liquid crystal technology to create a more sustainable, energy-efficient greenhouse. KSU Vice President of Research John L. West and Cleveland Botanical Garden Executive Director Natalie Ronayne discussed the possibility of controlling a greenhouse environment by using liquid crystal technology. Their discussions resulted in a project which will span several years to collect data and improve the technology and will hopefully lead to a fully automated ‘smart’ greenhouse that can be easily programmed to provide the ideal growing environment for a variety of plants.

CBG’s Mark Druckenbrod designed the greenhouse and ordered custom-made windows using the polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) technology invented at the Liquid Crystal Institute in 1983. LCI Instrumentation Engineer Merrill Groom designed and programmed the instrumentation for data acquisition and traveled to Cleveland to assist with the installation. LCI Display Engineer Jon Ruth analyzed the collected data.

Two greenhouses were used in the first phase of the project. One greenhouse contained liquid crystal glass panels and the second was a control greenhouse with plain glass panels. A variety of seasonal planting over the course of a year showed promising results.

Further testing is planned using other liquid crystal technologies currently under development. The goal is to create a greenhouse that will produce a shorter crop turnover, higher crop yield and energy savings.

See Appendix II, page 73, for a January 9, 2008, Plain Dealer newspaper article on this project.

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Ebru Buyuktanir worked in John West’s laboratory to electrospin liquid crystal fibers for the high-tech fiber project.

LCI Highlights

Bridging Science and Fashion at KSU In 2008, the Liquid Crystal Institute and the School of Fashion Design and Merchan-dising at Kent State University collaborated on a research project to develop liquid crystal high-tech fibers with potential applications ranging from switchable light modulating fabric sensors to wearable smart fabric displays.

The high-tech fabric project brought together unique skills and capabilities in three areas: Dr. Elizabeth Rhodes from the School of Fashion provided project leadership and fashion design knowledge; Research Vice President John West provided expertise in liquid crystal science; Dr. Margaret Frey from Cornell University’s Department of Fiber Science contributed expertise in fiber science. Dr. Frey traveled to Kent one week per month for several months to work at the LCI with Postdoctoral Fellow Ebru Buyuktanir.

Dr. Buyuktanir worked under the direction of Dr. West to electrospin liquid crystal fibers for the research project. Liquid crystal molecules were directly incorporated into fibers to combine fiber/textile and optoelectronic properties of liquid crystals and to develop optically functionalized liquid crystal fibers that are responsive to external stimuli such as heat and electromagnetic fields. As a result, she demonstrated the first electrically switchable, light modulating ultrafine LC/polymer fibers for use in stimuli responsive optical fibers, textiles, and optoelectronic devices.

Dr. Buyuktanir gave a presention on the fiber research at Cornell University in February, 2009, at the American Chemical Society Central Regional Meeting in Cleveland in May, 2009, and at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers & Electro-optical Society (LEOS 2009) in October, 2009, in Turkey.

This innovative research project was partially funded for one year by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation. Its success has resulted in two patent applications. Currently, publications and grant proposals are being prepared along with plans for future collaborations on the subject.

Polarized optical microscopy image of liquid crystal fibers collected by electrospinning.

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IN MEMORIAM

Alfred Saupe (1925-2008)

Alfred Saupe, a key theorist and experimentalist in the field of liquid crystals, died August 3, 2008.

Saupe was born February 25, 1925, in Badenweiler, Germany. World War II interrupted his early interests in mathematics and physical sciences. In 1955, he obtained his ‘Diplome’ in Physics from Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg for his work on UV spectroscopy of para-azoxy-anisole. His advisor was Wilhelm Maier. Saupe became interested in theory, and developed the mean field theory of nematic liquid crystals, a singular achievement. Even today, no one has done it better.

Saupe also worked on methods of determining the orientational order parameter for liquid crystals, measured their absorption of ultrasound, density changes as a function of temperature, and specific heats at phase transitions. In 1958, he received his Doctor of Science degree cum laude. After the death of Maier, Saupe worked with H. Cantow at the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry on PMR spectra of polymers, and obtained his Habilitation in Chemical Physics in 1967. In 1968, he joined Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute and Department of Physics.

In addition to the Maier-Saupe theory, Al Saupe laid the groundwork for most liquid crystal research in elastic theories, defects, and blue phases. Highlights of his many scientific contributions include the determination of temperature dependence of Frank elastic constants; the development of the theory of NMR in the nematic state and the discovery of biaxial nematic phases in lyotropic liquid crystals. A hallmark of his work is the combination of experiment and theory; his theoretical predictions were always followed by definitive experiments, while observations of new phenomena were theoretically modeled.

As noted by Pierre Gilles de Gennes, Saupe was generous in sharing his time, insights and humor with colleagues, and delighted in solving scientific puzzles. His quiet but incisive questions at conferences formed the basis of much subsequent research. He was an inspiring teacher both in the classroom and in the laboratory. During his tenure at KSU, he advised 21 graduate students. Al Saupe enjoyed scientific discussions a great deal, often more than writing papers.

In 1974, Saupe was awarded the Nernst Prize, and received the Humboldt Award in 1987. He was awarded the Kent State President's Medal in 1992 and the Freedericksz Medal in 1999. In 1998, he was recognized as one of the first Honored Members of the International Liquid Crystal Society.

In the Fall of 1992, Saupe retired from Kent State University and became director of the Max Planck Research Group on Liquid Crystalline Systems at Martin Luther University in Halle.

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After moving back to Badenweiler in 1996, he continued his scientific collaborations, and held emeritus and honorary professorships at Kent State and Martin Luther universities.

Although his research was driven by curiosity and the pleasure of solving scientific riddles, his discoveries made possible the liquid crystal display technology that has changed our world.

Our hearts go out to his wife Brigitte and his loving family. We shall miss him very much.

Patricia E. Cladis and Peter Palffy-Muhoray Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 493, 1-2, October 2008

James Fergason (1934-2008)

With sadness, I would like to inform you that Dr. James L. Fergason died December 9, 2008 at the age of 74. Dr. Fergason was one of the first employees of the Liquid Crystal Institute, joining in 1966.

Dr. Fergason's work at Kent associated his name with a number of seminal achievements in the field of liquid crystal displays, most notably with the first commercially successful low-power, field-operated LC display, known as the “twisted nematic cell”. Fergason discovered the effect in 1969 at the LCI; his technology was patented in the United States in 1971; Martin Schadt and Wolfgang Helfrich patented similar technology in Europe.

Dr. Fergason received the 2006 Lemelson-MIT Prize, the largest single award for invention in the United States. He donated a portion of the award to the LCI to establish the Saupe Scholarship Fund for graduate students.

Fergason saw the importance of transforming scientific knowledge into business opportunities, creating, in Kent, the

International Liquid Xtal Company (ILIXCO), as early as 1968. ILIXCO produced the first field operating LCD, originally used in wrist watches. The invention’s impact was enormous as, “the LCD technology, starting with quartz watches and calculators, has completely redefined many industries such as computer displays, medical devices, and the vast array of consumer electronics”, as stated at the website of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, into which Fergason was inducted in 1998.

Dr. Fergason's lasting impact will forever be associated with the history of liquid crystals, liquid crystal displays, and the Liquid Crystal Institute.

- Oleg D. Lavrentovich

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Table 1

Liquid Crystal Institute Staff

Name (end date) Year

Appointed Title (beginning year of current title) Philip J. Bos 1994 Associate Director (1997)

Professor, Chemical Physics (2001) Douglas R. Bryant 1993 Manager, Display Engineering (1998) Janet Cash 2007 Grants Coordinator Brenda L. Decker 1991 Business Manager (2002) Liang-Chy Chien 1989 Professor, Chemical Physics (2001) Lynn A. Fagan 2002 Senior Secretary (2006) James J. Francl 1990 Research Specialist Lisa Green (10/08) 2007 Senior Chemist Merrill M. Groom 1986 Research Engineer II (2006) Betty J. Hilgert (2/09) 2003 Clerical Specialist (2004) Antal I. Jákli 1999 Associate Professor, Chemical Physics (2007) Jack R. Kelly (12/08) 1988 Professor, Chemical Physics (2000) Chanjoong Kim 2008 Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics (2008) Rameshbabu Krishnamurthy 2008 Senior Chemist Oleg D. Lavrentovich 1992 Director (2004)

Professor, Chemical Physics (2000) Quan Li 2004 Senior Research Fellow James Maxwell 2003 Public Relations Coordinator Dawn Miller 2007 Grants Assistant Peter Palffy-Muhoray 1987 Associate Director (1990)

Professor, Chemical Physics (1994) Liou Qiu 1998 Research Specialist (2001) Jonathan V. Selinger 2005 Ohio Eminent Scholar; Professor, Chemical Physics

Robin L.B. Selinger 2005 Professor, Chemical Physics

Qi-Huo Wei 2006 Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics

John L. West 1984 Vice President of Research (2003) Professor of Chemistry (1997)

Deng-Ke Yang 1992 Professor, Chemical Physics (2004)

Liquid Crystal Institute Emeriti J. William Doane 1979-1996 Emeritus Director; Emeritus Professor of Physics Mary E. Neubert 1972-2002 Emeritus Senior Research Fellow Alfred Saupe 1968-1992 Emeritus Professor of Physics

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Table 2

Liquid Crystal Institute Research Personnel

Faculty/Senior Staff (end date)

Support Department; Grants Grant name indicates a portion of investigator’s salary was provided by grant(s), as cost share or direct charge (academic year and/or summer).

David W. Allender Physics

Philip J. Bos LCI/CPIP; Pixel Optics, DARPA

Liang-Chy Chien LCI/CPIP; NSF, Evans Capacitor

Daniele Finotello Physics

Antal Jákli LCI/CPIP; Samsung, NSF, ONR, Comex, Vistakon

Jack R. Kelly (12/08) LCI/CPIP

Chanjoong Kim LCI/CPIP

Satyendra Kumar Physics, Research & Sponsored Prg., NSF, Dept. of Energy

Oleg D. Lavrentovich LCI/CPIP

Quan Li LCI

Peter Palffy-Muhoray LCI/CPIP; LC Materials Facility

Jonathan V. Selinger Ohio Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair, LCI/CPIP; NSF Modeling

Robin L.B. Selinger LCI/CPIP; NSF Modeling

Sergij Shiyanovskii LCI; Department of Energy

Samuel N. Sprunt Physics

Robert J. Twieg Chemistry

Qi-Huo Wei LCI/CPIP; Samsung, OBR

John L. West Research and Sponsored Programs

Philip W. Westerman NEOUCOM

Deng-Ke Yang LCI/CPIP; Dynamic Eye, ODOD

Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Associates, Research Scientists, Research Interns, Display Engineers and (supervisor)

Ebru Aylin Buyuktanir Postdoctoral Fellow

ODOD/KDI (West)

Martin Chambers (12/08) Postdoctoral Fellow

Physics; ICAM, ONR, (Gleeson, Jákli)

Jouliana El Khoury (8/08) Postdoctoral Fellow

AFRL MURI (Li)

Andrii Golovin Research Associate

Department of Energy (Lavrentovich)

LCI Research Personnel, 2008-2009

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Research Personnel (end date)

Support Department; Grants (PI) Grant name indicates a portion of investigator’s salary was provided by grant(s), as a cost share or direct charge

John Harden Postdoctoral Fellow

I-CAM (Jákli)

Rameshbabu Krishnamurthy Postdoctoral Fellow (11/08)

AFRL (Li)

Yannian Li Postdoctoral Fellow

NSF STTR KDI; AFRL MURI (Li)

Paul Luchette Postdoctoral Fellow

NSF New LC Materials Facility (Palffy-Muhoray)

Ji Ma Postdoctoral Fellow

OBR, Samsung, AFOSR (Yang, Li)

Li Ma Research Scientist

NIST (R. Selinger)

Manoj Mathews Postdoctoral Fellow

NSF STTR KDI; Samsung; (Li)

Michele Moreira-Fontana Research Associate

AFOSR MURI (Palffy-Muhoray)

Yuriy Nastyshyn (5/09) Research Associate

Dept. of Energy, NSF Fluorescence (Lavrentovich)

Myroslava Omelchenko Research Intern

NSF Fluorescence, NSF Materials World (Lavrentovich)

Sabrina Relaix Postdoctoral Fellow

AFOSR MURI (Palffy-Muhoray)

Jonathan Ruth Mgr., Display Engineering

ODOD/KDI Flexible LC Film Manufacturing Alliance (West)

Peter Salamon (3/09) Research Intern

NSF Materials World Network (Jákli, Sprunt)

Gabor Toros (12/08) Research Intern

NSF New Materials Facility, Vistakon (Jákli, Palffy-Muhoray)

Luana Tortora Research Associate

OBR Chromonic, NSF Fluorescence, AFOSR MURI, ODOD/Univ. Akron (Lavrentovich)

Bentley Wall (part-time) Research Associate

Pixel Optics (Bos)

Young Cheol Yang Postdoctoral Fellow

ODOD U. Akron subaward (Yang)

Fangfu Ye (2/09) Postdoctoral Fellow

NSF Modeling Actuation, ICAM (J. Selinger)

Ke Zhang (11/08) Postdoctoral Fellow

ODOD KDI subaward; FPA Proceeds (West and Bos)

Lu Zou Postdoctoral Fellow

University Start-up (Kim)

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Table 3

Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Faculty

Current Faculty Rank Appointed Tenure

Philip J. Bos Professor (2001) Associate Professor (1995)

1995 1998

Liang-Chy Chien Professor (2001) Associate Professor (1995)

1995 1998

Antal Jákli Associate Professor (2007) Assistant Professor (2004)

2004 2007

Jack R. Kelly (12/08) Professor (2000) Associate Professor (1994)

1994 1997

Chanjoong Kim Assistant Professor (2008) 2008

Oleg D. Lavrentovich Professor (2000) Associate Professor (1994)

1994 1997

Peter Palffy-Muhoray Professor (1994) 1994 1997 Jonathan V. Selinger Professor (2005) 2005 2005 Robin L.B. Selinger Professor (2005) 2005 2005 Qi-Huo Wei Assistant Professor (2006) 2006 Deng-Ke Yang Professor (2004)

Associate Professor (1999) Assistant Professor (1995)

1995 1999

Joint Professors Permanent Position Term David W. Allender Physics Department 1996 Eugene C. Gartland, Jr. Mathematical Sciences Department 1996 Satyendra Kumar Physics Department 1995

Adjunct Professors Albert M. Green Kent Displays, Inc. 2007- Asad Khan Kent Displays, Inc. 2007- Quan Li Liquid Crystal Institute 2006- Christopher Mullin Dynamic Eye, Inc. 2008- Bahman Taheri AlphaMicron, Inc. 1998- Philip Westerman Emeritus Professor, NEOUCOM 1997-

Emeritus Professors J.W. Doane 1997-

Graduate Coordinators Peter Palffy-Muhoray 1994-1997 Jack R. Kelly 1997-2002 Oleg D. Lavrentovich 2002-2003 Liang-Chy Chien 2003-2008 Robin Selinger 2008-

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Table 4

Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Graduate Students

Graduate Students (start-end) Univ./Grant Support Advisor

Christopher Bailey (2003-2008) Wk. Study, CPIP Samsung, University fellowships

A. Jákli

Volodymyr Borshch (2007) CPIP, New LC Mat. Facility O. Lavrentovich Clinton Braganza (2003-2009) ONR L. Chien Yue Cui (2008) CPIP P. Palffy-Muhoray Christopher Culbreath (2008) CPIP P. Palffy-Muhoray Nicholas Diorio (2007) CPIP, NSF Bent Core A. Jákli Enkh-Amgalan Dorjgotov (2004) Intel, FPA P. Bos Jake Fontana (2004) AFOSR MURI P. Palffy-Muhoray Jessica Fuselier (2008-2008) CPIP A. Jákli Jun Geng (2007) CPIP, OES P. Palffy-Muhoray

J. Selinger Lisa Green (2005-2008) LCI Q. Li Vianney Gimenez (2007) CPIP, New LC Mat. Facility J. & R. Selinger Mingxia Gu (2001-2009) Dept. of Energy O. Lavrentovich

S. Shiyanovskii John Harden (2003-2009) Wk. Study, OBR, NSF A. Jákli Sarah Hicks (2006) Wk. Study, Samsung D. Yang Yi Huang (2006) Pixel Optics P. Bos Shawn Hurley (2005) CPIP, Dynamic Eye D. Yang Wilder Iglesias (2007) CPIP, NSF R. Selinger, A. Jákli Israel Lazo Martinez (2006) CPIP, AFRL MURI O. Lavrentovich Liwei Li (2007) CPIP, Dupont, Pixel Optics P. Bos Olena Lopatina (2005) ONR J. Selinger Lu Lu (2007) CPIP, New LC Mat. Facility Q. Li, L. Chien Shin-Ying Lu (2005) LCI, New LC Mat. Facility L. Chien Badel Mbanga (2004) ACS-PRF, NSF R. Selinger Souptik Mukherjee (2009 Spring) CPIP C. Kim Jeremy Neal (2003) AFOSR MURI, LC Mat. Fac. P. Palffy-Muhoray Suxing Pan (2008) CPIP P. Palffy-Muhoray Heung-Shik Park (2004) AFOSR MURI O. Lavrentovich Oleg Pishnyak (2000) Dept. of Energy O. Lavrentovich Dmytro Reznikov (2003-2008) Displaytech, FPA P. Bos

Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Graduate Students, 2008-2009

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Graduate Students (start-end) Univ./Grant Support Advisor

Viktorya Savaryn (2008-2009) CPIP, NSF Materials World O. Lavrentovich

Bohdan Senyuk (2003) CPIP, NSF 3D, Ohio Dept. of Development

O. Lavrentovich

Lei Shi (2004) AFRL DARPA P. Bos Stephanie Taushanoff (2006) CPIP, Wk. Study, Comex Pix

Samsung Scholarship A. Jákli

Nithya Venkataraman (2005) P-T None A. Khan, J. West Feng Wang (2006) CPIP, LCI Q. Wei Hugh Wonderly (2007) Ohio Dept. of Development

Department of Energy, NSF 3D O. Lavrentovich

Lei Zhao (2008) CPIP J. West Xiaoli Zhou (2003-2008) OBR, AFRL MURI Q. Li Rafael Zola (2007) CPIP, OES P. Palffy-Muhoray

J. Selinger

Students Co-Advised by CPIP Faculty

Graduate Students Department/University CPIP Co-Advisor Ayan Chakrabarty Physics; OBR Q. Wei Subas Dhakal Physics J. Selinger Bhuwan Joshi Physics Q. Wei Madhabi Majumba Physics A. Jákli

M. Shokouhimehr Chemistry Q. Li

Dissertation Committees

Student Department/University Committee member David Benson Chemistry R. Selinger Leela Joshi Physics S. Kumar

O. Lavrentovich

Melati Khairuddean Chemistry L. Chien Brindaban Kundu Raman Research Institute, India A. Jákli Renyuan Liao Physics J. Selinger Brian Manor KSU Honors College Q. Li Krishna Prasad Neupane Physics A. Jákli Xianghong Qi Physics J. Selinger Miha Ravnik University of Ljubljana,

Physics O. Lavrentovich

Andriy Shyshkov Mathematical Sciences R. Selinger

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Table 5

Scholarships and Fellowships Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program

Samsung Research Scholarship Samsung Scholarships are competition based; students submit research project proposals for review and selection by Chemical Physics faculty.

2008-2009 Scholarship Recipients Bohdan Senyuk Optical and Dielectric Properties of Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals

Stephanie Taushanoff Polymer-Embedded Nanoparticles as a Conductive Layer in Liquid Crystal Cells

Lennon Entrepreneur Fellowship The Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust provides three years of funding for scholarships awarded through a competition among Chemical Physics graduate students. Students submit proposals that demonstrate innovation, entrepreneurship and the potential for product development. Scholarship recipients may use funds for stipends, materials, development costs, equipment and other costs directly associated with the development and commercialization of the proposed devices. All spending must be approved by the student’s advisor.

2009 Scholarship Recipients Nick Diorio, “Improving a nanoliter rheometer” Jake Fontana, “MetaMachine (formerly Enhanced Dip Coating Machine)” Shin-Ying Lu, “Electrically Switchable Wavelength-Based Liquid Crystal”

Amelia Earhart Fellow Presented by Zonta International. The Amelia Earhart Fellow is awarded to women conducting graduate research which has applications in the aerospace field.

2008-2009 Scholarship Recipient Lena Lopatina See feature article in Appendix I, page 75.

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Table 6

Graduate Degrees Awarded Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Student Dissertation/Thesis Title Advisor (Dept); Date

Doctor of Philosophy

Christopher Bailey Structure and Rheology of Some Bent Core Liquid Crystals

Jákli (CPIP) August 2008

Dmitry Reznikov Effect of Surface Alignment Layer on Electro-Optical Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Displays

Bos (CPIP) December 2008

Xiaoli Zhou Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Discotic Liquid Crystal Porphyrins for Organic Photovoltaics

Li (CPIP) May 2009

Mingxia Gu Effects of Dielectric Relaxation on Director Dynamics in Uniaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals

Lavrentovich (CPIP) May 2009

John Harden, Jr. Electromechanical Couplings in Liquid Crystals

Jákli (CPIP) May 2009

Masters Degree

Lisa Green Synthesis and Characterization of Photochemically Tunable Chiral Materials for Optically Addressed Cholesteric Displays

Li (CPIP) December 2008

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Table 7

Placement of Personnel, LCI/CPIP Graduates Employment

Christopher Bailey NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Air Force Research Lab, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH

Mingxia Gu Senior Display Optics Engineer, Apple, San Jose, CA

Lisa Green Unknown

John Harden Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute

Dmitry Reznikov Israel Institute of Technology - Technion Xiaoli Zhou Unknown

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Martin Chambers Staff Scientist, Nuclear Reactor, Slovenia

Yuriy Nastyshyn Returned to permanent position at Institute of Physics Optics, Ukraine

Peter Salamon PhD student, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary

Gabor Toros Masters student, University of Budapest, Hungary

Fangfu Ye Postdoctoral Fellow, University Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Table 8

Visiting Scientists

Name (PI) Visitation Period Home Institution

Long-term Visitors Rui Bao (Yang)

September 6, 2007 – September 2, 2008 Huazhong University of Science & Tech., China

Chunzhen Fan (Wei)

October 8, 2008 – October 5, 2009 Fudan University, China (doctoral student)

Margaret Frye (John West)

August 2008 – May 2009 (one week per month)

Cornell University

Won Wook Jeong (Kim)

March 13 – September 9, 2009 LG Household & Healthcare LTD, Korea

Woo Jeong Kang October 22, 2007 – October 8, 2008 Samsung Electronics, Korea

Hyun Wuk Kim February 1, 2008 – January 31, 2009 Samsung Electronics

Khoa Van Le (Jákli)

August 5 – October 29, 2008 Tokyo Institute of Technology

Kexuan Li (Yang)

March 3, 2008 – December 31, 2009 University of Science and Technology, China

Yuriy Nastyshyn (Lavrentovich)

March 9 – May 8, 2009 Institute of Physics, Ukraine

Hye Young Ryu October 19, 2007 – October 8, 2008 Samsung Electronics

Peter Salamon (Jákli and Sprunt)

September 15, 2008 – January 15, 2009 Eotvos University Budapest, Hungary

Gabor Toros (Jákli and Palffy)

September 10 - December 20, 2008 University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Short-term Visitors Sergio Diez (Finotello)

January 9 – February 27, 2009 Barcelona University

Vassili Nazarenko (Lavrentovich)

May 23 – May 29, 2009 Institute of Physics, Ukraine

W. Oates (Palffy-Muhoray)

April 26-29, 2009 College of Engineering Florida State University

Arghir Dani Zarnescu (Palffy-Muhoray)

March 21-28, 2009 Mathematical Institute Oxford, U.K.

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Table 9

Grants and Contracts, 2008-2009

Title Grant/Contract Number Agency Period

Grant Amount Project Director, Principal Investigators Research Associates, Postdoctoral Fellows Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students KSU Account Number

1. Electric Field Effects in Liquid Crystals with Dielectric Dispersion U.S. Department of Energy 8/15/06 – 8/14/10

$493,074 (yrs. 1-3) Lavrentovich, Shiyanovskii Golovin, Nastyshyn Lazo-Martinez, Pishnyak,

Wonderly 440606

2. Giant Flexoelectricity of Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystals: Its Origin and Potential Applications for Microscale Energy Conversion Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM) 7/1/08 – 6/30/10

$50,000 Sprunt, Gleeson, Jákli Harden 440609

3. Chromonic Liquid Crystals as a New System for Controlled Drug Delivery Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 1/1/07 – 8/15/09

$50,000 Finotello, Lavrentovich,

Tortora, Woolverton 440621

4. Energy Conversion Based on Giant Flexoelectric Effect in Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystals Office of Naval Research 12/18/06 – 12/31/07 – no cost extension to 8/31/09

$265,319 Gleeson, Jákli, Sprunt Chambers Iglesias 440623

5. Collaborative Research: New Liquid Crystal Materials National Science Foundation SGER 8/1/2006 – 7/31/2008

$160,000 Finotello, Kumar Kooijman Guo, Jeong 442105

6. Collaborative Research FRG: Ferroelectric Phenomena in Soft Matter Systems National Science Foundation 8/15/05 – 7/31/09 (No-cost extension)

$313,978 Jákli, Gartland, Lavrentovich Culbreath, Wonderly 442191


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7. Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy of Three-Dimensional Director Configurations in Liquid Crystals National Science Foundation 11/1/05 – 10/31/09 (No-cost extension)

$375,000 Lavrentovich Nastyshyn, Tortora, Omelchenko Lazo-Martinez, Senyuk, Wonderly 442198

8. New Liquid Crystal Materials Facility National Science Foundation 6/1/06 – 5/31/09

$899,235 Palffy-Muhoray, Lavrentovich, West, Chien, Sprunt Luchette Toros, Shih Borshch, Cui, Gimenez, Huang, Iglesias, L. Lu, S. Lu, Neal, Pan 442216

9. Fluid Phases of Bent-Core Molecules – Novel Physics and Applications National Science Foundation 7/1/06 – 7/31/09

$536,137 Sprunt, Gleeson, Jákli Bailey, Diorio, Harden, Hong, Majumbdar, Neupane Kovacs, Murphy 442218

10. Modeling Actuation and Shape Selection in Soft Materials National Science Foundation 8/15/06 – 7/31/09

$300,000 R. Selinger, J. Selinger Ye Gimenez, Iglesias, Mbanga Konya 442220

11. Materials World Network on Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals National Science Foundation 9/1/07 – 8/31/10

$336,000 Sprunt, Lavrentovich Neupane Savaryn 442249

12. Collaborative Research: Scaling Laws for NanoFET Biosensors National Science Foundation 10/1/08 – 9/30/11

$206,812 Wei Chakrabarty Fechter 442255

13. Materials World Network: Structure, Dynamics and Critical Phenomena in Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals National Science Foundation 9/1/08 – 8/31/11

$510,000 Kumar, Sprunt Agra-Kooijman, Dey, Majumdar 442257


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14. Energy-Saving Switchable Liquid Crystal Architectural Window Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 6/1/07 – 12/31/08

$50,000 Yang, Sharag-Eldin J. Ma 444203

15. Flexible Liquid Crystal Film Manufacturing Alliance Ohio Department of Development; Kent Displays subaward 2/26/07 – 2/25/10

$450,000 West Ruth, K. Zhang, Buyuktanir 444205

16. Dual Mode Eye Shields Defense Contract Management Agency; Dynamic Eye subaward 9/1/08 – 3/1/10

$82,825 Yang Hurley 444207

17. Light Driven Chiral Molecular Motors for Passive Agile Filters Air Force Office of Scientific Research 3/1/09 – 2/28/14

$625,000 ($150,000 – Mar.-Dec. 2009) Li Ma 444208

18. 5th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter 6/02/09 – 12/31/09

$10,843 Palffy-Muhoray 444209

19. Novel Organo-Soluble Optically Tunable Chiral Hybrid Gold Nanorods Air Force Office of Scientific Research 5/1/09 – 4/30/14

$750,000; ($100,000 for 5/09-12/09) Li Shokouhimehr 444211

20. Establishment of the International Network for Flexible Electro-Optics Devices Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) 1/1/09 – 12/31/11

$31,210 West 444212

21. Electronically Changeable Color Skins for Consumer Electronics Ohio Department of Development; Kent Displays subaward 5/29/09 – 5/28/12

$598,037 West Diehl 444214

22. Finite Element Modeling of Projectiles and Indentation National Institute of Standards and Technology 9/1/05 – 8/31/08

$415,676 R. Selinger Ma 444277


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23. Tracking Nanoparticle Motion to Elucidate Mechanisms for Anomalous Thermal Transport in Nanofluids Office of Naval Research, Long Range Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology Program 10/01/05 – 09/30/08

$344,003 J. Selinger, Sprunt Turanov Lopatina 444279

24. Tracking Nanoparticle Motion to Elucidate Mechanisms for Anomalous Thermal Transport in Nanofluids Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 1/15/06 – 2/8/09 (No cost extension)

$60,000 J. Selinger, Sprunt Turanov Lopatina 444282

25. Extension Proposal (LC Based Optical Phases Array for Steering Lasers) Dept. of Air Force/Air Force Research Labs 3/10/06 – 6/30/09 (no-cost extension)

$451,450 Bos Bryant Shi 444285 (previously 444226)

26. Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) on Self-Assembled Soft Optical NIMS Air Force Office of Science Research 5/1/06 – 9/30/11

$3,817,793 (5/06 – 9/10) (KSU share $1,392,232) Palffy-Muhoray, Lavrentovich, Li, Taheri Y. Li, Moreira, Relaix, Tortora Shih Fontana, Lazo Martinez, Park, X. Zhao 444286

27. Segmented Flash Blindness Lenses U.S. Air Force; Dynamic Eye subaward 9/1/06 – 8/31/08

$98,057 Yang 444288

28. Theory of “Scar” Defects in Soft Materials with Orientational Order: Building Blocks for Self-Assembly? Institute for Complex Adaptive Materials (ICAM) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 7/1/07 – 6/30/09

$45,000 J. Selinger Ye 444290

29. Commercialization of Functional Polyimide Films and Nanocomposites Ohio Department of Development; University of Akron subaward 2/26/07 – 2/25/10

$300,000 Yang, Kelly, Lavrentovich Tortora, Y. Yang Senyuk, Park, Wonderly 444292

30. Electrically and Optically Tunable Chiral Molecules for Optical Applications U.S. Air Force; General Dynamics subaward 6/21/07 – 9/30/08 (no cost extension)

$70,000 Li Krishnamurthy, Mathews 444293


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31. Pixel Optics Super Vision Project U.S. Dept. of Defense; PixelOptics subaward 12/1/07 – 11/30/08

$400,000 Bos, West Bryant, Wall Atkuri, Huang, L. Li, Shi 444295

32. Simulation Study of Field Induced Reorientation of BNLC Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 12/1/07 – 11/30/08

$80,000 Yang J. Ma Hicks 444296

33. Plasmonic Subwavelength Structures for Active Color Generation and Tuning with Liquid Crystals for Display Applications Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 12/1/07 – 11/30/08

$80,000 Wei Wang 444297

34. Liquid Crystal Display Doped with Ferroelectric Nanoparticles (Phase II) Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 12/1/07 – 11/30/08

$80,000 West Atkuri, X. Zhao 444298

35. Synthesis of Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 12/1/07 – 11/30/08

$80,000 Li Mathews 444299

36. Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals for Internal Compensators and Polarizers Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 12/1/07 – 11/30/08

$100,000 Lavrentovich Nastyshyn 444300

37. Photochemically Switched Chiral Materials for Nematic Displays, NSF STTR Phase II National Science Foundation; Kent Displays subaward 2/15/08 – 2/14/10

$250,000 Li Krishnamurthy Y. Li, J. Ma, Mathews 444303

38. Sponsored Research Agreement Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Vistakon Division 5/15/08 – 12/31/08

$108,870 Jákli Taushanoff Murphy, Toros 444305

39. Development of Electronic Greenhouses NorTech 6/12/08 – 6/30/09

$50,000 West 444306


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40. Finite Element Modeling of Multiaxial Deformation of Metals National Institute of Standards and Technology 9/1/08 – 8/31/11

$469,310 R. Selinger L. Ma 444307

41. Development of Particle-Based Flow Diagnostic Techniques NASA; ATK Space Systems subaward 1/26/09 – 6/30/009

$15,013 Bos Bryant 444308

42. Flexible Cholesteric Displays: Device Simulation and Fashion Application Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 6/15/09 – 6/14/11

$40,000 R. Selinger, Schofield-Tomschin Gimenez 444309

43. Optimization of Flexoelectric and Blue Phase Bimesogens Ohio Board of Regents Research Incentive 1/15/08 – 1/14/10

$48,618 Twieg, Jákli, Bos 444776

44. Numerical Simulations and Laboratory Observations of Sulfuric Acid-Water-Organics Ternary Homogeneous Nucleation Ohio Board of Regents Research Initiative 6/15/09 – 6/14/10

$50,000 S.H. Lee, R. Selinger 444783

45. Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials (RC-SAM) Ohio Department of Development, Ohio Research Scholars Program Universities: Kent State, Case Western Reserve and Youngstown State 8/18/08 – 8/17/13

$15,292,382 (3 universities) KSU $8,553,921 CWRU$5,838,461 YSU $900,000 Lavrentovich, West, Palffy-Muhoray, Yang 446800 (endowment) 446801 (operating) 446802 (capital equipment)

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

46. S-STEM Scholarships for Broadening Participation in Sciences National Science Foundation 9/15/06 – 8/31/11

$499,926 Maletic, Ortiz, R. Selinger, Portman, S.H. Lee 442222

47. Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Kent State University: Liquid Crystals and Advanced Materials National Science Foundation 4/1/07 – 3/31/10

$229,743 Gericke, Twieg 442225

48. Science Education / Outreach Activities Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter 5/1/08 – 4/30/09

$2,000 R. Selinger 444304


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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

49. Collaborative Research in Europe on Liquid Crystals (CRELIC-IRES) National Science Foundation 9/15/07 – 8/31/10

$92,000 Jákli Culbreath, Diorio, Fontana, Ostepenko, Taushanoff R. Gibson (Calif. State Univ.) 442107

FOUNDATION RESEARCH GIFTS

50. Fluorinated Polyimide Alignment Layer Research Dupont 6/1/06 – 1/31/09

$160,000 Bos

51. Polarization Independent Etalon Based Liquid Crystal Devices Intel 10/1/05 – 9/30/08

$189,000 Bos

FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS

52. Challenge Grant (Research and Scholarships) Fred A Lennon Charitable Trust 10/13/06 – 10/12/09

$90,000 Lavrentovich Diorio, Fontana, S. Lu (2009)

53. Samsung Research Scholarships Samsung Electronics Company 1/1/04 – 12/31/08

$200,000 Senyuk, Taushanoff (2008-09)

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Table 10

Proposals for Extramural Support, 2008-2009

Title Agency Period

Amount Requested Project director, principal investigators Status

1. ARRA: Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering

and Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy of Three-Dimensional Structures in Liquid Crystals National Science Foundation 9/1/09 – 8/31/11

$277,903 Lavrentovich Awarded Proposal B-9528 (448011)

2. Collaborative Research: Self-assembly in Ultrathin Films of Bent-Core Molecules: Experiment, Simulation and Application National Science Foundation 7/15/09 – 6/30/12

$462,386 Mann, Jákli Awarded Proposal B-9529 (442263)

3. 5th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference National Science Foundation 9/1/09 – 8/31/10

$8,031 Palffy-Muhoray Awarded Proposal B-9879 (442269)

4. 5th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter 6/02/09 – 12/31/09

$10,843 Palffy-Muhoray, Chien, Jákli, R. Selinger Awarded Proposal B-9982 (444209)

5. Novel Organo-Soluble Optically Tunable Chiral Hybrid Gold Nanorods Air Force Office of Scientific Research 5/1/09 – 4/30/14

$750,000 Li Awarded Proposal B-9650 (444211)

6. Establishment of the International Network for Flexible Electro-Optics Devices Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) 1/1/09 – 12/31/11

$31,210 West Awarded Proposal B-9856 (444212)

7. Electronically Changeable Color Skins for Consumer Electronics Ohio Department of Development (subaward Kent Displays) 5/29/09 – 5/28/12

$598,037 West Awarded Proposal B-9524 (444214)


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8. Development of Particle-Based Flow Diagnostic Techniques NASA (subaward ATK Space Systems) 1/26/09 – 6/30/009

$30,000 Bos Awarded Proposal B-9533 (444308)

9. Flexible Cholesteric Displays: Device Simulation & Fashion Application Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 6/15/09 – 6/14/11

$40,000 R. Selinger, Schofield-Tomschin Awarded Proposal B-9578 (444309)

10. Atomic Scale Modeling for Nanomechanics Experiments National Institute of Standards and Technology 8/1/09 – 7/31/12

$115,637 R. Selinger Awarded Proposal B-9829 (444310)

11. Numerical Simulations and Laboratory Observations of Sulfuric Acid-Water-Organics Ternary Homogeneous Nucleation Ohio Board of Regents Research Initiative 6/15/09 – 6/14/10

$50,000 S.H. Lee, R. Selinger Awarded Proposal B-9600 (444783)

12. Atmospheric Chemistry: Numerical Simulations, Laboratory and Atmospheric Observations of Sulfuric Acid-Water Organics Ternary Homogeneous Nucleation Dreyfus Foundation 1/1/09 – 12/31/10

$120,000 S.H. Lee, R. Selinger Not Awarded Proposal B-9409

13. Molecular and Supermolecular Design of Polar Achiral and Chiral Polymers and their Elastomers for Understanding the Stimuli Responses in Different Mesophases and Environments ACS Petroleum Research Fund 9/1/2009-8/31/2011

$100,000 Chien Not Awarded

14. Artificial Muscles Based on Bent-Core Liquid Crystal Elastomers National Science Foundation 9/1/09 – 8/31/12

$357,422 Chien Not Awarded Proposal B-9535

15. International Liquid Crystal Materials Institute National Science Foundation 04/01/09-03/31/2014

$5,372,833 Jákli, R. Selinger, Mann, Twieg Not Awarded

16. Seeking Melt Processable Negatively Birefringent Polymers Nine Sigma 7/1/09 – 6/30/10



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17. Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals National Science Foundation PI: Peter Collins (Swarthmore College, PA) 6/14/09 – 9/13/09

$10,000 Collins, Chien Awarded

18. Investigation of Scientific Duo of Nanoparticles and Blue Phase Liquid Crystals and Their Electro-optical Applications Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 6/15/09 – 6/14/10


19. Stability and Interfacial Viscoelasticities of Polymerized Phospholipid Membranes National Science Foundation 1/1/10 – 12/31/12

$261,238 Kim Pending Proposal B-9742

20. Novel Bio-Inspired Stress-Adaptive Artificial Polymer Networks DARPA 6/15/09 – 8/31/10

$299,370 Kim Not Awarded Proposal B-9713

21. Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals (BNLC): KSU-Samsung Project Samsung Electronics 1/1/09 – 12/31/09

$250,000 Allender, Kumar, Lavrentovich Pending Proposal B-9550

22. Formation of Thin Photoluminescent Films from Colloidal Quantum Dots (QDs) for Backlights Samsung Electronics 1/1/09 – 12/31/09


23. FRG: Interplay of Biaxiality and Chirality in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals National Science Foundation 7/1/09 – 6/30/12

$732,874 Yang, Doane, Li, J. Selinger Not Awarded Proposal B-9527

24. Optimization of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal for Active Matrix Display Samsung Electronics 1/1/09 – 12/31/10

$188,011 Yang Not Awarded Proposal B-9562

25. Development of High-Speed Confocal Rheoscope for Investigation of Mechanosensing of Cells Under Stress National Science Foundation 7/1/09 – 6/30/12


26. Light-Driven Chiral Molecular Motors for Passive Agile Filters Air Force Office of Scientific Research 3/1/09 – 2/28/14

$625,000 Li Awarded Proposal B-9493 (444208)


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27. Biaxiality in Thermotropic Bent-Core and Tetrapodic Nematic Liquid Crystals U.S. Department of Energy 91/09 – 2/28/13

$1,381,689 Kumar, Sprunt, Li Awarded Proposal B-9439 (440658)

28. International Symposium on Biaxial Liquid Crystals National Science Foundation 9/1/08 – 2/28/09

$15,000 Allender, Kumar, Lavrentovich Not Awarded Proposal B-9388

29. CAREER: Electrically Addressable Plasmonic Nanocavities as Hotspots for Single Molecule Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy National Science Foundation 3/1/09 – 2/28/14

$404,591 Wei Not Awarded Proposal B-9396

30. Electrically Controlled Optical Metamaterials Based on Dispersions of Nano-Rods Air Force Office of Scientific Research 8/1/10 – 7/31/15

$897,684 Lavrentovich Pending Proposal B-9916

31. Electrically Addressable Plasmonic Nanocavities for Simultaneous Single Molecule SERS and Molecular Electronics Army Research Office 10/1/09 – 9/30/12

$361,632 Wei Pending Proposal B-9870

32. Structured Fluids from Reduced Symmetry Molecules National Science Foundation 1/1/10 – 12/31/13

$705,250 Jákli, Gleeson, Sprunt Pending

33. Thermotropic Liquid Crystals in Water for Biological Sensors Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 8/15/09 – 8/14/11

$50,000 Jákli, Mann, Stalvey Not Awarded

34. CAREER: Investigation of Fragile and Strong Glass Formers Using Perturbed Dynamics of Arrested Colloidal Suspensions National Science Foundation 3/1/10 – 2/28/15

$600,128 Kim Pending

35. Novel High Throughput Method to Measure Cell Mechanics Using a Tapered Capillary National Institutes of Health 9/30/09 – 9/39/11

$992,766 Kim, Sakai Not Awarded

36. Investigation of the Perturbed Dynamics of Biological Systems Ohio Board of Regents Research Incentive 6/15/09 – 5/31/11

$50,000 Kim Not Awarded


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37. Nonlinear Diffusion on a Sphere National Science Foundation 9/15/09 – 8/31/11

$135,000 Palffy-Muhoray, Zheng (Math) Awarded Proposal B-9544 (442270)

38. eVision Project eVision, LLC 8/1/09 – 7/30/11

$178,000 Bos Awarded Proposal B-9881 (444311)

39. Ionic Cholesteric Liquid Crystal and Display Ohio Board of Regents Research Incentive 12/1/08 – 11/30/09

$50,000 Yang, Twieg Not Awarded

40. Prototype of Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Texture Switchable Window Guardian, Inc. 1/1/09 – 12/31/09

$37,413 Yang Not Awarded

41. Simulation Study of Electrically Tunable Polarization Rotator from Liquid Crystal Avanex, Inc. 7/1/09 – 6/30/10

$45,301 Yang Awarded

42. MRI: Acquisition of a Multifunctional Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope for Research on Nano and Soft Materials National Science Foundation 9/1/09 – 8/31/11

$384,116 Wei Not Awarded

43. Development and Fundamental Studies of Biaxial Colloidal Systems Farris Family Innovative Award 9/1/09 – 8/31/12

$24,000 Wei Awarded

44. Finite Element Modeling of Multiaxial Deformation of Metals National Institute of Standards and Technology 9/1/08 – 8/31/11

$469,310 (renewal of 444277) R. Selinger Awarded Proposal B-9333 (444307)

45. Self-Assembling Organic Solar Energy Systems Department of Energy Energy Frontiers Research Center with participation by nine universities 9/1/09 – 8/31/14

$25,000,000 Kumar, Chien, Lavrentovich, et al. Not Awarded

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Table 11

Patents, Applications, Invention Disclosures

Number & Date Title and Inventors

Patents

7,463,228 KSU 229 12/9/2008

Fast Switching Dual-Frequency Liquid Crystal Cells and Method for Driving the Same Andrii Golovin, Sergij Shiyanovskii, Oleg Lavrentovich

ZL03106745.X, PRChina KSU 232 3/25/09

Elliptically Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Jack Kelly, Marina Lavrentovich, Tatiana Sergan

7,499,125 KSU 254 3/3/2009

Method of Fabricating Electro-Optical Devices with Polymer-Stabilized Liquid Crystal Molecules L. Komitov, L.-C. Chien and S. H. Kim

Patent Applications US 2009-0040453 KSU 245 9/4/2008

Method of Plasma Beam Bombardment of Aligning Films for Liquid Crystals L.-C. Chien, A. Dobrovolskyy; O. Yaroschuk, O. Lavrentovich

Germany (pending) 11 2006 003 604.1 KSU 277 7/2/08

Nanoscale Discotic Liquid Crystalline Porphyrins Quan Li, Lanfang Li, Antal Jákli, John Harden, Jr.

Germany (pending) 11 2006 003 607.6 KSU 285 7/2/08

Light-Harvesting Discotic Liquid Crystalline Porphyrins and Metal Complexes Quan Li, Xiaoli Zhou

US 12/410,156 (pending) KSU 302 3/24/2009

Bistable Switchable Liquid Crystal Window Deng-Ke Yang, Lei Shi, Rui Bao

US Utility Patent 12/167,754 (pending) KSU 314 7/3/08

Liquid Crystal Alignment Using Inkjet Printed Polymers L.C. Chien, J.Y. Hwang

US 2009-0073331-A1 12/208.727; KSU 319 9/11/2008

Tunable Liquid Crystal Devides, Devices Using Same, and Methods of Making and Using Same Lei Shi, Philip Bos, Paul McManamon

US 2009-0231261 A1 12/403,160; KSU 324 3/12/2009

A Liquid Crystal Device and Method Thereof Sergij Shiyanovskii, Mingxia Gu, Oleg Lavrentovich

Patents, Applications, Invention Disclosures, 2008-2009

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US 12/378,103 (pending) 12/378,103; KSU 325 2/11/2009

Broad Range Nano-liter Rheometer Antal Jákli, Christopher Bailey

61/107,386 KSU 339 9/8/2008

Homeotropically Aligned Discotic Liquid Crystal Blend for Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Device (A Liquid Crystalline Blend, Device Thereof and Method Thereof) Quan Li

Invention Disclosures KSU 340 9/8/08

Method and Device to Produce an Aligned Film of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal Andrii Golovin, Oleg Lavrentovich

KSU 342 9/10/08

Polymer Stabilized Isotropic Liquid Crystal Display and Phase Modulator Deng-Ke Yang, Young Cheol Yang and Rui Bao

KSU 344 10/24/08

Electrically Controlled Dispersions of Nanoparticles for Reconfigurable Optical Lensing and Optical Cloaking Applications Oleg Lavrentovich, Andrii Golovin

KSU 345 11/12/08

A Method to Monitor/Control Surfactant Concentration in Liquid Crystal Colloidal Dispersion Ke Zhang, Hari Atkuri, John West

KSU 346 11/12/08

The Substrate-Free Liquid Crystal/Polymer Composite Film Preparation Method on the Liquid Surface Ebru Buyuktanir, John West

KSU 347 11/13/08

High Transmittance Stressed Liquid Crystal in the Visible Spectrum Hari Atkuri, Ke Zhang, John West, Anatoliy Glushchenko

KSU 350 3/15/2009

Polymer and Blue Phase LC Composites for Field-Induced Color L.-C. Chien, S.-Y. Lu

KSU 351 2/7/2009

A Blue Phase Liquid Crystal and Device Thereof: High dielectric Composites as Capacitive Materials L.-C. Chien, Lu Lu and J. Y. Hwang

KSU 353 3/10/09

Stimuli Rsponsive Liquid Crystal/Polymer Composite Fibers Ebru Buyuktanir, Margaret Frey, John West

KSU 354/355 3/23/09

Addressing Scheme for a Tunable Lens with Phase Wrapping Doug Bryant, Le Shi, Bentley Wall, Philip Bos

KSU 356/357 3/23/09

Photo-Patterned Pre-tilt Liquid Crystal Cells, Lenses and Methods Philip Bos, Tatiana Sergan, Vassili Sergan

KSU 360 5/1/09

Electrically Addressable Plasmonic Nanocavities and Their Applications Qi-Huo Wei, Feng Wang, Wu Lu

KSU 361 5/26/09

Optical Compensation Schemes of Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystal Displays for Wide Viewing Angle Performance Young-Choel Yang and Deng-Ke Yang

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Publications

Philip J. Bos

Peer Reviewed Journals Y. Huang, P.J. Bos, K.H. Kim, J.K. Jang, H.S. Kim, “Factors affecting the dynamics of a pi-cell,” J. Society Info. Display 16 (9): 939-945 (2008). (Invited Paper)

E. Dorjgotov, A. Bhowmik, P. Bos, “Design of a wide bandwidth switchable mirror based on a liquid crystal etalon,” J. Appl. Physics 105 (10): Art. No. 104906 (2009).

E.A. Dorjgotov, A.K. Bhowmik, P.J. Bos, “High efficiency liquid crystal etalon modulator for pico-projection displays,” Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 48 (4): Art. No. 042201 Part 1 (2009).

B. Wang, Y.L. Zhang, Y.K. Jang, P.J. Bos, “Enhancement of the direct symmetric splay to bend transition in liquid crystal cell, Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 48 (2): Art. No. 022502 (2009).

E.A. Dorjgotov, A.K. Bhowmik, P.J. Bos, “Switchable polarization-independent liquid-crystal Fabry-Perot filter,” Appl. Optics 48 (1): 74-79 (2009).

K. Zhang, N. Liu, R.J. Twieg, B.C. Auman, P.J.Bos, “Pretilt study of double-layer alignment film (DLAF),” Liq. Crystals 35 (10): 1191-1197 (2008).

Y.K. Jang, P. Bos, “Conditions and limitations of perfect phase compensation in liquid crystal devices,” Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 47 (7): 5466-5471 Part 1 (2008).

M. Reznikov, B. Wall, M.A. Handschy, P.J. Bos, “Monodomain alignment of the smectic-A liquid crystalline phase from the isotropic phase,” J. Appl. Phys. 104 (4): Art. No. 044902 (2008).

L. Shi, P.F. McManamon, P.J. Bos, “Liquid crystal optical phase plate with a variable in-plane gradient,” J. Appl. Phys. 104 (3): Art. No. 033109 (2008).

S.Y. Jeong, D.W.Kim, K.W. Rhie, M.P. Hong, P. Bos, W.G. Jang, K.H. Kim, S.T. Shin, “Study of optimized curing conditions for polymer-stabilized pi-cell with compensation film,” Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 47 (3): 1647-1650 Part 1 (2008).

A.B. Nych, D.Y. Reznikov, O.P. Boiko, V.G. Nazarenko, V.M. Pergamenshchik, P. Bos, “Alignment memory of a nematic liquid crystal and thermal isotropization of the surface adsorbed layer,” Euro. Phys. Lett. 81 (1): Art. No. 16001 (2008).

P. McManamon, P.J. Bos, M.J. Escuti, J. Heikenfeld, S. Serati, H.K. Xie, E.A. Watson, “A review of phased array steering for narrow-band electrooptical systems,” PROC. IEEE, 97 (6): 1078-1096 Sp. Iss. SI, invited paper (2009).

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports B.Wang, Y. Zhang, Y-K Jang, P.J.Bos, “Stabilization of the symmetric splay state and warm up time reduction in Pi-cell devices” Conference Record of the 28th International Display Research Conference, p. 119 ( 2008).

Liang-Chy Chien

Books and Chapters in Books

L. C. Chien and M. Wu, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies IV, Proceeding of SPIE, Vol. 7232 (2009).

Publications, 2008-2009

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Peer Reviewed Journals J.Y. Hwang and L.C. Chien, “Liquid crystal alignment on inkjet printed and air-buffed polyimide with nano-grove surface,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 055305 (2009).

S.H. Kim, L. Shi and L.C. Chien, “Fast flexoelectric switching in a cholesteric liquid crystal cell with surface-localized polymer network,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42, 195102 (2009).

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports M.-H. Lee, H.J. Choi, K.-U., Jeong, L.-C. Chien, “Photomechanical deformation of liquid crystalline polymer based on photochromic reactive mesogen,” IDRC Proceeding, 33-34 (2008).

S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “Carbon nanotubes doped liquid crystal OCB cells: Dielectric and electro-optical properties,” IDW 08 Digest, 13-16 (2008).

L. Lu, S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “Fast-switching electro-optical films based on polymer encapsulated liquid crystal, carbon nanotube, and dye,” SPIE 7232, 23204-723204-9 (2009).

L. Lu, J.-Y. Hwang and L.-C. Chien, “Effect of IPS cell structure on the electro-optical property of a room temperature blue phase liquid crystal,” SID 09 Digest, 1608-1610 (2009).

S.-Y. Lu and L.-C. Chien, “Electrically induced color with polymer-stabilized blue phase” SID 09 Digest, 1193-1195 (2009).

Antal Jákli

Peer Reviewed Journals

G.G. Nair, C.A. Bailey, S. Taushanoff, K. Fodor-Csorba, A. Vajda, Z. Varga, A. Bóta, A. Jákli, “Electrically tunable color using mixtures of bent-core and rod-shape molecules”, Adv. Mater., 20 (16), 3138 – 3142 (2008).

A. Jákli, B. Senyuk, G. Liao, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Colloidal micro-motor in smectic A liquid crystal driven by DC electric field, Soft Matter 4, 2471 - 2474 (2008).

J. Harden, R. Teeling, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, A. Jákli, “Converse flexoelectric effect in a bent-core nematic liquid crystal”, Phys. Rev. E 78, 031702 (2008).

T. Ostapenko, D.B. Wiant, S.N. Sprunt, A. Jákli, and J.T. Gleeson, “Magnetic-field induced isotropic to nematic liquid crystal phase transition,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 247801 (2008).

J. Harden, N. Diorio, A. G. Petrov, A. Jákli, “Chirality of lipids makes fluid lamellar phases piezoelectric”, Phys. Rev. E 79, 011701 (2009); also selected for the January 15, 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research.

M. Chambers, R. Verduzco, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt and A. Jákli, “Calamitic liquid crystalline elastomers swollen in bent-core liquid crystal solvents,” Adv. Mater. 21, (16), 1622-1626 (2009).

D.Z. Obadovic, A. Vajda, A. Jákli, M. Kohout, M. Stojanovic, N. Éber, K. Fodor-Csorba, G. Galli, “Studies on binary mixtures of bell-shaped and calamitic compounds,” J. Research Physics 32 (1) 69-74 (2008).

A. Jákli, I.C. Pinte, J.L. Serrano, M.B. Ros and M.R. de la Fuente, “Electro-optic, dielectric and piezoelectric properties of a ferroelectric bent-core liquid crystal”, Adv. Mater., DOE: 10.1002/adma.200900131 (2009).

K. Van Le, M. Mathews, M. Chambers, J. Harden, Q. Li, H. Takezoe, Antal Jákli, “Electrooptic technique to study biaxiality of liquid crystals with positive dielectric anisotropy: The case of a bent-core material,” Phys. Rev. E., Rapid Comm. 79.030701(R) (2009).


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J. Petzold, A. Nemeş, A. Eremin, C. Bailey, N. Diorio, A. Jákli, and R. Stannarius, “Acoustically driven oscillations of freely suspended liquid crystal filaments,” Soft Matter 5 (16), 3120 – 3126 (2009).

M. Chambers, R. Verduzco, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt and A. Jákli, “Flexoelectricity of a calamitic liquid crystal elastomer swollen with a bent-core liquid crystal,” J. Mater. Chem. 2009, DOI: 10.1039/b911652d.

Chanjoong Kim


J.J. Lietor-Santos, C. Kim, A. Fernandez-Nieves, and D.A. Weitz, “Gravitational compression of colloidal gels,” European Phys. J. E 28, 159-164 (2009).

C. Kim, M.C. Gurau, P.S. Cremer, and H. Yu, “Study of the molecular orientation of poly(dimethyl siloxane) at the air/water interface by sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy,” Langmuir 24, 10155 (2008).

C.O. Osuji, C. Kim, and D.A. Weitz, “Shear thickening and gel elasticity in a colloidal system with attractive interactions,” Phys. Rev. E, 77, 060402 (2008).

Satyendra Kumar


L. Joshi, S.W. Kang, D.M. Agra-Kooijman, and S. Kumar, “Evolution of the aggregates of Sunset Yellow with concentration, temperature and pH of the solution: An x-ray investigation,” Phys. Rev. E 80, 041703 (2009).

D. B. Varshney, J. Elliott, L.A. Gatlin, S. Kumar, R. Suryanarayanan, E.Y. Shalaev, “Synchrotron X-ray diffraction investigation of the anomalous behavior of ice during freezing of aqueous systems,” J. Phys. Chem. B Letters 113, 6177–6182 (2009).

X. Zhou, S.-W. Kang, S. Kumar, and Q. Li, “Self-assembling discotic liquid crystal porphyrin into more controllable ordered nanostructure mediated by fluorophobic effect,” Liq. Cryst. 36, 269-274 (2009).

D.B. Varshney, S. Kumar, E.Y. Shalaev, S.-W. Kang, P. Sundaramurthi, L.A. Gatlin, and Suryanarayanan, “Phase transitions in freeze-dried systems - quantification using in situ synchrotron X-ray diffractometry,” Pharmaceutical Research 26, 1596-1606 (2009).

E.E. Kooijman, D. Vaknin, W. Bu, L. Joshi, S.-W. Kang, A. Gericke, E.K. Mann, and S. Kumar, “Structure of Ceramide-1-Phosphate at the air-water solution interface in the absence and presence of Ca2+,” Biophys. Jrnl. 96, 2204-2215 (2009).

B. R. Acharya, S.W. Kang, and S. Kumar, “Role of molecular structure in x-ray diffraction in thermotropic uniaxial and biaxial nematic liquid crystal phases,” J. Phys. Chem. B, P.G. deGennes Memorial Edition 113, 3845–3852 (2009).

Oleg D. Lavrentovich


M. Gu, S.V. Shiyanovskii, and O.D. Lavrentovich, “Polar and nonpolar ordering in the electrically induced isotropic-nematic phase transition,” Phys. Rev. E 78, 040702(R) (2008).


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A. Jákli, B. Senyuk, G. Liao, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Colloidal micro-motor in smectic A liquid crystal driven by DC electric field,” Soft Matter 4, 2471-2474 (2008).

H.S. Park, S.W. Kang, L. Tortora, Y. Nastishin, D. Finotello, S. Kumar, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Self-assembly of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal sunset yellow and effects of ionic additives,” J. Physical Chem. B 112, 16307-16319 (2008).

H.S. Park, A. Agarwal, N.A. Kotov, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Controllable side-by-side and end-to-end assembly of nanorods by lyotropic chromonic materials,” Langmuir 24, 13833-13837 (2008).

Y.H. Kim, D. K. Yoon, M.C. Choi, H. S. Jeong, M. W. Kim, O.D. Lavrentovich, H.T. Jung, “Confined self-assembly of toric focal conic domains (the effects of confined geometry on the feature size of toric focal conic domains),” Langmuir 25, 1685-1691 (2009).

Yu.A. Nastishin, O.P. Boiko, R.M. Vasyuta, V.M. Pergamenshchik, V.G. Nazarenko, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Photoinduced reorientation of light-absorbing lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal,” Ukrainsk. Fizich. Zhurnal 54, 82-88 (2009).

O.P. Pishnyak, S. Tang, J.R. Kelly, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Electrically induced dynamics of colloidal particles in nematic liquid crystal,” Ukrainsk. Fizich. Zhurnal 54, 101-108 (2009).

B.H. Kim, H.M. Lee, J.H. Lee, S.W. Son, S.J. Jeong, S. Lee, D.I. Lee, S.W. Kwak, H. Jeong, H. Shin, J.B. Yoon, O.D. Lavrentovich, and S.O. Kim, “Spontaneous lamellar alignment in thickness-modulated block copolymer films,“ Adv. Functional Materials 19, 2584-2591 (2009).

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports O.D. Lavrentovich, H. Wonderly, M. Gu and S.V. Shiyanovskii, “Dielectric relaxation in electrooptical switching of nematics,” Int. Meeting on Informational Displays, Digest 2008, 36-2, p. 1283-1285 (2008).

Quan Li

Books and Chapters in Books

Q. Li, L. Li, “Photoconducting discotic liquid crystals,” in, Thermotropic Liquid Crystals, A. Ramamoorthy, Ed., Ch.11, 297-322, Springer (2008).


J.M. El Khoury, X. Zhou, L. Qu, L. Dai, A. Urbas and Q. Li, “Organo-soluble photoresponsive azo hybrid gold nanorods,” Chemical Comm. 16, 2109-2111 (2009).

L. Green, Y. Li, T. White, A. Urbas, T. Bunning and Q. Li, “Light-driven chiral molecular switches with tetrahedral and axial chirality,” Organic & Bimolecular Chemistry (Communication) 7, 3930-3933 (2009).

T.J. White, R.L. Bricker, L.V. Natarajan, N.V. Tabiryan, L. Green, Q. Li and T.J. Bunning, “Phototunable azobenzene cholesteric liquid crystals with 2000 nm range,” Adv. Functional Mat. 19, 3484-3488 (2009).

K. Van Le, M. Mathews, M. Chambers, J. Harden, Q. Li, H. Takezoe and A. Jákli, “Electro-optic technique to study biaxiality of liquid crystals with positive dielectric anisotropy: The case of a bent-core material,” Phys. Rev. E 79, 030701/1-030701/4 (2009).


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X. Zhou, S. Kang, S. Kumar and Q. Li, “Self-assembly of discotic liquid crystal porphyrin into more controllable ordered nanostructure mediated by fluorophobic effect,” Liq. Cryst. 36, 269-274 (2009).

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports Q. Li, L. Green, “Novel optically tunable chiral nematic liquid crystal materials,”Abstracts of Papers, 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, ORGN-567 (2008).

Q. Li, X. Zhou, “Homeotropically aligned light-harvesting liquid crystalline porphyrins for organic photovoltaics,” Abstracts of Papers, 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, ORGN-214 (2008).

T.J. White, L.V. Natarajan, R.L. Bricker, Q. Li, N.V. Tabiryan, T.J. Bunning, “Impact of helical structure retention in phototunable polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals,” Abstracts of Papers, 237th ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, POLY-341 (2009).

Q. Li, “Nature-inspired discotic liquid crystal porphyrins for organic photovoltaics,” Abstracts of 2008 Workshop on Photovoltaics, Tuson, AZ, 23 (2008).

Q. Li, “Fluorinated liquid crystals: From displays to self-organizing organic photovoltaics,” Abstract book of 2009 Conference on Fabulous Future with Fluorine, St. Pete Beach, FL, 30 (2009).

N. Venkataraman, G. Magyar, E. Montbach, A. Khan, T. Schneider, J. W. Doane, L. Green, and Q. Li, “Thin flexible photosensitive cholesteric displays,” 28th International Display Research Conference, Orlando, FL, 101-103 (2008).

Peter Palffy-Muhoray


X. Zheng, W. Iglesias, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Distance of closest approach of two arbitrary hard ellipsoids,” Phys Rev E 79, 5, May (2009).

S. Li, J. Lowengrub, J. Fontana, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Control of viscous fingering patterns in a radial Hele-Shaw cell,” Phys Rev Lett. 102 (17), 174501, May 1, (2009).

X. Sun, B. A. Garetz, M. F. Moreira and P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Non-photochemical laser-induced nucleation of nematic phase and alignment of nematic director from a supercooled thermotropic liquid crystal,” Phys. Rev. E 79 (2), 021701-6, February (2009).

X. Zheng, W. Iglesias, and P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Distance of closest approach of two arbitrary hard ellipsoids”, E-LC online journal, http://www.e-lc.org/docs/2008_10_12_23_11_56, October (2008).

Jonathan Selinger


R.K. Gupta, K.A. Suresh, S. Kumar, L.M. Lopatina, R.L.B. Selinger, and J.V. Selinger, “Spatiotemporal patterns in a Langmuir monolayer due to driven molecular precession,” Phys. Rev. E 78, 041703 (2008).

L.M. Lopatina and J.V. Selinger, “Theory of ferroelectric nanoparticles in nematic liquid crystals,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 197802 (2009). Also included in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.


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Robin Selinger


R.K. Gupta, K.A. Suresh, S. Kumar, L.M. Lopatina, R.L.B. Selinger, and J.V. Selinger, “Spatiotemporal patterns in a Langmuir monolayer due to driven molecular precession,” Phys. Rev. E 78, 041703 (2008). [A figure from this paper was selected for inclusion in the October, 2008, edition of Physical Review E, “Kaleidoscope Images”.]

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports

R.L.B. Selinger, B.L. Mbanga, “Modeling liquid crystal elastomers: Actuators, pumps, and robots,” SPIE Proceedings 6911 (2008).

Qi-Huo Wei


Q. Wei, X. Zhou, B. Joshi, Y. Chen, K.-D. Li, Q.-H. Wei, K. Sun, L. Wang, “Self-assembly of ordered semiconductor nanoholes by ion beam sputtering,” Advanced Materials 21, P2865(2009).

X. Zhou, Q. Wei, L. Wang, B. Joshi, Q.-H. Wei, K. Sun, “Enhanced photoluminescence from gallium arsenide semiconductor coated with Au nanoparticles,” Applied. Physics A-Materials Science and Processing 96, 637-641 (2009).

Deng-Ke Yang


J. Ma, S. Hurley, Z. Zheng, B. Jin and D.-K. Yang, “Investigation of alignment direction in wide view film and rubbing angle of twisted nematic liquid crystal display mode,” Liq. Cryst. 36, 487-492 (2009).

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports

S. Hicks, Y.-C. Yang and D.-K. Yang, “Stability and performance of OCB in transflective display,” Conference Record of International Display Research Conference, 7-10 (2008).

S. Hurley, Y-C. Yang and D.-K. Yang, J. Shi and C. Mullin, “Driving dynamics of VA-LCDS with small pretilt angles,” Conference Record of International Display Research Conference, 164-167 (2008).

Y.-C. Yang and D.-K. Yang, “Simulation study and design of biaxial nematic liquid crystal displays,” Conference Record of International Display Research Conference, 179-182 (2008).

Y.-C. Yang and D.-K. Yang, “Achromatic reduction of light leakage in reflective LCDs by self-compensated phase retardation (SPR) film,” Conference Record of International Display Research Conference, 249-252 (2008).

Y.-C. Yang, R. Bao, K. Li and D.-K. Yang, “Sub-millisecond liquid crystal mode utilizing electro-optic Kerr effect comprising polymer-stabilized isotropic liquid crystals,” SID Intl Symp. Digest Tech. Papers XXXIX, 586-589 (2009).

S. Hurley, J. Ma and D.-K. Yang, “A flexible display using dye-doped PSCT,” SID Intl Symp. Digest Tech. Papers XXXIX, 1520-1523 (2009).

J. Ma, S. Hicks, S. Hurley and D.-K. Yang, “Effect of pressure on polymer stabilized cholesteric,” SID Intl Symp. Digest Tech. Papers XXXIX, 1532-1535 (2009).


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Y.-C. Yang and D.-K. Yang, “Wider viewing angle in in-plane switching mode liquid crystal displays by self-compensated phase retardation films,” SID Intl Symp. Digest Tech. Papers XXXIX, 1563-1566 (2009).

Y.-C. Yang and D.-K. Yang, “Optical compensation schemes of biaxial nematic liquid crystal displays for wide viewing angle performance,” SID Intl Symp. Digest Tech. Papers XXXIX, 1567-1570 (2009).

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Presentations at Professional Meetings and Academia

Philip J. Bos “Stabilization of the symmetric splay state and warm up time reduction in Pi-cell devices,” B. Wang, Y. Zhang, Y-K Jang, P.J. Bos, International Display Research Conference, Orlando, FL, November 3-6, 2008.

Poster Presentations

E.A. Dorjgotov, A. Bhowmik, P. Bos, “Polarization independent LC etalon and low power projection display,” Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystal, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

L. Shi, P. McManamon, P. Bos, “A tunable liquid crystal beam steering device based on a gradient in the Pancharatnam phase,” Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystal, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

M. Reznikov, B. Wall, M. Handschy, P. Bos, “Monodomain alignment of the smectic A phase from the isotropic phase,” 2008 International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

K Zhang, N. Liu, R. Twieg, P. Bos, “Pretilt study of novel double layer alignment films,” 2008 International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

Liang-Chy Chien

Invited Presentations

“Cholesteric liquid crystal for photonics and displays,” 2009 Planer-Smoluchowski Soft Matter Workshop on Liquid Crystals and Colloidal Dispersions, Lviv, Ukrane, June 22, 2009.

“Controlling the pretilt angle of non-contact liquid crystal alignment using an inkjet printed polyimide layers,” School of Electric Engineering and Institute of Optoelectronics, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, May 25, 2009.

“Controlling the pretilt angle of non-contact liquid crystal alignment using an inkjet printed polyimide layers,” Institute of Optoelectronics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, May 22, 2009.

“Controlling the pretilt angle of non-contact liquid crystal alignment using an inkjet printed polyimide layers,” Graduate Institute of Optomechatronics, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, May 21, 2009.

“Carbon nanotube doped liquid crystal OCB cells: Physical and electro-optical properties,” 2008 15th International Display Workshop Conference, Niigata, Japan, December 3-5, 2008.

“The emergence of color reflective flexible liquid crystal displays,” 2008 Flexible Electronics and Display Technology Workshop, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, October 23-24, 2008.

“Flexible liquid crystal displays using combined polymers and liquid crystals,” Polymers in Flat Panel Display Technologies Symposium, Polymer Division, 236th ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, August 17-21, 2008.

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“Recent advances in color cholesteric liquid crystal technologies for e-paper displays,” Frontier Topology and Design Concept for Neo-Mesomorphism Conference, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, Korea, July 4-7, 2008.

Oral Presentations

L. Lu, S.-Y. Lu and L.-C. Chien, “Fast-switching electro-optical films based on polymer encapsulated liquid crystal and carbon nanotubes,” Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies Conference VI, SPIE Photonics West 2009, San Jose, CA, January 19-24, 2009.

L. Lu, S.-Y. Lu and L.-C. Chien, “Fast-switching electro-optical films based on polymer encapsulated liquid crystal and carbon nanotubes,” LC2CAM08, I-CAMP Summer School, Boulder, Colorado, August 6-10, 2008.

A. Golovin, L.C. Chien, “Energy storage based on liquid crystal complex fluids and composites,” 22st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeiju, Korea, July 2-7, 2008.


S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “Electrically switched color using a polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal,” 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystal, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

L. Lu, J.-Y. Hwang, L.-C. Chien, “Effect of IPS cell structure on the electro-optical property of a room temperature blue phase liquid crystal,” 2009 Society of Information Display Conference, San Antonio, TX, May 18-23, 2009.

S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “Electrically-induced color with polymer-stabilized blue phase,” 2009 Society of Information Display Conference, San Antonio, TX, May 18-23, 2009.

L.C. Chien, C.M. Hudson, S.N. Lee, M.H. Lee, H.J. Choi and K.U. Jeong, “A biaxial nematic polymer actuator,” International Symposium on Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals, Kent, OH, October 27-28, 2008.

S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “Carbon nanotube doped liquid crystal OCB cells: physical and electro-optical properties,” 22st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeiju, Korea, July 2-7, 2008.

L. Lu, S.-Y. Lu and L.-C. Chien, “Fast-switching electro-optical films based on polymer encapsulated liquid crystal and carbon nanotubes,” 22st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeiju, Korea, July 2-7, 2008.

S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “A polymer-stabilized single-layer color cholesteric liquid crystal display with anisotropic reflection,” 22st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeiju, Korea, July 2-7, 2008.

J.-Y. Hwang, L.-C. Chien, “Controlling the pretilt angle of non-contact liquid crystal alignment using an inkjet printed polyimide films”, 22st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeiju, Korea, July 2-7, 2008.

Antal Jákli


“New methods to study the biaxiality of nematic liquid crystals: The case of Bent-core materials,” Gordon Research Conferences on Liquid Crystals, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.


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“Bent-core liquid crystals in their isotropic fluid phase,” University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA, August, 2008.

“Flow properties of bent-core materials in their isotropic fluid phase,” 3rd Korean-Hungarian International Joint Workshop: Frontier Topology and Design Concept for Neo-Mesomorphism, Gumi City, South Korea, July 4-7, 2008) (plenary).

Oral Presentations

A. Jákli, “Collaborative research in Europe on liquid crystals (CRELIC-IRES): Goals, subjects, players…”, 1st NSF-OTKA Symposium for Complex Fluids, July 8-10, 2009, Eger, Hungary.

C.M. Shaw, X. Zheng, L. San Miguel Rivera, G.G. Nair, A. Jákli, A.J. Matzger, D.C. Martin, “Thermally-induced mesophase transitions in alkyl-substituted thienoascenes,” APS March Meeting, D18 8, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

J. Harden, N. Diorio, A. Petrov, A. Jákli, “Piezoelectricity of fluid lipid lamellar phases and their chirality dependences,” APS March Meeting, W15 9, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

J.T. Gleeson, T.B. Ostapenko, D.B. Wiant, S.N. Sprunt, A. Jákli, “Magnetic-field induced isotropic to nematic liquid crystal phase transition” APS March Meeting, Y15 1, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

S. Taushanoff, K.Van Le, R. Twieg, A. Jákli, “Room-temperature liquid crystal blue phases,” APS March Meeting, Y15 8, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

A. Jákli, J. Fontana, C. Bailey, W. Wiessflog, I. Janossy, P. Palffy- Muhoray, “Optical waveguiding in bent core liquid crystal filaments,” APS March Meeting, Y15 10, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

P. Salamon, N. Eber, S. Sprunt, J. Gleeson, A. Jákli, “Dielectric properties of bent-core nematic materials,” APS March Meeting, Y15 11, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

S.H. Hong, A.Jákli, J. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, B. Ellman, “Second harmonic generation in a bent-core nematic liquid crystal,” APS March Meeting Y15 12, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

M. Majumdar, K. Nuepane, J.T. Gleeson, A. Jákli, S. Sprunt, “Viscoelastic parameters and flexoelectric effect in a bent-core nematic liquid crystal studied by dynamic light scattering,” APS March Meeting, Y15 13, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

C. Bailey, K. Fodor-Csorba, R. Verduzco, J. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, A. Jákli, “Large flow-birefringence of nematogenic bent-core liquid crystals,” APS March Meeting, Y15 14, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

M. Chambers, R. Verduzco, S. Sprunt, J.T. Gleeson, A. Jákli, “Liquid crystal elastomers: Bent core flexo-electricity,” APS March Meeting, Y16 8, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

N. Diorio, C. Bailey, C. Tschierske, A. Jákli, “Rheological properties of T-shaped liquid crystals,” APS March Meeting, Y15 4, March 16-20, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

M. Chambers, R. Verduzco, J. T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt and A. Jákli, “Flexoelectricity of a calamitic liquid crystal elastomer swollen with a bent-core liquid crystal,” 10th European Liquid Crystal Conference, Colmar, France, April 19 – 24, 2009.

A. Jákli, B. Senyuk, G. Liao, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Colloidal micro-motor in two-dimensional fluids driven by DC electric Fields,” CS1-4, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.


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J. Petzold, A. Nemeş, A. Eremin, C. Bailey, N. Diorio, A. Jákli, and R. Stannarius, “Acoustically driven oscillations of freely suspended liquid crystal filaments,” 10th European Liquid Crystal Conference, Colmar, France, April 19-24, 2009 and Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystal, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

K. Van Le, M. Mathews, M. Chambers, J. Harden, Q. Li, H. Takezoe, A.Jákli, ” Electrooptic technique to study biaxiality of liquid crystals with positive dielectric anisotropy: The case of a bent-core material,” 10th European Liquid Crystal Conference, Colmar, France, April 19-24, 2009.

S. Taushanoff, C.A. Bailey, K. Fodor-Csorba, A. Vajda, G.G. Nair, A.Jákli, “Biaxial smectic and uniaxial nematic phases of mixtures of bent-core and rod-shape molecules,” International Symposium on Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals, October 27-28, 2008, Kent, OH.

K. Van Le, M. Mathews, M. Chambers, J. Harden, Q. Li, H. Takezoe, A. Jákli, “Study of biaxiality of a bent-core liquid crystal with positive dielectric anisotropy,” International Symposium on Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals, October 27-28, 2008, Kent, OH.

G.G. Nair, C.A. Bailey, S.Taushanoff, K. Fodor-Csorba A. Vajda, Z.Varga, A. Bo´ta, and A. Jákli, “Electrically tunable color by using mixtures of bent-core and rod-shaped molecules,” APP58, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

T. Ostapenko, J.T. Gleeson, S.N. Sprunt, D.B. Wiant, A. Jákli, “Magnetic field induced first-order nematic isotropic transition thermotropic bent-core liquid crystals,” ORD16, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

K. Fodor-Csorba, A. Jákli, K. Gomola, M. Kaspar, V. Hamplova, V. Novotá, D. Pochiecha, G. Galli, “Polymerizable and asymmetric banana shaped liquid crystals – synthesis and characterization,” MA56, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

Y. Reznikov, S. Bravina, O. Buchev, A. Gluschenko, N. Morozovsky, A. Jákli, “Dynamical electrophysical characterization of colloids of ferroelectric nanoparticles in nematic liquid crystals”, NAN4, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

C.A. Bailey, K. Fodor-Csorba, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, A. Jákli, “Visco-elasticity and giant flow birefringence of bent-core isotropic fluids”, PHA29, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

M. Majumdar, K. Neupane, J.T. Gleeson, A. Jákli, S. Sprunt, “Flexoelectric effect in nematic bent-core liquid crystals measured by dynamic light scattering”, PHA33, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

S-H. Hong, J.T. Gleeson, A. Jákli, S. Sprunt, B.D. Ellman, “Second harmonic generation study of a bent-core nematic liquid crystal,” PHA34, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

M. Chambers, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, A. Jákli, “Liquid crystal elastomers swollen in bent-core liquid crystals,” ELA5, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

J. Harden, R. Teeling, S. Sprunt, J.T. Gleeson, A. Jákli, “Converse flexoelectricity of a bent-core nematic liquid crystal”, MAC14, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.


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Satyendra Kumar


“Unusual supramolecular associations of phasmidic type carboxlic acid: formation of bent-core dimeric mesogen and its mesophasic behaviors,” S.-W. Kang, S.-Y. Jeong, S. Kumar, V. Prasad, S. K. Varshney, International Symposium on Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals, Kent, OH, October 27-28, 2008.

“Evolution of self-organized aggregates in chromonic liquid crystal phases of aqueous solutions of Sunset Yellow,” L. Joshi, S.-W. Kang, and S. Kumar, 15th National Liquid Crystal Conference, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, October 13-15, 2008.

“Liquid crystals: Optical properties and light driven effects,” S. Kumar, Keynote Speech, Light-Controlled Liquid Crystalline Complex Adaptive Materials, LC2CAM, Boulder, Aug. 7-10, (2008).

“Thermotropic biaxial nematic phase,” S. Kumar, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, August 8, 2008.

“What is broader impact and how to make it stronger,” S. Kumar, Kent State University, July 10, 2008.

“Thermotropic biaxial nematic phase of bent-core and tetrapodic mesogens,” S. Kumar, S.-W. Kang, B.R. Acharya, V. Prasad, G. Mehl, and S. Sprunt, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Island, S. Korea, June 24-July 4, 2008.

Oral Presentations

H.-G. Yoon, S.-W. Kang, S. Kumar, R. Y. Dong, A. Marini, K. A. Suresh, and M. Srinivasarao, “The biaxial nematic phase of A131,” Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, Colby Sawyer College, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

“NSF overview and proposal writing”, S. Kumar, Grant Proposal Writing Workshop 2009, Kent State University, May 12, 2009.

L. Joshi, S.W. Kang, and S. Kumar, “Aggregates in chromonic liquid crystal phases of acqeous solutions of Sunset Yellow,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

M. Crne, S.-W. Kang, J.-O. Park, S. Kumar, and M. Srinivasarao, “Semi-crystalline PMMA stereocomplex fibers,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

S.-W. Kang, S.-W. Kang, S. Kumar, V. Prasad, and S. K. Varshney, “Liquid crystalline behaviors of H-bonded dimer formed from the semi-phasmidic type carboxylic acid,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

S.-W. Kang, S.-Y. Jeong, D. M. Agra-Kooijman, S. Kumar, V. Prasad, and S. K. Varshney, “Unconventional dimerization in mesogenic semi-phasmidic type carboxylic acid,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

H.-G. Yoon, S.W. Kang, G. H. Mehl, and S. Kumar, “The shape and conformation of the mesogenic group in tetrapodic liquid crystals,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

N. Shakya, C. Pokhrel, B. Ellman, S.-W. Kang, S. Kumar, Y. Getmanenko, R. Twieg, “A crystalline organic semiconductor grown from a mesophase: A test of polaron band theory,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.


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K. Neupane, S.W. Kang, S. Sharma, D.W. Allender, S. Kumar, S. Sprunt, T. Meyer, G.H. Mehl, and D. Carney, “Light scattering study of biaxiality in nematic liquid crystal tetrapodes,” International Symposium on Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals, Kent, OH, October 27-28, 2008.


H.-G. Yoon, S.-W. Kang, G. H. Mehl, and S. Kumar, “The biaxial nematic and smectic-C phases of tetrapodic mesogens,” Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, Colby_Sawyer College, NH, June 14-19 (2009).

E.E. Kooijman, M. Gangoda, S. Kumar, A. Gericke, “Phosphatidylinositol polyphosphates: ionization constants in fluid phosphatidylcholine model membranes,” Experimental Biology, New Orleans, LA, April 18-22, 2009.

E.E. Kooijman, D. Vaknin, W. Bu, L. Joshi, S.-W. Kang, K.N.J. Burger, and S. Kumar, “Interaction and unfolding of a model exchangeable apolipoprotein, apoLpIII, at lipid model membranes,” 53rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, Feb. 28- March 4, 2009.

P. Sundramurthy, E. Shalaev, D. Varshney, S. Kumar, S.-W. Kang, L.A. Gatling, and R. Suryanarayanan, “Effective inhibition of buffer salt crystallization in the frozen solution by lyoprotectants,” 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 16-20, 2008.

X. Zhou, S.-W. Kang, S. Kumar, and Q. Li, “Self-assembly of novel discotic liquid crystal porphyrins into ordered nanostructure,” Liquid Crystal Day, Kent State University, Kent, OH Sept 19, 2008.

E.Y. Shalaev, D.B. Varshney, S. Kumar, L.A. Gatlin, R. Suryanarayanan, and J.A. Elliott, “Anomalous behavior of ice in aqueous pharmaceutical solutions at sub-zero temperatures: a synchrotron x-ray diffraction study,” International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics, Warsaw, Poland, August, 2008.

V. Pandya, V. Prasad, B. Zalar, S. Kumar, D. Finotello, “DNMR studies of the orientational order of a banana shaped liquid crystal,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Island, S. Korea, June 24-July 4, 2008.

S.-W. Kang, L. Joshi, Y.-J. Bae, J.J. Naidu, K.-U. Jeong, M.-H. Lee, and S. Kumar, “Mesophases of chiral and achiral aggregates based on chromonic perylene mesogens,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Island, S. Korea, June 24-July 4, 2008

S.-W. Kang, L. Joshi, and S. Kumar, “Structural model of nano-aggregates formed by Sunset Yellow in its lyotropic mesophases,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Island, S. Korea, June 28- July 4, 2008.

D.Jenkins, J.-O. Park, M. Srinivasarao, S.-W. Kang, and S. Kumar, “Chromonic liquid crystals of a different kind, supramolecular anisotropic phases,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Island, S. Korea, June 24-July 4, 2008.

Q. Li, X. Zhou, L. Li, J. Harden, A. Jákli, S.-W. Kang, S. Kumar, Q. Sun, L. Dai, R.R. Kulkarni, and S.Z.D. Cheng, “Nature inspired liquid crystalline porphyrins for organic photovoltaics,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, S. Korea, June 28- July 4, 2008.

K. Neupane, S.W. Kang, S. Sharma, D.W. Allender, S. Kumar, S. Sprunt, T. Meyer, G.H. Mehl, and D. Carney, “Light scattering study of biaxiality in nematic liquid crystal tetrapodes,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, S. Korea, June 28- July 4, 2008.


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Oleg D. Lavrentovich


“Electrically controlled dynamics of particles in liquid crystals,” Hougen Symposium: Frontiers of Liquid Crystals, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 23-24, 2009.

“Dynamics of colloidal particles in liquid crystals,” International Workshop on Mesomorphic Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Tokyo, Japan, March 9-10, 2009.

“Dielectric dispersion effects in liquid crystals,” University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, January 23, 2009.

“Dielectric relaxation in electrooptical switching of nematics,” International Meeting on Informational Displays, 2008.

“Dynamics of LC colloids studied by 3D microscopy,” Liquid Crystal Phases and Nanostructures, International School of Liquid Crystals, 15th course, Erice, Italy, October 27 - November 1, 2008.

“Dynamics of LC colloids,” Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea, October 14, 2008.

“Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals,” Institute for Fine Organic Chemistry, Center on Molecular Structure and NMR, Yerevan, Armenia, July 21, 2008.

“Liquid Crystal Institute: review and recent advances,” Yerevan State University, Physics Department, Yerevan, Armenia, July 18, 2008.

Oral Presentations

O.D. Lavrentovich, B. Senyuk, “Optical, dielectric, and textural studies of thermotropic nematic liquid crystal,” ODBP-Ph-C7 and OC12, Gordon Research Conference Liquid Crystals, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

O.D. Lavrentovich, H.S. Park, A. Golovin, “Self-assembly of Au nanorods in solutions with lyotropic chromonic materials,” Joint Electronics Workshop, Arlington, VA, May 27-29, 2009.

O.D. Lavrentovich, O.P. Pishnyak, I. Lazo, S.P. Tang, J. Kelly, S.V. Shiyanovskii, “Electric field controlled dynamics of small particles in liquid crystals,” Meeting on Soft Active Materials, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, May 18-21, 2009.

T. Ostapenko, Yu. Nastishin, J.T. Gleeson, S.N. Sprunt, O.D. Lavrentovich, P.J. Collings, “High magnetic field-induced birefringence in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals,” Y15.00002, APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

B. Senyuk, H. Wonderly, S. Shiyanovskii, O. Lavrentovich, V. Pergamenshchik, “Dielectric and optical properties of nematic ODBP-Ph-C7,” V15.00007, APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

K. Neupane, Y. Nastishin, A. Baldwin, O. Lavrentovich, S. Sprunt, “Elasticities and viscosities of a lyotropic chromonic nematic liquid crystal,” X15.00008, APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

H.S. Park, O. Lavrentovich, A. Agarwal, N. Kotov, “Self-assembled Au nanorods – polymer composites,” X26.00010, APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

O.D. Lavrentovich, “Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals for polarizing and compensating films,” Samsung-KSU workshop, Jeju, Korea, July 2, 2008.


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H.-S. Park, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Gold nanorod assembly using lyotropic chromonic materials,” Gordon Research Conference Liquid Crystals, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

L. Tortora, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Novel gold-core ionic liquid crystal,” Gordon Research Conference Liquid Crystals, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

Quan Li


“Novel liquid crystals: From photodispay to nanostructured photovoltaics,” Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanjing University, June 23, 2009.

“Liquid crystals: From display to renewable energy,” Department of Chemistry, Liaoling University, China, June 19, 2009.

“Advanced liquid crystalline materials: from tunable photonics to self-organizing organic photovoltaics,” Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio, June 5, 2009.

“Liquid crystalline materials: from displays to self-organizing organic photovoltaics,” City University of New York, NY, May 19, 2009.

“Fluorinated liquid crystals: from displays to self-organizing organic photovoltaics,” 2009 Conference on Fabulous Future with Fluorine, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, January 12, 2009.

“Nature-inspired discotic liquid crystal porphyrins for organic photovoltaics,” 2008 Workshop on Photovoltaics, Tuson, AZ, October 31, 2008.

Oral Presentations

Q. Li, L. Green, “Novel optically tunable chiral nematic liquid crystal materials,” 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 19, 2008.

Q. Li, X. Zhou, “Homeotropically aligned light-harvesting liquid crystalline porphyrins for organic photovoltaics,” 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 19, 2008.


X. Zhou, S. Kang, S. Kumar and Q. Li, “Self-assembly of novel discotic liquid crystal porphyrins into ordered nanostructure,” Liquid Crystal Day, Kent State University, September 19, 2008.

X. Zhou, L. Li and Q. Li, “Nature inspired well-defined liquid crystal porphyrins for organic photovoltaics: new opportunity and new challenge,” DOE workshop on Efficient Conversion of Solar Energy to Electricity and Fuels, Boulder, Colorado, August 8, 2008.

Peter Palffy-Muhoray


“Motors based on shape change and liquid crystal elastomers,” Hougen Symposium on Frontiers of Liquid Crystals, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 23-24, 2009.

“Liquid crystals,” Avon Research Center, Suffern, NY, April 7, 2009.

“Orientationally ordered nanocolloids”, International Workshop on Mesomorphic Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, National Center for Sciences, Tokyo, March 10, 2009.


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“Motors based on shape change: See how they run,” SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Miami, FL, March 6, 2009.

“The diverse world of liquid crystals,” Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany, September 11, 2008.

“Liquid crystal elastomers,” Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany, September 10, 2008.

“The effects of nanoparticles on lasing in cholesteric liquid crystals,” 2nd International Workshop on Liquid Crystals for Photonics, Cambridge, UK, July 21-23, 2008.

“Swelling dynamics and related phenomena in liquid crystal elastomers,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

“Liquid crystal metamaterials for imaging applications,” (Plenary Lecture), 12th International Symposium on Advanced Display Materials and Devices, Jeju Korea, June 26-27, 2008.

“Lasers, artificial muscles and negative index materials: New directions in liquid crystal research,” Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, Kent State University, June 24, 2009.

Oral Presentations

J. Fontana, P. Palffy-Muhoray, A. Agarwal, N. Kotov, “The alignment of gold nanorods in macroscopic domains,” A11, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

J. Neal, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles: The effect of surfactants and solvents,” A26, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

M. Shelley, J. Fontana, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Walking on water: Why your feet get wet,” B15, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

J. Fontana, P. Palffy-Muhoray, M. Shelley, “Breaking beer bottles with cavitation,” B15, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

C. Culbreath, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Falling magnets and electromagnetic braking,” J29, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

C. Wickman, C. Haas, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Material and virtual workspaces in physics research,” L29, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

M. Moreira, N. Venkataraman, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Apparent broken reciprocity in chiral liquid crystals,” V15, March Meeting of the APS, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

A. Akbar, X. Zhang, R. Petschek, P. Palffy-Muhoray, S. Glotzer, “Dense packings of hard tetrahedral,” X9, March Meeting of the APS, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

X. Zheng, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “A one order parameter tensor description of biaxial nematic liquid crystals,” X15, March Meeting of the APS, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

S. Relaix, W. Cao, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Reflection and transmission coefficients of a cholesteric liquid crystal film with a negative dielectric coefficient,” X15, March Meeting of the APS, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

P. Palffy-Muhoray, X. Zheng, “Maier-Saupe Theory of nematics in 4D,” March Meeting of the APS, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.


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A. Jákli, J. Fontana, C. Bailey, W. Weissflog, I. Janossy, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Optical waveguiding in bent core liquid crystal filaments,” Y15, March Meeting of the APS, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

B. Spott, J. Neal, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Strain induced alignment of particles in an elastomer host,” Y16, March Meeting of the APS, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

W. Iglesias, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Photoinduced distortions of polydomain liquid crystal elastomer samples,” Y16, March Meeting of the APS, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.


S. Relaix, M.F. Moreira, W. Cao, B. Taheri, and P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Lasing thresholds of cholesteric liquid crystals lasers,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29 – July 4, 2008.

M.F. Moreira, N. Venkataraman, B. Taheri, and P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Evidence of broken reciprocity in chiral liquid crystals,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29 – July 4, 2008.

I. Lazo Martinez, J. Neal, P. Luchette and P.Palffy-Muhoray, “Determination of the refractive indices of liquid crystal elastomers,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29 – July 4, 2008.

J.Neal, P. Luchette, P.Palffy-Muhoray, “Experimental determination of the dielectric tensor of nematic liquid crystal elastomers,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29 – July 4, 2008.

Jonathan Selinger

Oral Presentations

J. Selinger and S. Dhakal, “Chirality and biaxiality in cholesteric liquid crystals,” Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

V. Gimenez, B. Mbanga, F. Ye, J. Selinger, and R. Selinger, “Modeling twisted distortions in nematic elastomers,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16–20, 2009.

S. Dhakal and J.V. Selinger, “Statistical mechanics of the flexoelectric effect in nematic liquid crystals,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16–20, 2009.

B. Mbanga, F. Ye, J.V. Selinger, and R. Selinger, “Polydomain to monodomain transition in nematic liquid crystal elastomers,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16–20, 2009.

F. Ye and J. Selinger, “A new mechanism for domain size selection in curved lipid membranes,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16–20, 2009.

R.L.B. Selinger and J.V. Selinger, “Simulating striped phases on curved surfaces,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16–20, 2009.

J.V. Selinger, L.M. Lopatina, J. Geng, and R.L.B. Selinger, “Simulating complex modulated phases through spin models,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16–20, 2009.

L. Lopatina and J. Selinger, “Theory of ferroelectric nanoparticles in nematic liquid crystals,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16–20, 2009.


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J. Geng and J.V. Selinger, “Theory and simulation of two-dimensional nematic and tetratic phases,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16–20, 2009.

J. Selinger, S. Sprunt, and Y. Tolmachev, “Tracking nanoparticle motion to elucidate mechanisms for anomalous thermal transport in nanofluids,” Office of Naval Research Thermal Management Review, Santa Rosa, CA, October 21-23, 2008.

J. Selinger, R. Selinger, C. Spillmann, J. Naciri, and B. R. Ratna, “Electrically induced twist in smectic liquid-crystalline elastomers,” International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.


L. Lopatina and J. Selinger, “Theoretical studies of effects of ferroelectric nanoparticles on nematic liquid crystals,” Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

S. Dhakal and J. Selinger, “Statistical mechanics of flexo-electric effect in nematic liquid crystal,” Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

J. Geng and J. Selinger, “Theory and simulation of two-dimensional nematic and tetratic phases,” Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

B.L. Mbanga, J.V. Selinger, and R.L.B. Selinger, “Finite element studies of liquid crystal elastomers: Soft elastic response and microstructural evolution,” International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29 - July 4, 2008.

Robin Selinger


“Modeling liquid crystal elastomers,” invited talk, Gordon Research Conference-Liquid Crystals, June 14-19, 2009.

“Modeling liquid crystal elastomers,” invited talk, Hougen Symposium on Frontiers of Liquid Crystals, University of Wisconsin, April, 2009.

“Physics chicks rock,” a talk about careers for women in science, University of Memphis, Physics Department, April 2009.

“Modeling liquid crystal elastomers: actuators, pumps, and robots,” Physics Seminar, Iowa State University, December, 2008.

“Modeling liquid crystal elastomers: actuators, pumps, and robots,” Physics Colloquium, John Carroll University, November, 2008.

“Hamiltonian-based concurrent molecular dynamics and finite element simulation,” Society of Engineering Science Annual Meeting-Urbana, IL, October, 2008.

“Modeling liquid crystal elastomers,” Polymer Seminar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October, 2008.

“A PhD is STILL not enough,” two student seminars (one for graduate and one for undergraduate students), Physics Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October, 2008.

“Modeling liquid crystal elastomers: actuators, pumps, and robots,” Physics Colloquium, Haverford College, October, 2008. (part of Philips Visitors Program at Haverford College; involved an extended stay, Oct 27-29, 2008 including two additional presentations for students.)

“Modeling liquid crystal elastomers,” Physics Colloquium, Emory University, October, 2008.


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“Finite element simulation of liquid crystal elastomers: modeling actuators, pumps, and robots,” Seminar, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Carnegie Mellon University, August, 2008.

Oral Presentations

B. Mbanga, F. Ye, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, “Polydomain to monodomain transition in nematic liquid crystal elastomers,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 20, 2009.

V. Gimenez, B. Mbanga, F. Ye, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, “Modeling twisted distortions in nematic elastomers,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 19, 2009.

R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, “Simulating striped phases on curved surfaces,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 17, 2009.

J.V. Selinger, L.M. Lopatina, J. Geng, R.L.B. Selinger, “Simulating complex modulated phases through spin models,” APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 17, 2009.

R.L.B. Selinger, B. Mbanga, and J.V. Selinger, “Mechanical instabilities in liquid crystal elastomers,” Society of Engineering Science 2008 meeting, Urbana, Illinois, October, 2008.

J. Selinger, R. Selinger, C. Spillmann, J. Naciri, and B.R. Ratna, “Electrically induced twist in smectic liquid-crystalline elastomers,” International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.


B.L. Mbanga, F. Ye, R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, “Polydomain-Monodomain transition in nematic liquid crystal elastomers,” Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009.

B.L. Mbanga, F. Ye, R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, “Polydomain-monodomain transition in nematic liquid crystal elastomers,” Hougen Symposium on Frontiers of Liquid Crystals, University of Wisconsin, April, 2009.

B.L. Mbanga, F. Ye, R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, “Simulations of the soft elastic response in liquid crystal elastomers,” Kent State University Celebration of Scholarship, February, 2009.

B.L. Mbanga, J.V. Selinger, and R.L.B. Selinger, “Finite element studies of liquid crystal elastomers: Soft elastic response and microstructural evolution,” International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, South Korea, July 2008.

Qi-Huo Wei

Oral Presentations

A. Chakrabarty, B. Joshi, and Q.-H. Wei “Metal-dielectric-metal nanoantennas with plasmon nanocavity resonances,” NanoDDS, Florida, 2009.

Q.-H. Wei, W. Lu, “Scaling laws for nanoFET biosensors,” NanoDDS, Florida, 2009.

C. Fan, B. Joshi, J.-P. Huang , Q.-H. Wei, “Experimental study of Brownian dynamics of bent-core colloidal particles,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

B. Joshi, Q.-H. Wei, “Cavity resonances of metal-dielectric-metal nanoantennas,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.


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F. Wang, M. Xiao , Q.-H. Wei, "Extraordinary optical transmission through circular nanotrenches in Ag films,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

Poster Presentations Q.-H. Wei, “Scaling of NanoFET biosensors”, March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009.

B. Joshi, G. Fraizer, Q. H. Wei, “Detection of DNA-WT1 protein binding by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS),” Nanomedicine Summit, September 25-26, 2008, Cleveland, OH.

Q.-H. Wei “Plasmonic subwavelength structures for color generation for display applications” International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29 - July 4, 2008.

Q.-H. Wei, “Cavity resonances of metal-dielectric-metal nanoantennas,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics, Tilton, NH, 2008.

B. Joshi, Q.-H. Wei, “Cavity resonances of metal-dielectric-metal nanoantennas,” Ohio Nanotechnology Summit, April 9-11, 2008, Cincinnati OH.

John L. West

Oral Presentations

E.A. Buyuktanir, M. Frey, and J.L. West, “Stimuli-responsive optoelectronic liquid crystal/ polymer composite fibers and films,” Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (CERMACS), Cleveland OH, May 20-23, 2009.

E.A. Buyuktanir, J.L. West, “Liquid crystal/polymer composite optoelectronics: Materials and flexible devices,” Cornell University, Fiber Science Department, Ithaca, NY, February 26, 2009 (invited).

E.A. Buyuktanir, M.Frey, J.L. West, E. Rhodes, “Liquid crystal/polymer composite film and fibers for high-tech fabric applications,” Kent State University, School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, Kent, Ohio, January 21, 2009. (Presented to the B. Morgan Foundation and Fashion School Faculty).

E.A. Buyuktanir, M. Frey, J.L. West, E. Rhodes, “Liquid crystal/polymer composite materials for high-tech fabric applications,” Kent State University, School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, Kent, Ohio, December 17, 2008. (Presented to the B. Morgan Foundation).

Deng-Ke Yang


“New liquid displays,” Polytronix Inc, Dallas, TX, August 5, 2008.

Oral Presentations

Y.-C. Yang, R. Bao, K. Li and D.-K. Yang, “Sub-millisecond liquid crystal mode utilizing electro-optic Kerr effect comprising polymer-stabilized isotropic liquid crystals,” Society of Information Display International Symposium, San Antonio, TX, June 3, 2009.

S. Hicks, Y.-C. Yang, D.-K. Yang, “Stability and performance of OCB in transflective display,” International Display Research Conference, Orlando, FL, November 4, 2008.


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Y.-C. Yang and D.-K. Yang, “Achromatic reduction of light leakage in reflective LCDs by self-compensated phase retardation (SPR) film,” International Display Research Conference, Orlando, FL, November 4, 2008.


S. Hurley, J. Ma and D.-K. Yang, “A flexible display using dye-doped PSCT,” Society of Information Display International Symposium, San Antonio, TX, June 3, 2009.

J. Ma, S. Hicks, S. Hurley and D.-K. Yang, “Effect of pressure on polymer stabilized cholesteric,” Society of Information Display International Symposium, San Antonio, TX, June 3, 2009.

Y.-C. Yang and D.-K. Yang, “Wider viewing angle in in-plane switching mode liquid crystal displays by self-compensated phase retardation films,” Society of Information Display International Symposium, San Antonio, TX, June 3, 2009.

Y.-C. Yang and D.-K. Yang, “Optical compensation schemes of biaxial nematic liquid crystal displays for wide viewing angle performance,” Society of Information Display International Symposium, San Antonio, TX, June 3, 2009.

S. Hurley, Y.-C. Yang, D.-K. Yang, “Driving dynamics of VA-LCDS with small pretilt angles,” International Display Research Conference, Orlando, FL, November 4, 2008.

Y.-C. Yang and D.-K. Yang, “Simulation study and design of biaxial nematic liquid crystal displays,” International Display Research Conference, Orlando, FL, November 4, 2008.

S. Hicks and D.-K. Yang, “Chiral propeller liquid crystal droplets: Structure and response to electric fields,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

S. Hurley and D.-K. Yang, “Effects of pretilt angle and random noise on the switching dynamics of VA LCDs,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.

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Other Scholarly Activities

Philip J. Bos Department/University Member, CPIP Scholarship Committee Director, Liquid Crystal Display Research Facility

Regional/National/International Member, Program Committee, 2008 International Display Research Conference Member, International Advisory Board for the International Display Workshop Member, Program Committee, International Symposium of the Society for Information Display Chair, Academic Committee, Society for Information Display Session Chair, International Display Research Conference, Orlando, Nov 4-6, 2008 Associate Editor, Journal of the SID

L.C. Chien Department/University Member, College Advisory Committee Library Representative for Chemical Physics Committee Member, Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation of College of Business

Administration, 2004-present Advisor, KSU Student Chapter of the Materials Research Society

Regional/National/International Associate Editor, IEEE/LEOS Journal of Display Technology Session Chair, 2008 International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeiju, Korea, July 2-7, 2008 Conference Committee, 2008 Liquid Crystal Day, LCI-KSU, Sept. 19, 2008 Conference Committee Member, 2008 International Meeting on Information Display, Daegu,

Korea, Oct. 14-17, 2008 Conference Executive Committee,2009 SPIE Photonics West, Optoelectronics Conference, Jan.

24-29, 20092009 SPIE Photonics West, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies IV, Jan. 24-29, 2009, (conference chair)

Conference Committee, 2009 International Display Manufacturing Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, June 9-12, 2009

Vice-Chair, 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystal, New London, NH, June 14-19, 2009

Reviewer for journals: IEEE/Journal of Display Technology, Optics Express, Macromolecules, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Soft Matters, Physics Review E, Applied Physics Letters, Advanced Materials, Journal of Physics - Applied Physics D, Journal of Physical Chemistry

Other Scholarly Activities, 2008-2009

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Antal Jákli Department/University Chair, CPIP Curriculum Committee Member, Cancidacy Exam Committee Member, University Patent Board

Regional/National/International Editor, Electronic Liquid Crystal Communications (e-lc.org) Associate Editor, Physical Review E Member, International Advisory Board, Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Chair, 1st NSF-OTKA Symposium for Complex Fluids, July 8-10, 2009, Eger, Hungary Recruiter, Society of American Physics Students, November 6, 2008

Chanjoong Kim Department/University Chair, LCI Seminars Member, CPIP Graduate Admissions Committee Member, CPIP Curriculum Revision Committee Member, Organizing Committee, KSU Spring 2009 Science Symposium

Regional/National/International Reviewer for Langmuir

Satyendra Kumar

Regional/National/International Councilor, Physics Division, Council on Undergraduate Research, 2008-2011 Advisory Board Member, 23rd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Krakow, Poland, July,

11-16, 2010 Advisory Board Member, International Symposium on Thermotropic Biaxial Nematic LC, Kent

State University, Kent, Ohio, Oct. 27-28, 2008 Advisory Board Member, Conference on Mesogenic and Ferroic Materials (CMFM09), Banaras

Hindu University, Varanasi, India, January 9-11, 2009 Advisory Board Member, Conference on Disorder, Complexity and Biology (DISCOMB09),

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, January 5-8, 2009 Workshop Organizer, Grant Proposal Writing Workshop, Kent State University, May 12, 2009 Conference Organizer, National Institutes of Health Day, University of Akron, April 6, 2009 Conference Organizer, National Science Foundation Day, KSU, February 10, 2009

Oleg D. Lavrentovich Department/University Member, CPIP Scholarship Committee Member, Chairs and Directors Council, College of Arts & Sciences Member, Chairs and Directors Council, Office of the Provost

Regional/National/International Faculty Advisor, SPIE Student Chapter


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Proposal reviewer for National Science Foundation, Department of Energy and European Union Reviewer for Nature, Science, Physics Review Letters, Physics Review, Langmuir, JETP Letters,

Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Liquid Crystals, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Member, Editorial Board of Chemistry Central Member, Editorial Board of Physical Review E

Quan Li Department/University Member, LCI Space Committee

Regional/National/International Reviewer for National Science Foundation Review book proposal for Wiley publisher Reviewer, Journal of American Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, Advanced

Materials, Chemistry of Materials, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry and Langmuir

Peter Palffy-Muhoray Department/University Chair, CPIP Graduate Admissions Committee Member, LCI Space Committee Member, CPIP Scholarship Committee

Regional/National/International International Advisory Board, Photonics Letters of Poland (2009-present)

Jonathan Selinger Department/University Chair, Search Committee for experimental ORSP faculty position Chair, Search Committee for theoretical ORSP faculty position Chair, Candidacy Exam Committee Member, College Curriculum Committee Provost's Core Group on Liberal Education Requirements Advisory Committee Member, Library and Media Services

Regional/National/International Board Member, International Liquid Crystal Society Associate Editor, liquid crystal section, Physical Review E Reviewed proposals for National Science Foundation (2), Petroleum Research Fund (1) Reviewed for Physical Review E, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Reviewed tenure case for another university

Robin Selinger Department/University CPIP Graduate Coordinator Member, Organizing Committee, Liquid Crystal Day 2008


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Member, Faculty Advisory Council; conducted in-depth merit review of CPIP faculty, evaluating faculty success in research and teaching/outreach (collection/ analysis of job performance).

Member, CPIP Graduate Admissions Committee Member, CPIP Curriculum Committee Member, Arts & Sciences Graduate Council Assisted KSU Development Office with proposal preparation for state initiatives.

Regional/National/International Reviewer for Physical Review Letters and Physical Review B Reviewed multiple proposals for National Science Foundation Member, Editorial Board, Computing in Science and Engineering Consultant to European Commission for the Seventh Framework Program (FP7); participated as

member of panel review team in Brussels to review multiple proposals in the field of computational materials science (September, 2008.)

Member of NSF review panel for Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials program, reverse site visit (November, 2008).

Consultant to Educational Testing Service (wrote and reviewed questions for Graduate Record Exam Physics Subject Test.

Consultant to Educational Testing Service, member of the PRAXIS Examination General Science Board; wrote and reviewed science questions for PRAXIS exams taken by pre-service teachers.

Sergij Shiyanovskii Department/University Dissertation Co-Advisor for Mingxia Gu

Qi-Huo Wei Department/University Faculty Advisory Committee LCI Seminar Chair, Academic Year 2008-2009 Organizing Committee, Liquid Crystal Day 2008 Developed a new multidisciplinary graduate course, “Nanobiotechnology”, focusing on state-of-

the-art applications of nanoscience and nanotechnology in biological analysis such as molecular diagnostics, therapeutics and biomimetics.

Deng-Ke Yang Department/University Member, LCI Space Committee Secretary, CPIP Faculty Meetings Member, CPIP Curriculum Committee Member, CPIP Graduate Student Admissions Committee

Regional/National/International Reviwer, Physical Review, Journal of Display Technology, Polymer Applied Physics Letters,

Journal of Applied Physics

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Table 15

LCI Seminar Program 2008-2009

Fall Semester 2008 (held on Wednesdays unless otherwise noted)

September 10 Dr. Hiroshi Yokoyama National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nano-Craft of Liquid Crystal Surface Alignment: Theory and Implementation

September 24 Prof. Igor Sokolov Physics & Chemical/Biomolecular Science departments, Clarkson University Liquid Crystal Template Self-Assembly of Nanoporous Particles: Shape Control and the Applications

September 26 Friday, Noon

Dr. David Siegel Givaudan Flavors Corporation Membrane Fusion: Just a Passing Phase Joint seminar with Department of Biological Sciences

October 6 Monday, 4:00pm

Dr. Ivan Dozov Research and Development, Nemoptic, Magny les Hameaux, France Weak Anchoring and Anchoring Breaking in Liquid Crystals: Basic Physics and Application

October 15 Prof. Paul Cremer Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University Using Supported Bilayers as a Separation Matrix for Proteomics

October 22 Prof. Cheng Sun Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University Optical Metamaterials - From Concept to the Experimental Demonstration

Oct. 27 Monday, 4:00pm

Dr. A. Schönle Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute, Germany Fluorescence Nanoscopy Through Optical Switching

November 5 Prof. Peixuan Guo Biomedical Engineering, University of Cincinnati Single Molecule Detection of Six pRNAs and Direct Observation of Phi29 DNA-Packaging Motor with Customized Single Molecule Dual-View SystemJoint seminar with the Department of Biological Sciences

November 17 Monday, 4:00pm

Prof. Margaret W. Frey Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design, Cornell University Formation and Functions of High Surface Area Fabrics

November 19 Prof. Nongjian Tao Dept. Electrical Engineering & School Materials Research Arizona State University Molecular Electronics and Sensors

LCI Seminar Program, 2008-2009

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December 3 Prof. Michael Rubinstein Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Physics of a Lung: A Simplified View of Airway Surface Layer of a Lung

December 10 Prof. Nader Engheta Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania Circuits with Light at the Nanoscale: Metananocircuits and Metactronics

Spring Semester 2009 January 26 Monday, 4:00pm

Dr. Charles Reichhardt Los Alamos National Laboratory Using Colloids to Explore Complex Matter with Competing Interactions

January 28 Prof. Monica Olvera de la Cruz Northwestern University Nano-Patterns in Gels of Charged Chains

February 2 Monday, 4:00pm

Dr. Cynthia Reichhardt Los Alamos National Laboratory Local Probes of Melting, Decoupling, and Jamming Transitions

February 4 Prof. Judit E. Puskas Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron Novel Carbon Nanocomposite Biomaterials

February 11 Prof. Matthew Glaser Department of Physics, University of Colorado Soft Shoulders and Cluster Phases: Novel Colloidal Paths to Liquid Crystallinity

February 18 Prof. Sergij Shiyanovskii Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University Theoretical Diversity of Liquid Crystals: Problems, Models and Methods

February 23 Monday, 4:00pm

Prof. Victor Reshetnyak National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv Theoretical Modeling of Heterogeneous Liquid Crystal Systems

February 25 Dr. Matt Lynch Proctor & Gamble Suspending Particles in Complex Fluids

March 11 Prof. Ophelia Tsui Department of Physics, Boston University Liquid Crystal Alignment Control by Frustrated Boundary

March 30 Monday, 4:00pm

Prof. Changhuei Yang Electric Engineering and Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology Novel Optical Approaches for Biomedical Applications - From Dime-Size Microscopes to Time-Reversal Based Suppression of Tissue Turbidity

April 6 Monday, 1:00pm

Prof. Wim H. de Jeu Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst On the Subtleties of Smectic Layer Ordering

LCI Seminar Program, 2008-2009

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April 13 Monday, 4:00pm

Prof. Rajeswari Kasi Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science & Chemistry Department, University of Connecticut Self-Assembling Polymers: Ordering on Multiple Length Scales

April 15 Prof. Hyuk Yu Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin – Madison Polymer Surface Functionalization and Endovascular MRI Applications

April 22 Prof. Michael Hu Department of Marketing, Kent State University Artificial Neural Networks, Strategic Alliances and Consumer Research

April 29 Prof. Royce Zia Department of Physics, Virginia Tech University New Surprises in Driven Systems with Two Species

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LCI Industrial Partnership Program and Liquid Crystal Display Research Facility

Philip J. Bos, Director

ADS Transicoil Collegeville, PA

Flight Specialities Highland Heights, OH

Advantech U.S. Pittsburgh, PA

Guardian Industries Corporation Carleton MI

Anonymous Company Kent Displays Kent, OH

CoAdna Photonics Stow, OH

Light Resonance Technologies, LLC Akron OH

Corning Corning, NY

Liquid Crystal Technologies Cleveland, OH

Crystal Diagnostics Akron, OH

LXD Cleveland, OH

Display Plastique Aurora OH

NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA

Dow Corning Midland, MI

Flight Specialities Highland Heights, OH

Dynamic Eye Amherst, NY

Vescent Photonics Denver, CO

Eastman Chemical Kingsport, TN

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Table 17

Research Facility Report

The Liquid Crystal Institute Industrial Partnership Program (IPP) had a successful year. Activities during the year included the following:

• We added new members: 1. Crystal Diagnostics, Akron, OH 2. Guardian Industries Corporation, Carleton, MI 3. Light Resonance Technologies, LLC, Akron, OH 4. Flight Specialities, Highland Heights, OH

• Active IPP members totaled 19 (see Table 16 ).

• $62,916 was invoiced for work done in the Prototyping Facility (see Table 18).

• $5,700 (10%) of collected membership fees was transferred to a Liquid Crystal

Institute account for support of conferences and research.

• $15,107 was transferred to the University as overhead collected from services provided to Industrial Partners.

• Monthly newsletters were sent to IPP members and LCI faculty to inform them of new

research, visitors to the LCI and general liquid crystal information.

• Seminars and some graduate student talks were video-taped and made available to Industrial Partners for viewing via the internet.

I would like to thank Doug Bryant, Brenda Decker, Lynn Fagan, and Jim Maxwell for their help with these projects.

Philip J. Bos, Director Industrial Partnership Program

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Table 18

Research Facility Services

Invoice Date Service Client 7/7/08 Cleanroom use, office rental Dynamic Eye 7/7/08 Cleanroom use, technician time CoAdna Photonics 7/7/08 Cleanroom use Display Plastique 7/7/08 Cleanroom use, technician time, office rent Sarnoff 7/7/08 SiOx deposition Vescent Photonics

8/13/08 Cleanroom use, technician time, materials CoAdna Photonics 8/15/08 Cleanroom use Display Plastique 8/15/08 Cell fabrication of LCoS STN Devices Live Technologies 8/15/08 Cleanroom use; technician time Sarnoff 8/15/08 Cleanroom use, technician time, office rent Corning

10/11/08 Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time Dynamic Eye 10/11/08 Cleanroom use Display Plastique 10/11/08 Cleanroom use, technician time CoAdna Photonics 10/11/08 Cleanroom use, technician time, office rent Corning 10/31/08 SEM, morphology examination of samples Kent Displays 10/31/08 Analysis of two samples Dynamic Eye 11/17/08 AFM on PET roughness, 8 samples Kent Displays 11/18/08 Cleanroom use, technician time CoAdna Photonics 11/18/08 Cleanroom use Display Plastique 11/18/08 Cleanroom use, technician time, office rent Dynamic Eye 12/19/08 Cleanroom use, technician time, office rent Dynamic Eye 12/22/08 Cleanroom use, technician time CoAdna Photonics 12/22/08 Cleanroom use Display Plastique 12/22/08 Sekisui micropearl spacer materials Corning 12/22/08 6.5um micropearl spacers NuPix

1/28/09 Cleanroom use Display Plastique 1/29/09 Cleanroom use, technician time, office rent Dynamic Eye 1/29/09 Cleanroom use, technician time CoAdna Photonics 3/2/09 Reflectance of cholesteric LCs EMD Chemical 3/2/09 Cleanroom use, technician time CoAdna Photonics 3/5/09 Cleanroom use Display Plastique 3/5/09 ACF bonding station machine, technician time, office

rent Dynamic Eye

3/5/09 14”x14”x0.043” ITO coated soda-lime glass Univ. Colorado 3/5/09 Custom TN cell fabrication LC Technologies 5/6/09 6.5um Micropearl spacers NuPix

5/26/09 Cleanroom use CoAdna Photonics 5/26/09 Cleanroom use, technician time, office rent Dynamic Eye 5/26/09 Test cell fabrication and VHR testing Guardian 5/26/09 Cleanroom use, technician time, office rent Corning 5/26/09 Cleanroom use, materials Fir Hill LLC 5/28/09 Laminar flow benches (2), rental Thomas Voigt 6/10/09 PIPS samples, observation of interior structure Kent Displays 6/25/09 Spectra measurement of plastic films Kent Displays

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Education and Public Service

Outreach

Date Group Participants

Fall 2008 R. Selinger spoke to high school students and parents at Fall ’08 Orientation session for Kent’s Post-Secondary Enrollment Option Program, to recruit high school students to participate in on-campus research internships.

High school students

9/11/08 R. Selinger participated in and helped coordinate a day-long video shoot for a KSU television commercial featuring CPIP student Badel Mbanga. The commercial also included brief video clips from her NSF-supported research on LC elastomers. Photos taken at the same shoot have been used in other KSU ads including highway billboards.

12/08 R. Selinger composed science questions for, “The Brain Game” and recorded them on videotape for airing on the show.

2/28/09 R. Selinger presented and supervised a table of hands-on science activities for kids at the Hudson Science Fair

Hudson school students

5/1/09 R. Selinger taught five different 8th grade science classes at Hudson Middle School on fundamentals of liquid crystal science; included hands-on components.

8th graders

6/16/09 KSU Summer Program, “Healthcare in Progress”, a program geared toward students interested in pursuing healthcare careers. CPIP students, John Harden and Jeremy Neal, provided liquid crystal demonstrations and an LCI tour.

20 8th graders

6/24/09 R. Selinger hosted, “Buckeye Women in Science, Engineering and Research” campers (female high school students interested in science) at the LCI.

Female high school students

Undergraduates conducting research Department Advisor Elizabeth Carlisle Chemistry Li, Wei Brian Dailey (honors thesis) Physics R. Selinger Andrew Konya (honors research) Physics R. Selinger

Internships Deirdre Manion-Fischer “Piezoelectricity of lipid films”

KSU Chemistry Jákli, Westerman

Jia Ning Chen KSU Physics Chien “Study of liquid crystal alignment using an inkjet printer printed polyimide alignment layer”

Education and Public Service, 2008-2009

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Summer Research Interns at LCI Advisor Andrew Konya, July-August 2008 (R. Selinger) “Modeling defect pair annihilation in smectic C thin films”

R. Selinger

Paul Murphy, Ohio State University, June – August 2008 “Study of Contact Lenses Containing Liquid Crystal Pigments”

A. Jákli

Andrew McBain, Archbishop Hoban High School, Akron OH “Steering Device for the Synthesis of CDs Nanorods”

A. Jákli

REU Summer 2008-2009 students at LCI Advisor

2008 Hannah Ainsworth, Salem College, NC Q. Wei Saba Hamidi Vadeghani, South Carolina State University “Liquid Crystal Membranes in Aqueous Solutions”

A. Jákli

Amanda Groendyke “Novel Organometallic Composites with Gold Nanorod Core”

O. Lavrentovich

Nara Lee, George Washington University “Novel Organometallic Composites with Gold Nanorod Core”

O. Lavrentovich

2009 Aaron J. Sisek, Kent State University “Study of IR Shielding Films and Method of Making Same”

L. Chien

Alexandra Petlick, St. Mary’s College “Organogels: Preparation and Classification”

A. Jákli P. Westerman

David Keifer, Mt. Union College Q. Wei

Lindsey Hoerner, Kings College P. Palffy-Muhoray

Amanda Groendyke, Indiana University O. Lavrentovich

Joshua Gaffen, Monmouth College, Illinois R. Selinger

LCI Student Internships (High School students) Taylor Ellsworth, Junior, Christian Classical Academy “Drawing Chemical Structures with ChemDraw”

A. Jákli

Kenneth Fechter “Research using Optical Microscope”

Q. Wei

KSU Undergraduate Student Workers Kevin Ballard Patrick Toothaker William Eckert Matthew Wayman Elizabeth Carlisle

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Recruiting

Date Activity Participants Sept. 19, 2008 Provided travel funds for undergraduate students to

attend Liquid Crystal Day, 2008. Part of their day included a recruiting presentation by Prof. Robin Selinger on the CPIP graduate program.

Robin Selinger

October 3, 2008 Approximately 140 Hudson High School Advanced Placement students traveled to KSU. They were divided into groups and visited three of five departments (Liquid Crystal Institute, Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences and Computer Science) where they viewed research laboratories and learned about current research. Students also listened to presentations about KSU academic programs.

Robin Selinger Jonathan Selinger

Nov. 18, 2008 The Liquid Crystal Institute hosted the KSU student chapter of the Society of Physics Students to present recruiting materials for the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program.

Presentations: Jonathan Selinger Robin Selinger J. Harden Lab tours: Antal. Jakli L.C. Chien

Feb. 10-12, 2009 Attended the Physics Diversity Summit in Nashville, TN, for the purpose of recruiting minority students to the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program.

Peter Palffy-Muhoray and Vianney Gimenez

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APPENDICES

I. Student Achievements Lena Lopatina receives Amelia Earhart Fellow

II. Outreach Activities

• Liquid Crystal Day, September 19, 2008

• Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program

• Industrial Partnership Program and Liquid Crystal Display Research Facility

• Technology Transfer

III. Historical List of Grant Funding

1982-2009

IV. Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals 1967 – 2009

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Liquid crystal display research is just one facet of an ever-expanding fi eld of liquid crystal science. Faculty mem-bers, researchers and students at the Liquid Crystal Institute are engaging in research that stretches the boundaries of various scientifi c disciplines including

Application and Financial AssistanceStudents who’ve received undergraduate degrees in physics, chemistry, engineering and mathematics are eligible for admission. Students admitted to the CPIP program receive twelve-month stipends of $20,350 and a full tuition waiver. Additional merit scholarships of up to $10,000 per year are available for qualifi ed students. Application information is available at: http://www.lci.kent.edu/apply.htm or email: [email protected]

CPIP Graduate Coordinator: Robin Selinger: (330) [email protected]

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Possibilities

Th e Graduate Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program (CPIP) within the Liquid Crystal Institute is consistently providing some of the brightest doctoral students with the education and experience they need to be successful in this new, exciting fi eld. Some CPIP Ph.D. graduates have gone on to become professors at leading academic institutions, en-trepreneurs in new technology businesses and research scien-

physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology. LCI research groups are currently conducting research on electro-optics devices, negative-index materials, liquid crystal beam steering and biological sensors, nanotechnology, soft-condensed mat-ter theory and simulations, just to name a few. Faculty and students have numerous opportunities to publish and present their research and patent new technologies that lead to some of today’s most exciting discoveries and inventions.

Why choose CPIP at LCI?Kent State University’s Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute will continue to lead the way in academic research of liquid crystals, as it has for the past 40 years.

tists at some of the most well-known re-search centers in the world. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the program, CPIP students get one of the most well-rounded education and research experi-ences around.

If you’re looking for an education and experience that will position you as a leader in the exciting fi eld of liquid crystals and materials sciences consider applying for the Chemical Physics In-terdisciplinary Program at Kent State University.

CPIP Faculty Focuses and InterestsD.W. Allender: Landau theories, lyotropic liquid crystals, biaxial nemat-ics, director modelling, lipid membranesP.J. Bos: applications of liquid crystals, modeling of electro-optics of liq-uid crystals, surface alignmentL.-C. Chien: optical compensation fi lms, liquid crystal alignment, liquid crystal/polymer composites, elastomers, electro-optical devicesE.C. Gartland: numerical modeling, applied mathematics, liquid crys-tals theory and computation, orientational structures and stability of phases of liquid crystals, defects and singularitiesA. Jakli: ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity, electro-optics, dielectric prop-erties, structured fl uids, soft materials, thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals

C. Kim: colloids, emulsions, foams, rheology, microrheology, cell and bio mechanics, cell rheology, complex fl uid, dynamics of polymer, lipids, mem-branes, and monolayerS. Kumar: biaxial LCs, bent-core, lyotropic, and elastomer LCs, LC alignment, high-resolution x-ray and neutron scattering, electro-optical ap-plications of LCs, LC biomaterials, and nanoscale structuresO.D. Lavrentovich: Electrooptical eff ects, topological defects, three dimensional imaging, lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals, colloids, biosen-sors, negative index materialsP. Palff y-Muhoray: Lasing and photonics in liquid crystals, negative index materials, liquid crystal elastomers, pattern formation and materials failureJ.V. Selinger: theory of thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals, polymers, elastomers, nanoparticle suspensions, self-assembled lipid micro-structures, and related biological materials R.L.B. Selinger: Soft condensed matter theory and simulation; simula-tion studies of fracture and plasticity of solidsQ.-H. Wei: Nanobioscience, nanophotonics, micro/nanofl uidics, nano-phononics, biophysics, soft condensed matter physics, materials with novel structures/properties and micro/nanofabricationD.-K. Yang: Electro-optics of liquid crystal, liquid crystal/polymer composites,cholesteric and blue phases, liquid crystal displaysH. Yokoyama: Nanotechnology, liquid crystals, surface and colloid sci-ence, organic thin fi lms and scanning probe technology

CPIP faculty and associate members have active research programs supported by the NSF, AFOSR, NASA, DARPA, State of Ohio, U.S. and international industrial partners providing research oppor-tunities for students to carry out both basic and applied research.

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Badel is a fi fth-year doctoral student in CPIP and a graduate research assistant in Professor Robin Selinger’s group. Joining CPIP was a natural continuation of Badel’s academic career after earning a masters degree in display technology from Dalarna University in Sweden. He plans to stay in academics and will seek a postdoctoral position after completing CPIP. He said he would like to start his career in the U.S. and would eventually like to work in his native Cameroon, a developing country in need of well-trained academics. Badel feels that CPIP is a unique opportunity to work in a relatively new, multidisciplinary fi eld with the best scientists in the world. He enjoyed his fi rst two years of CPIP because it gave him the opportunity to do a lab rotation, giving him a well-rounded experience in the program.

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Shin-Ying Lu is a fourth-year doctoral student in CPIP and a graduate research assistant in Professor L.-C. Chien’s group. Her current research is focused on Electrically Tunable Chiral Materials for Spatial Modulators. She and Dr. Chien own two patents for this research. Shin earned her undergraduate and masters degrees from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. She also worked for one year at a display company in Taiwan. She decided to enroll in CPIP to further her edu-cation and gain experience in the display fi eld. She feels that the LCI is a great place to study and work on liquid crystals because there are many diff erent research groups within the department. She enjoys the weekly research meetings be-cause of the great interaction between the professor, students and other group members.

Shin-Ying Lu

Th omas is a recent Masters graduate of CPIP and was a graduate research assistant in both Professor Antal Jakli and Professor Peter Palff y-Muhoray’s groups. He chose CPIP because he was looking for a graduate program in applied physics and chemistry. Th omas earned his B.S. degree in Physics from Adelphi University. He feels that one of the major assets to the CPIP is that its faculty members come from a wide variety of backgrounds. “Th ere is a lot of other research besides just liquid crystals, including mathematics, advanced physics and chemistry.” Th omas said. “So the pro-gram gives you a broad education for such a specifi c topic (liquid crystals).”

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CPIP Students

Doctoral and Masters Degree students choose from a variety of concentrations within the program, including: Optoelectronics (liquid crystal displays and applications), Physical properties of liquid crystals, Synthesis and molecular design, Lyotropic liquid crystals and membranes, and General Chemical Physics. Students partic-ipate in basic and applied research conducted by program faculty at the Liquid Crystal Institute.

“Th e only world-class center - in my opinion, at least - is Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute.” -- Ken Werner, editor, Information Display magazine, April/May 1999

Th e great thing about being a CPIP student is that you have the opportunity to gain experience in not only theoretical and experi-mental physics, but also chemical synthesis and device applications - all in the relatively short time it takes to earn your doctoral degree.” -- Dr. Chris Bailey, recent CPIP doctoral graduate

IPP Contacts

LCI Industrial Partnership Program

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Philip J. Bos, IPP DirectorPh.D., Liquid Crystal PhysicsKent State University (1978)Tel: (330) [email protected]

Douglas R. Bryant, Display EngineerResearch Facility ManagerM.S., Electrical EngineeringUniv. of Southern California (1992)Tel: (330) [email protected]

Liquid Crystal InstituteKent State University

P.O. Box 5190Kent, OH 44242-0001Tel: (330) 672-2654Fax: (330) 672-2796

E-mail: [email protected]: www.lci.kent.edu

LCI Industrial Partnership Program

Liquid Crystal Institute

The Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI) is a science and technology center devoted to liquid crystal research and development of liquid crystal technology.

The LCI advances basic research by providing state-of-the-art facilities and research programs focused on liquid crystal science and display development. The LCI benefi ts industry through cooperative research efforts and by preparing graduate and undergraduate students with the knowledge and experience necessary for successful careers in the expanding liquid crystal display fi eld.

The LCI plays an important role in applied liquid crystal research. Past cooperative industrial projects include the following achievements:

TN and STN modeling and optimizationCholesteric bistable refl ective displaysPage-size zero power displaysOptical compensatorsOptimization for wide viewing angle LCDs3-D model of director orientation in micro displaysDiffractive devicesPDLC windowsElectronic shuttersPatterned alignment layersRub-free alignment layersPlastic substrate LCDsIR devices for telecommunicationsSmC* devicesPolymer stabilized bistable display devicesCustom liquid crystalline materials

The signifi cance of LCI’s contributions to liquid crystal applications is evident at the Society for Information Display International Conferences where LCI research-ers typically contribute a signifi cant number of the academic LCD papers presented.

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Industrial partners are instructed on liquid crystal techniques by Phil Bos (right) at the liquid crystal short course.

Member Benefits

Companies can participate in LCI’s research and technology development through the Industrial Part-nership Program. The program provides the follow-ing services to assist companies working on liquid crystal applications:

A window to current advances in liquid crystal science and technology

A cost effective means to leverage research budgets

Assistance in solving specifi c problems

Trained personnel for short-term projects

Specialized resources for prototype development

High volume LCD manufacturing equipment for process evaluations

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More than 45 companies have joined the LCI Indus-trial Partnership Program since its inception in 1991. IPP member companies participate in symposia, short courses and workshops. They are updated regularly on current research, meetings and LCI publications. Members also receive a written synopsis of relevant presentations from SID conferences.

Companies can join the LCI Industrial Partnership Program for a $10,000 annual fee. The fee includes $4,000 in credits which may be used to purchase services.

The following services are available to IPP members at reduced rates:

LCD Research and TrainingShort course on liquid crystal applicationsHalf-day company visit with targeted seminarAccess to graduate students for short research or modeling projectModeling softwareCustom technology reportsScientist consultations

Device Prototyping and CharacterizationDirect access to prototyping facility and LCD manufacturing equipmentCharacterization softwareContract prototype developmentDevice characterizationLiquid crystalline material synthesisTechnical and engineering assistance

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The Liquid Crystal Display Research Facility, a 2,500 sq. ft. clean room space, contains a prototyping line, the Lucent Technologies LCD Pilot Line and the W.M. Keck Clean Room which is used for thin fi lm deposition. The facility has the capability to produce page size passive LCDs with full-scale production equip-ment.

Members of the IPP have access to this facility to prototype new devices and to test processes.

The Characterization Facility consists of 2,000 sq. ft. of laboratories for characterizing liquid crystalline materials, surface anchoring properties and electro-optical properties of liquid crystal devices. Analysis capabilities include NMR, AFM and SEM.

The Synthesis Facility consists of 2,000 sq. ft. of chemistry laboratories and has full capabilities for the synthesis of liquid crystals, polymers, phase compen-sation fi lms, dichroic dyes and alignment materials.

Nissha PrinterVPI ScriberNikon StepperFujioka Rubbing MachineHornell Rubbing/Dry Cleaning MachineAsymtek XY DispenserFukioka Spacer SprayerBrewer SpincoaterFukioka Plate AlignerJEOL Scanning Electron MicroscopeDigital Instruments Atomic Force MicroscopeOlympus Confocal MicroscopeUV-IR SpectrometersPhoto Research SpectrophotometerUltra T Megasonic CleanerSamco UV-Ozone CleanerORC UV Exposure SystemKawajiri Thermal PressTNP Laser Repair StationGeneral Vacuum ITO Deposition SystemAZLCD Rub Machine, Fill Chamber, Spacer BoxLCD Characterization Equipment

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Historical Data - Grants Awarded to LCI Scientists 1982-2009

Inception

Year Grant # Category Agency Total

award Grant Period Project Title

1982 NSF NSF Div. International Prgrm.

1/82-12/84 Chiral Liquid Crystals (distribution in foreign currency)

1983 NSF DMR83-09739 NSF 233,700 6/83-10/85 Liquid Crystal Synthesis 1983 NSF DMR82-44461 NSF 142,500 6/83-5/85 NMR Studies of Liquid Crystals 1983 Ind/Other Exxon Educational

Foundation 10,000 6/83-5/84 Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

1984 DAAKp20-84-0224 Other Fed US Army, Electronic R&D 200,000 9/84-8/86 Nonlinear Optical Processing in LC Materials: Combined Theoretical and Synthesis Program

1984 NIH 1R01 GM27127-05Other Fed NIH 40,516 1/84-12/85 DMR Studies of Protein-Phosopholipid Bilayer Membranes

1984 Ind/Other Hughes Research Labs 33,500 11/84-6/86 Research Support 1984 Other Fed US Army/Battelle Research 27,000 5/84-11/84 Study of Nonlinear Optical Data 1984 Ind/Other Exxon Educational

Foundation 20,000 6/84-6/86 Liquid Crystal Research

1985 NSF DMR85-03219 NSF 313,000 6/85-11/88 NMR Studies of Liquid Crystals 1985 Other Fed US Army, Metallurgy and

Materials 17,000 6/85-7/85 Liquid Crystal Dispersion Mechanical Stress

Monitor 1986 488,000 6/86-5/89 Electrically Controlled Light Scattering from

microdroplets of Nematic LC Dispersed in Solid Matrix

1986 Ind/Other 81,000 10/86-04/88 Industrial Research Support Agreement 1986 Ind/Other Ford Glass Division 13,500 10/86-10/88 Liquid Crystal Research 1986 Ind/Other Soho Research Center 10,000 6/86-12/86 Deuterium NMR of LC/Polymer Composites 1987 Other Fed DARPA/URI/Navy/ U. Penn 350,000 10/87-6/92 Science and Application of Polymer LCs and

Related Materials 1987 Ohio Ohio Board of Regents 80,000 1987 Display Prototyping Unit (equipment grant) 1987 Ind/Other Natural Sciences &

Engineering Research Council of Canada

30,200 1987 Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals

1987 Ind/Other Tektronix Corporation 15,000 10/87-10/88 Microdroplet Technology Research 1988 Other Fed US Army Communications 1,050,000 8/88-8/92 Optical Power Limiting LC Composites

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Grant # Category Agency Total award

Grant Period Project Title

92

1988 Ohio ODOD/ Edison Program 50,000 7/88-10/89 Development of PDLCs for Aircraft Window Shades

1989 NSF DMR88-17647 NSF 285,740 1/89-1/91 Basic Studies of Polymer Dispersed LCs 1989 NSF DMR88-18561 NSF 273,200 1/89-12/92 Liquid Crystal Synthesis 1989 NSF 174,240 1/89-12/91 Basic Studies of Polymer Dispersed LCs 1989 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 100,000 1989 Polymer Liquid Crystal Synthesis Program 1989 Ind/Other Tektronix Corporation 47,740 3/89-3/90 Active Substrate Projection Microdroplet Materials 1989 Ind/Other Honeywell 20,000 6/89-5/90 Modeling of Optical Fibers with LC Cores 1990 Other Fed DARPA 1,197,240 3/90-6/93 National Center for Integrated Photonic

Technology (NCIPT); (consortium USC, UCLA, KSU, MIT, Columbia U.)

1990 444239/444207 Ohio ODOD 9,500,000 1990-2002 ALCOM Support 1991 442129 NSF 22,000,000 02/91-01/02 ALCOM Center for Advanced LC Optical Materials

(KSU 54%; CWRU 34%; U Akron 12%) 1991 MDA972-91-J-1020 Other Fed DARPA HDDT Program 1,147,000 9/91-8/94 PDLCs for High Definition Display Technologies 1991 N00014-90-J-1559 Other Fed DARPA, U Penn subaward 227,000 1/91-6/92 High Definition Displays 1991 Ind/Other Hughes Aircraft 147,000 1991 Hughes Aircraft Company Research Project 1991 Ind/Other Edison Polymer Innovation

Corp (EPIC) 180,000 1991 ALCOM Administrative Support (total award

$180,000; 54% KSU) 1991 Ind/Other Vari-Lite 75,000 1991 Liquid Crystal Research 1991 Ind/Other Magnascreen 69,675 1991 Magnascreen Research 1991 Ind/Other Ajinomoto Corporation 50,000 1991 Feasibility Study for Ferroelectric Smectic C LCs

and Polymer Dispersions 1992 Ind/Other Keck Foundation 370,000 1992 XPS Analysis of LC Alignment Layers 1992 NSF DMR92-20130 NSF 256,500 4/92-6/95 Basic Studies of Polymer Dispersed LCs 1992 NSF ECS90-20420 NSF 199,507 2/92-2/94 Electric Field Response of PDLCs 1992 Ind/Other Univ. So. California 17,671 3/92-3/93 Optically Controlled Phased Array Radar 1992 Ind/Other Tektronix Corporation 16,992 1992 Tektronix Fellowship 1993 Ind/Other GAR Foundation 500,000 1993 Display Prototyping Unit (equipment grant) 1993 Other Fed NASA 77,918 6/93-5/94 Experimental Testing of Twisted Nematic and

Super Twisted Nematic LC Displays 1993 Ind/Other Hewlett-Packard 30,374 4/93-3/94 Materials Synthesis and Fabrication of Thin Film

Polarizers 1993 Ind/Other Korea Institute Sci. & Tech. 15,000 5/93-5/94 Visiting Scientist (Young Chul Kim)

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93

1993 Other Fed National Research Council 11,100 6/93-3/94 Structures in Large Surface-to-Volume Ratio Nematic Systems

1993 NSF NSF-NATO 3/93-9/93 NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Nonequilibrium Complex Systems

1994 440131 Other Fed DARPA 1,150,264 6/94-6/98 Reflective Polymer Stabilized LCD 1994 Ohio Ohio Board of Regents 1,000,000 7/94-6/97 ALCOM Equipment 1994 Other Fed ARPA 952,212 6/94-6/97 Reflective polymer Stabilized LC Displays 1994 440648 NSF 112,640 9/94-9/95 Science and Math on the Net (SAM-Net) 1994 440213 Ind/Other Imax Corporation 81,342 8/94-5/96 Liquid Crystal Light Valve 1994 440264 Ohio OBR Eisenhower Program 47,985 9/94-12/95 Science and Math on the Net (SAM-Net) 1994 Ind/Other Image Quest Technologies 25,273 8/94-12/94 Optical modeling of Active Matrix Displays 1994 NSF 20,117 1/94-3/95 Surface Anchoring and Alignment in PDLCs 1994 Other Fed ARPA/ Fla Atlantic Univ 20,000 5/94-11/94 Optically Active Device 1994 440232 Ind/Other 3M Company 18,000 1994-1997 3M Fellowship 1994 Ind/Other Portage County Schools 7,700 Oct-94 Portage County SAM-Net (computer equipment) 1995 444306 Other Fed Office of Naval Research 125,000 8/95-7/97 LCD Devices from Conducting Polymer

Substrates 1995 444404 Ind/Other Image Quest Technologies 69,797 1/95-12/95 Development of Wide Viewing Angle LCD 1995 Ind/Other Vari-Lite 68,721 3/95-4/96 Passive Projection Display 1995 444423 Ind/Other Samsung 67,086 8/95-11/96 Comparison of Four Domain Alignment

Techniques 1995 444434 Ind/Other nChip 58,214 10/95-9/96 Liquid Crystals on Silicon 1995 444430 Ohio OBR Eisenhower Prgm. 47,254 9/95-12/96 Science and Math on the Net (SAM-Net) 1995 440222 Ind/Other Hughes Research Labs 40,000 3/95-3/97 LC Materials and Devices 1995 Ind/Other U.S.-Slovene Sci & Tech 33,000 1995-1997 LC Polymer Dispersions and Related

Microconfined Systems 1995 444435 Ind/Other Planar 28,218 7/95-7/96 Active Compensation Cell Research 1995 444424 Ind/Other Meadowlark Optics 12,800 8/95-8/96 Switchable Cholesteric Polarizer 1995 Other Fed NASA 12,000 2/95-2/96 Evaluation of NASA Polymers 1995 442161 NSF NSF; Gordon and Breach 6,000 1/95-4/96 Conference on Dynamics and Defects in LCs 1995 442600 NSF NSF; Gordon and Breach 5,000 1/95-4/96 Conference on Dynamics and Defects in LCs 1996 Ohio OBR 2,578,000 1996- LC Display Research Center 1996 444327 Other Fed DARPA/KDI sub 615,074 7/96-6/99 Power Efficient Reflective Cholesteric Displays 1996 Fndn Ind/Other W.M. Keck Fndn. 500,000 1996- Cleanroom construction

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1996 444328 Other Fed AFOSR MURI/CalTech 423,756 11/96-10/01 Alignment and Packing Behavior of LC and LCP….

1996 444321 Other Fed DARPA 137,700 6/96-5/00 Reflective Cholesteric Displays: Dynamic Drive and Surface Topography Issues

1996 444615 Ind/Other IMAX Corp. 134,000 9/96-12/99 LC Glasses Improvements 1996 444456 Ind/Other Rockwell Science Center 118,399 6/96-6/97 Synthesis of Chiral LC Diacrylates 1996 444641 Ind/Other S-VISION 60,000 10/96-9/97 Liquid Crystals on Silicon 1996 444329 Other Fed Office of Naval Research 50,000 12/96-5/98 Optical Study of Structure and Dynamics in

Advanced Polymer Stabilized LC 1996 444451 Other Fed Wright Patterson AFB 47,592 5/96-9/96 Systran Visiting Scientist (Wiff) 1996 NSF NSF & Shlodowska Fndn. 23,000 1996-1999 Investigation of the Influence of Structure Factors

on Stability of Smectic C* and CA Phases in Compounds and Mixtures

1996 Foundation Ind/Other Dai Nippon 250,000 Teaching Lab Equipment 1996 Foundation Ind/Other Wintek 250,000 LCI/Materials Science Building 1996 Foundation Ind/Other Nitto Denko 100,000 LCI Support 1996 440217 Other Fed DARPA/Fla. Atlantic Univ. 15,867 1996 Diffractive Device Investigation 1996 444621 Ind/Other Ministry of Education,

Taiwan 13,751 8/96-7/98 PDLC for Holographic Recording Applications

1996 444109 Other Fed NASA 10,000 10/96-3/97 Alignment Properties 1996 444608 Ind/Other Gov't. of Korea 10,000 8/96-7/97 Polyimide Alignment Films 1996 442221 NSF 5,000 5/96-9/96 16th International Liquid Crystal Conference

Support 1996 444310 Other Fed Office of Naval Research 5,000 5/96-9/96 16th International Liquid Crystal Conference

Support 1996 Fndn Ind/Other M. Holden Jennings Fndn. 3,450 2/96-2/97 Project LCs for Elementary Teachers 1997 444664 Other Fed NIST/Colorlink sub 200,000 5/97-6/00 Color Sequential Imaging 1997 444636 Ind/Other Dai Nippon 110,176 4/97-8/98 Optimization of Smectic A PDLC Films 1997 Other Fed NIST 100,000 7/97-7/99 Information Dynamics in ALCOM/NIST Phase

Separation Project 1997 444112/444120 Other Fed NASA Goddard Ctr. 99,100 3/97-5/99 Development of LC Devices for Astronomy 1997 444618 Ind/Other Vari-Lite 71,416 9/97-9/98 PSCT Materials for Projection Displays 1997 444650 Ohio OBR 64,000 7/97-6/00 Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Facility at APS 1997 444652 Ohio OBR 64,000 7/97-6/99 Viewing Angle Improving Films for LC Displays 1997 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 64,000 7/97-6/99 Biological Lyotropic LCs 1997 442102 NSF NSF/Moxtek sub 34,804 10/97-10/98 Wire Grid Polarizers for LCD

Inception Year



95

1997 444644 Ind/Other Optical Imaging Systems 27,975 7/97-12/97 Photo-curable LC Monomers 1997 444331 Other Fed Office of Naval Research 20,900 6/97-11/97 Conductive Polymer Displays 1997 220232 Ind/Other Japan Synthetic Rubber 20,000 4/97-10/98 Visiting Scientist, Japan Synthetic Rubber 1997 444115 Other Fed NASA 20,000 5/97-5/98 Evaluation of NASA Polymers 1997 Other Fed NASA 20,000 5/97-5/98 Evaluation of NASA Polymers 1997 442231 NSF 18,867 2/97-1/98 Real Physics On-line 1997 444648 Ind/Other Civilian R&D Foundation 15,212 7/97-12/99 Photo-alignment of Nematic LCs on Polyimide

Polymer Layers 1997 444647 Ind/Other Civilian R&D Foundation 11,000 7/97-12/99 Surface Properties and Effects in LCs 1997 444635 Ind/Other George Mason Univ. 10,000 1/97-1/98 Surface Alignment of Nematic LC 1997 444114 Other Fed NASA 1,500 1/97-12/97 Studies on Dynamics and Optics of 0-360 Twist

Bistable LCD 1998 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 750,000 02/98-01/00 ALCOM Support (equipment) 1998 444324 Other Fed AFOSR 362,000 3/98-9/99 LC Blazed Gratings for Laser Beam Steering 1998 444694 Other Fed DARPA/Sarnoff Sub 226,712 8/98-9/01 Fabrication of PDLC Test Displays 1998 442117 NSF NSF EHR 160,000 10/98-9/00 School Based Remote Experiments on Web 1998 444332 Other Fed U.S. DOD/ BNL sub 150,000 6/98-5/00 Broadband Beam Steering 1998 445269 Ind/Other Kent Displays 137,338 10/98-4/00 Conductive Polymer Displays 1998 444325 Other Fed Wright Patterson AFB 125,000 5/98-9/99 WPAFB IPA Visiting Scientist (Wiff) 1998 444673 Ind/Other 3M Co. 89,000 2/98-2/99 Alignment and Defects of 3M Lyotropic LCs 1998 444699 Ind/Other Motorola 51,225 9/98-5/01 Optimization and Modeling of Full-Color Displays

for Portable Applications 1998 444210 Other Fed NATO - Slovenia Collab. 29,300 12/98-12/01 LCD Optical Shutter for Eye Protection Devices 1998 444122 Ind/Other Cal Tech-Jet Propulsion 20,000 9/98-8/99 High Performance LCs for Laser Communications 1998 444672 Ind/Other Hitachi 20,000 3/98-3/99 Dynamics of Twisted Nematic Devices (Hitachi

Visiting Scientist) 1998 Ind/Other Hughes Research Labs 20,000 3/98-3/99 High Performance LCs for Laser Communications 1998 442106 NSF NSF/CNRS (France) 19,500 5/98-4/01 Structure and Defects in Lamellar Thermotropic

and Lyotropic Soft Matter Systems 1998 444629 Other Fed NATO Intnl. Sci. Exch. 9,607 9/98-9/00 Computational, Experimental and Theoretical

Studies of 1D Confined LCs 1998 444676 Ind/Other Philippines DOST 8,200 3/98-3/99 Synthesis/Characterization of Anti-FE LCs and

Polymers 1999 440602 Other Fed ONR 265,000 7/99-6/01 Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric LC Diffraction

Gratings 1999 444209 Other Fed AFOSR/DAGSI 126,340 8/99-12/01 Active/Passive Optical Sensor Research

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1999 444211 Ind/Other Dimensional Media 80,315 7/99-6/00 PSCT for Multiplanar Displays 1999 444222 Ind/Other Nitto Denko 74,000 12/99-6/01 Viewing Angle Enhancements with Compensating

Films 1999 444215 Ohio OBR Eisenhower Prgm. 61,293 9/99-12/00 Integrating School Based Experiments into

Science Curriculum 1999 444223 Ind/Other Santec Systems 60,000 12/99-11/01 LC Ultrasonic Transducer 1999 444208 Ind/Other Kent Displays 59,140 7/99-3/00 High Twisting Power Chiral Materials 1999 442150 NSF NSF EHR 51,228 10/99-1/02 Remote Experiments in Science Curriculum 1999 NSF NSF/KDI subaward 36,140 1/99-6/99 Chiral Materials Chemistry 1999 444216 NSF NSF/Moxtex sub 34,804 8/99-7/01 Wire Grid Polarizers for LCD 1999 444412 Ind/Other Vari-Lite 30,000 3/99-8/99 PSCT Materials for Projection Displays

(continuation of #444618) 1999 442125 NSF 28,600 02/99-01/02 Nonlinear Optics of Lyotropic LCs 1999 444213 Ind/Other Tutco 28,500 5/99-5/00 PDLC for Oventop Applications 1999 442124 NSF 28,440 02/99-01/02 Photoalignment of LCs 1999 442126 NSF NSF International 28,440 2/99-1/00 Photoalignment of LCs 1999 444224 Other Fed AFOSR 23,000 6/99-6/00 Polymeric E-O Modulators 1999 444212 Other Fed Wright Patterson AFB 21,850 9/99-11/99 WPAFB IPA Visiting Scientist (Wiff) (previously

#444325) 1999 442135 NSF 14,600 10/99-01/02 Photoalignment of Low-Weight Photo-Crosslinking

Materials 1999 444710 Ind/Other Garland Floor Co. 13,032 2/99-6/00 Feasibility Study of Transparent Conductive

Coatings 1999 444217 Ind/Other Horn Labs 10,000 11/99-11/00 Adaptive Eye Protection 1999 444214 Other Fed AFOSR 5/99-11/01 Visiting Scientist (Don Wiff) (previously # 444212;

444325) 2000 444226 Other Fed DARPA 2,423,208 06/01/00 - 06/01/03LC Based Optical Phase Array for Steering Lasers 2000 444230 Other Fed DARPA (Rockwell sub) 637,057 9/6/00-8/31/04 LC Agile Beam Steering 2000 444263 Other Fed DARPA 341,000 6/30/00-8/31/04 LC Based Optical Phased Arrays for Steering

Lasers 2000 440810 Ohio Ohio Board of Regents 197,600 7/00-9/02 Basic Clean Room Techniques 2000 444715 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 143,810 1/00-6/01 Equipment - Microcalorimetry System 2000 444220 Ind/Other Dupont 120,000 1/00-1/03 Optical Properties of Holographic Elements in

Display Applications 2000 444231 Ind/Other Boulder Nonlinear 112,500 8/00-1/02 Steered Agile Beams 2000 444221 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 100,000 1/00-6/01 Chromonic LCs

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97

2000 444228 Ind/Other Displaytech 99,000 9/00 - 8/03 C1 SSFLC Bistable Device Optimization Project 2000 444218 Ind/Other ACS Petroleum Res. Fund 60,000 1/1/00-8/31/02 Coalescence of LC Lens 2000 444225 Ind/Other Boulder Nonlinear 33,000 3/00-12/00 Development of LC Materials for Direct Energy

Contact 2000 442147 NSF 28,200 09/00-01/02 Cholesteric LC Laser Sensors in Optical Fibers 2000 444227 Other Fed DARPA 3,501 Aug-00 Rockwell Grant Travel 2001 444102 Other Fed NASA 654,066 1/16/01-7/15/05 LC Based Beam Steering Device and Optical

Telescopes 2001 444235 Ind/Other Boulder Nonlinear 156,370 3/01-2/03 Development of Polymer and Chiral Materials for

FE-LCD 2001 444241 Ind/Other Samsung 143,641 3/01-5/03 Modeling and Improvements to Pi-Cell type

Devices for AMLCD applications 2001 444242 Ind/Other Intel 142,151 6/1/01-5/30/04 Research Project for Intel Corporation 2001 444245 Ind/Other CoAdna 96,189 10/01-10/02 Tunable Filters for Telecommunications

Applications 2001 444240 Ind/Other Samsung 89,940 04/01-01/02 Novel LC Materials with High Birefringence and

Low Rotational Viscosity for Field Sequential Color Reflective LCDs

2001 444233 Ohio Ohio Board of Regents 70,000 3/01-12/02 Electro-optical Devices from Banana-Shaped LCs 2001 444244 Ind/Other Nitto Denko 62,054 9/01-8/02 Polymer Walls for Ruggedized LCDs using Plastic

Substrates 2001 444232 NSF NSF/KDI sub 60,000 01/01-06/02 High Twisting Power Chiral Materials 2001 444234 Ind/Other Matsushita Electric 50,000 4/01-3/03 Trans-reflective LCD 2001 444238 Other Fed AFRL/DAGSI 46,951 7/1/01 - 12/31/03 Carbon nanotube-Reinforced LC Structural

Composites by Electron Beam Curing 2001 444236 Other Fed DARPA/Hughes Sub 35,000 2/01-6/01 High Birefringence LCs for Optical Beam Steering 2001 444237 Other Fed DARPA/Hughes Sub 15,000 2/01-6/01 Custom Synthesis LC Compounds 2001 444243 Ind/Other Chromalux 6,248 07/01-09/01 Resolution of Electron Beam Addressed LC

Displays 2002 Fndn Ind/Other Ohio Eminent Scholar 750,000 2002 Ohio Eminent Scholars Program (endowment) 2002 442232 NSF 480,000 6/1/02-5/31/06 Tunable Mirrorless Lasing in Cholesteric LC

Elastomers 2002 444253 Other Fed USAF 379,998 7/1/02-9/17/03 Prism Rotator Beam-steering Component and 2D

Optical Phased Array Wavefront Corrector (THOR)

2002 444249 Ohio ODOD 282,000 5/1/02-7/31/03 ALCOM Support

Inception Year



98

2002 444247 Other Fed USAF/UCF/Ratheon 90,000 1/1/02-12/31/03 Development of High Birefringence LCs for Optical Beam Steering

2002 444521 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 80,000 2/02 - 12/03 Pathogen Detection by Lyotropic LCs 2002 Other Fed AFOSR/BNL 78,185 7/02-2/03 Polymer-Stabilized Ferroelectric LC for Analog

Switching 2002 440636 Other Fed AFRL/Anteon 52,592 5/1/02-6/30/04 Numerical and Experimental Studies on Isotropic

LC Binary Mixtures 2002 442234 NSF 29,840 9/1/02-8/31/05 2002 444251 Other Fed ONR/KDI 28,500 6/02-5/03 Black & White Cholesteric Displays 2002 444248 Other Fed USAF/U C Florida sub 20,000 1/28/02-6/30/02 Development of High Birefringence LCs for

Optical Beam Steering 2002 444252 Ind/Other Cubic Defense Systems 13,467 7/23/02-11/30/02 Polymer Dispersed LC Shutters Research Project 2003 771203 Ohio 1,640,000 7/10/03-7/09/06 Flexible Optical and Electronic Device

Manufacturing Facility 2003 441149 Other Fed Congress Approp. 471,913 9/30/03-9/29/05 Center for LC Science and Education 2003 440218 Ohio ODOD/Wright Ctr. 400,000 11/1/03-6/30/08 Wright Center of Innovation for Advanced Data

Management and Analysis 2003 444260 Ind/Other Samsung 340,000 8/1/03-7/31/10 Sponsored Research Agreement 2003 444259 Other Fed AFOSR/Cornerstone 240,000 9/1/03-5/30/06 Conductive LC Elastomers for Aircraft Wing

Structures 2003 444255 Ohio ODOD/AlphaMicron sub 196,253 1/1/03-9/30/04 LC Eyewear 2003 442235 NSF 190,000 8/15/03 - 7/31/05 Acquisition and Development of Fast Confocal

Polarizing Microscopy for Liquid Crystal Materials Research and Education

2003 442236 NSF 100,000 9/15/03 - 8/31/04 ACT/SGER: LC Materials for Biosensor Development

2003 444257 Ind/Other Hana 100,000 6/1/03-5/31/06 Inorganic Alignment Layer Project 2003 444262 Ind/Other Photon-X 82,000 12/5/03-11/30/04 Sponsored Research Agreement 2003 444258 Ind/Other SAIC-Army/KDI sub 50,000 7/24/03-6/30/04 Encapsulated Cholesteric Displays 2003 444254 Ind/Other Viztec 29,159 1/1/03-12/31/03 Commercialization of Plastic LC Displays 2004 444256 Ind/Other Polydisplay (sub?) 153,355 1/1/04-12/31/04 Ultra-thin Flexible Full Color LC Displays 2004 444265 Other Fed US Army/UCF sub 150,000 5/24/04-5/23/07 Foveated, Wide Field-of-View Imaging Sensor for

Missile Warning/Tracking Using Adaptive Optics 2004 444268 Ind/Other Samsung 120,000 1/1/04-12/31/05 Sponsored Research Agreement 2004 444270 NSF NYU/Courant sub 100,000 9/1/04-8/31/06 SGER: Modeling the Dynamics of Shape Change

in LC Elastomer Systems

Inception Year



99

2004 440644 Ohio Ohio Bd Regents 64,167 1/1/04-12/31/05 Theoretical Study of Domains in Membranes 2004 442244 NSF 63,433 4/1/04-3/31/07 2004 444755 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 58,941 1/1/04-12/31/05 Fluorothiophenes - A New Class of Chevron-free

Ferroelectric Materials with Promising Electrooptic Device and Semiconductor Applications

2004 444269 Ind/Other Steridian Corp. 47,000 10/15/04-6/15/05 Sponsored Research Agreement 2004 444267 Other Fed SAIC-Army/KDI sub 44,000 5/16/04-12/31/04 Sponsored Research Agreement 2004 444539 Other Fed Homeland Sec/NEOUCOM 30,000 2/16/04-2/15/05 Rapid Detection of Fluid-borne Pathogens using

LCs 2004 444272 Ind/Other US CRDF 16,000 6/25/04-6/24/06 Insight in the Physical Phenomena Behind Light

Absorption Induced Surface Anchoring 2004 444266 Ind/Other US CRDF 12,400 11/1/04-10/31/06 Lyotropic Chromonic LCs: A New Material for

Advanced Biosensing and Optical Applications 2004 444264 Ind/Other Hanna 2,000 3/18/04-3/17/05 Hana Characterization Project 2005 444547 Foundation W.M. Keck Fndn. 385,934 6/30/05-6/30/06 Laboratory Equipment Proposal 2005 444280 Ohio ODOD/Wright Ctr. 365,235 6/6/05-6/5/08 Wright Center for Multifunctional Polymer

Nanomaterials and Devices (CMPND) 2005 442198 NSF 360,000 11/1/05-12/31/06 Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy of

3D Director Configurations in LCs 2005 442191 NSF 313,978 8/15/05-7/31/08 Collaborative Research FRG: Ferroelectric

Phenomena in Soft Matter Systems 2005 444277 Other Fed NIST 270,305 9/1/05-8/31/07 Finite Element Modeling of Projectiles and

Indentation 2005 442242 NSF 258,199 4/15/05 - 7/31/05 Acquisition of an Imaging Fourier Transform

Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer 2005 444276 Other Fed AFRL/Cornerstone 225,000 5/15/05-5/14/07 STTR Phase II: Conductive LC Elastomer for

Aircraft Gap Treatment 2005 Fndn Ind/Other Intel 189,000 10/1/05-9/30/08 Polarization Independent Etalon Based LC

Devices 2005 444279 Other Fed ONR 110,556 10/1/05-9/30/08 Tracking Nanoparticle Motion to Elucidate

Mechanisms for Anomalous thermal Transport in Nanofluids

2005 440650 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 60,000 1/10/05-12/31/06 Biaxial Nematic and Smectic Phases and Critical Phenomena in Bent-Core and Tetrapodic Mesogens

2005 440442 Ohio Ohio Bd Regents 59,948 1/15/05 - 12/31/06 Nanotechnology, LCs and Drug Delivery

Inception Year



100

2005 444284 Ind/Other ACS Petroleum Fund 56,603 9/1/05-8/31/07 Simulation Studies of Shape Selection in Chiral Molecular Self-Assembly

2005 444274 Other Fed AFRL/Displaytech 55,000 4/1/05-7/31/06 Sponsored Research Agreement 2005 444273 Ind/Other Samsung 45,932 3/1/05-6/30/05 Sponsored Research Agreement 2005 440447 Ind/Other Samsung 40,000 4/30/05-4/30/06 Stressed LC Materials: Electro-optics and Use in

Displays 2005 444278 Other Fed AFOSR/Cornerstone 40,000 8/1/05-4/30/06 Development of High Birefringence LCs for

Infrared Applications 2005 444271 Ind/Other IICAM 20,000 7/1/05-6/30/06 3D Structures and Defects in LC Biopolymers 2005 444275 Other Fed USAF/Anteon sub 7,497 1/3/05-3/31/05 Support Expertise for Sensor Directorate 2006 442216 NSF 899,235 6/1/06-5/31/09 New LC Materials Facility 2006 442222 NSF 499,926 9/15/06-8/31/11 S-STEM Scholarships for Broadening

Participation Sciences 2006 444285 Other Fed AFRL 451,450 3/10/06-6/30/08 Extension Proposal (LC Based Optical Phases

Array for Steering Lasers) 2006 440606 Other Fed US Dept Energy 322,526 8/15/06-8/14/10 Electric Field Effects in LCs with Dielectric

Dispersion 2006 444286 Other Fed AFOSR 253,532 5/1/06-9/30/07 MURI on Self-Assembled Soft Optical NIMS 2006 442220 NSF 200,000 8/15/06-7/31/09 Modeling Actuation and Shape Selection in Soft

Materials 2006 442218 NSF 172,998 7/1/06-6/30/09 Fluid Phases of Bent-Core Molecules-Novel

Physics and Applications 2006 Fndn Ind/Other Dupont 160,000 6/1/06-1/31/09 Fluorinated Polyimide Alignment Layer Research 2006 444201 NSF NSF/KDI sub 150,000 7/1/06-12/31/07 STTR Phase II: Photochemically Switched Chiral

Materials for Chiral Nematic Displays 2006 Other Fed ONR/KDI subaward 140,000 8/06-7/98 Conducting Polymer Substrates 2006 440623 Other Fed ONR 122,262 12/18/06-12/31/07 Energy Conversion Based on Giant Flexoelectric

Effect in Bent-Core Nematic LCs 2006 440462 Ind/Other Samsung 100,000 11/1/06-10/31/07 Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic LCs for Internal

Compensators and Polarizers 2006 440464 Ind/Other Samsung 100,000 11/1/06-10/31/07 Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic LCs for Internal

Compensators and Polarizers 2006 440465 Ind/Other Samsung 100,000 11/1/06-10/31/07 Bent Core LCs for Fast Switching Electric Field

Induced Biaxial (EFIB) Displays 2006 440466 Ind/Other Samsung 100,000 11/1/06-10/31/07 LC Displays doped with Ferroelectric

Nanoparticles

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101

2006 444287 Ohio ODOD 100,000 7/1/06-6/30/07 New LC Materials Facility 2006 444288 Other Fed USAF/Dynamic Eye sub 98,057 9/1/06-8/31/08 Segmented Flash Blindness Lenses 2006 440467 Ind/Other Samsung 67,000 11/1/06-10/31/07 Advanced OCB2 2006 444282 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 60,000 1/15/06-1/14/08 Tracking Nanoparticle Motion to Elucidate

Mechanisms for Anomalous thermal Transport in Nanofluids

2006 444283 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 60,000 1/15/06-1/14/07 Light-harvesting Semiconducting Discotic LCs for Organic Nanostructured Photovoltaics: New Opportunity and New Challenge

2006 444289 Ind/Other Displaytech 59,998 11/1/06-12/31/07 Sponsored Research Agreement 2006 440468 Ind/Other Samsung 50,000 11/1/06-10/31/07 OCB Transreflective Mobile LCD 2006 444281 Ind/Other Comex-Pic 46,000 1/12/06-11/11/06 LC Elastomers as Smart Pigments in Paints 2006 444204 Other Fed AFOSR 10,430 4/1/06-11/30/06 Workshop on Negative Index Materials 2007 444205 Ohio ODOD/KDI sub 930,000 2/26/07-2/25/10 Flexible LC Film Manufacturing Alliance 2007 444295 Ind/Other PixelOptics 400,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 PixelOptics Super Vision Project 2007 444292 Ohio ODOD/U Akron sub 300,000 2/26/07-2/25/10 Commercialization of Functional Polyimide Films

and Nanocomposites 2007 440624 Other Fed ONR 138,000 3/6/07-3/31/08 Integrated Instrumentation Suite for Exploring

Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in Nanofluids (equipment)

2007 442249 NSF 122,000 9/1/07-8/31/08 Materials World Network on Lyotropic Chromonic LCs

2007 442107 NSF 92,000 9/15/07-8/31/10 Collaborative Research in Europe on LCs (CRELIC-IRES)

2007 444293 Ind/Other Gen Dynamics 70,000 6/21/07-6/30/08 Electrically and Optically Turnable Chiral Molecules for Optical Applications

2007 440621 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 50,000 1/1/07-12/31/08 Chromonic LCs as New System for Controlled Drug Delivery

2007 444202 Ohio OBR 50,000 1/15/07-1/14/08 Nanofluidic Lab on Chip for Low Abundance Protein Isolation

2007 444203 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 50,000 6/1/07-12/31/08 Energy-Saving Switchable LC Architectural Window

2007 444771 Ohio OBR 50,000 1/15/07-1/14/08 Creating Nanophotonic Meta-atoms by Programmable Bottom-up DNA Self-Assembly and Metallization

2007 444294 NSF NSF/KDI subaward 25,000 7/1/07-12/31/07 Photochemically Switched Chiral Materials for Chiral Nematic Displays

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2007 444290 NSF IICAM 20,000 7/1/07-6/30/08 Theory of "Scar" Defects in Soft Materials with Orientational Order: Building Blocks for Self-Assembly

2007 442107 NSF NSF 92,000 9/165/07-8/31/10 Collaborative Research in Europe on Liquid Crystals (CRELIC-IRES)

2007 444295 Other Fed Dept. of Defense; Pixel Optics subaward

400,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Pixel Optics Super Vision Project

2007 444296 Ind/Other Samsung 80,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Simulation Study of Field Induced Reorientation of BNLC

2007 444297 Ind/Other Samsung 80,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Plasmonic Subwavelength Structures for Active Color Generation and Tuning with Liquid Crystals for Display Applications

2007 444298 Ind/Other Samsung 80,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Liquid Crystal Display Doped with Ferroelectric Nanoparticles (Phase II)

2007 444299 Ind/Other Samsung 80,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Synthesis of Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals 2007 444300 Ind/Other Samsung 100,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic LCs for Internal

Compensators and Polarizers 2008 444302 Ind/Other Evans Capacitor Co. 1,460 4/1/08-5/31/08 Prototype Capacitor Development 2008 444303 NSF NSF/KDI subaward 250,000 1/1/08-12/31/09 Photochemically Switched Chiral Materials for

Chiral Nematic Displays, Phase II 2008 444305 Ind/Other Johnson & Johnson Vision

Care, Vistakon Division 108,870 5/15/08-12/31/08 Sponsored Research Agreement

2008 444306 Ind/Other NorTech 50,000 6/12/08-6/30/09 Development of Electronic Greenhouses 2008 444776 Ohio Ohio Board of Regents 48,618 1/15/08-1/14/10 Organization of Flexoelectric and Blue Phase

Bimesogens 2008 444304 Ind/Other Institute for Complex

Adaptive Matter 2,000 5/1/08-4/30/09 Science Education / Outreach Activities

2008 446800, 446801, 446000

Ohio ODOD 15,292,382 8/18/08-8/17/13 Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials (KSU-CWRU-YSU; KSU share $8,553,921)

2009 446308 Ind/Other ATK Space Systems/NASA 15,013 1/26/09-6/30/09 Development of Particle Based Flow Diagnostic Techniques

2009 444211 Other Fed AFOSR 100,000 5/1/09-11/30/09 Novel Organo Soluble Optically Tunable Chiral Hybrid Gold Nanorods

2009 444208 Other Fed AFOSR 150,000 3/1/09-11/30/09 Light Driven Chiral Molecular Motors for Passive Agile Filters

Inception Year



103

2009 444783 Ohio OBR 50,000 6/15/09-6/14/10 Numerical Simulations & Lab Observations of Sulfuric Acid-Water-Organics Ternary

2009 444309 Ohio OBR 26,192 6/15/09-6/14/10 Flex Chlorestic Displays: Device Simulation & Fashion Application

2009 444212 Other-Private KIMM 31,211 1/1/09-12/31/10 Establishment of the Intl network for flexible electro-optics devices

2009 444214 Ohio ODOD/KDI 598,037 5/29/09-5/28/12 Electronically Changeable Color Skins for Consumer Electronics

Total Awards $ 94,275,478

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Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals Date Name, Title of Dissertation Advisor/Department

1967 GULRICH, LESLIE Brown Chemistry X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Nematic Structure of p-methoxybenzylidene p'-cyanoaniline

* DuPont 1970 WILLEY, DAVID Brown Chemistry The Thermodynamics of Dilute Solutions using Selected Liquid Crystalline Solvents * Industry, Akron 1972 LEE, Y.S. Brown Chemistry An Ultrasonic Shear Wave Study of the Mechanical Properties of a Nematic Liquid Crystal * Industry, Taiwan 1972 LESSER, DAVID Brown Chemistry Crystal Structure Analysis of X-Ray of 2,2'-Dibromo-4,4'-bis-(p- methoxybenzylideneamino) Biphenyl * August 1972 HSU, Y.Y. Fishel Chemistry Studies of Liquid Crystals: Part I - Synthesis and Characterization of Selectively Deuterated Compounds with Mesomorphic Properties; Part II - Synthesis of Novel Schiffs Bore Compounds and the Investigation of Binary Systems with Nemorphic Properties * Consultant, California December 1972 WILSON, JACK Uhrich Physics Mossbauer Effect in a Smectic Liquid Crystal * Retired March 1973 VISINTAINER, JAMES Doane Physics Spin-Lattice Relaxation in the Nematic Liquid Crystalline Phase * Research Scientist, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio March 1973 WISE, RAYMOND Doane Physics A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Smectic C Liquid Crystals * Retired June 1973 FELLNER, HANS G. Franklin/Christensen Physics Light Scattering from Liquid Crystals * Professor, Slippery Rock University, PA August 1973 DETJEN, ROBERT E. Uhrich Physics A Mossbauer Investigation of the Lattice Dynamics of the Smectic Liquid Crystalline State * August 1973 KESS, SHARON Franklin Physics The Photostatistics of Brillouin Scattering by a Liquid Crystal * IBM Corp., R&D, Vermont


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August 1973 MURPHY, JOHN A. Doane Physics NMR Pulsed Gradient Studies of Diffusion in Liquid Crystals * Keithley Instruments, Solon, Ohio December 1973 NANDY, PAPIYA Saupe Physics Theoretical Studies of the Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities in Nematic Liquid Crystals * Instructor of Physics, Jadavpur University March 1974 SCHENZ, ANNE FILLER Neff Chemistry Optical and Faraday Studies of Liquid Crystals * General Foods, White Plains, NY June 1974 CHU, KWO-SUN Moroi Physics Theories of Intermolecular Potential and Molecular Diffusion in the Mesophases of Liquid Crystalline Systems * Retired (NY) June 1974 CHUNG, DAVID BUU-VINH Brown Chemistry An X-Ray Study of the Crystal Structure and the Smectic E Structure of a Smectogenic Liquid Crystal -- Di-n-Propyl-p-terphenyl-4,4"-carboxylate * Research Scientist, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA December 1974 CHIN, JOHN S.H. Neff Chemistry The Effect of Compressibility on the Thermodynamic Properties of Liquid Crystals * June 1975 PHOTINOS, PANAGIOTIS J. Saupe Physics Mean Field Study of the Formation of Uniaxial Smectic Liquid Crystals with Polarized Layers * Professor and Chair, Dept. of Physics, Southern Oregon State University, Ashland, OR

December 1975 BERMAN, ARTHUR L. Gelerinter Physics Optical Studies of Electric Field Effects in Nematic Liquid Crystals That Have Some Smectic Ordering * Optical Shields Corp., Menlo Park CA June 1976 AIMIUWU, VICTOR Q. Uhrich Physics Fe-57 Mossbauer Study of Four Ferrocene Derivatives in a Smectic B Liquid Crystalline Glass * August 1976 MORITZ, ELAN Franklin Physics A Class of Nonlinear Electrohydrodynamic Effects in a Nematic Liquid Crystal * Research Scientist, US Naval Coastal Systems, Panama City FL December 1976 FLICK, CATHERINE M. Gelerinter Physics An Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of the Action of Selected Polyene Antibiotics on Lipid Planar Multibilayers (Model Membranes) * John Wollman Enterprises, Indiana December 1976 UKLEJA, PAUL Doane Physics Spin-Lattice Relaxation and Director Fluctuations in Nematic Liquid Crystals * Professor, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth


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June 1978 BOS, PHILIP J. Doane Physics NMR Studies of Orientational Order in the Smectic C Liquid Crystalline Phase * Professor, Chemical Physics Program, Kent State University June 1978 DSIDOCKY, RICHARD Fishel Chemistry Investigations of Liquid Crystals: Part I. The Effect of Terminal Substitutent Branching on Mesogenic Behavior of Phenyl Benzoates. Part II. Synthesis of Novel Organotin Compounds Exhibiting Liquid Crystalline Behavior * Research Scientist, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio August 1978 LAPRICE, WALTER J. Uhrich Physics Iron-57 Mossbauer Temperature Study of Nematic, Smectic B and Smectic H Liquid Crystalline Glasses * Materials Engineer, Westinghouse, Pittsburgh, PA December 1978 BRISBIN, DOUGLAS J. Johnson Physics Divergence of the Bend Curvature Coefficient above the Nematic-Smectic A Phase Transition: Freedericksz Transition * Research Scientist, General Dynamics Corp., Los Angeles, CA December 1978 MAJOROS, STEPHEN J. Johnson Physics A Test of Curvature Elasticity Above the Nematic-Smectic A Phase Transition * Lorrain Co. Community College, Elyria OH June 1979 GRADDICK, WILLIAM Spielberg Physics The Effect of Calcium on the Thermotropic Phase Behavior of Dipalmitol Phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) Multilayers * June 1980 NAIKSATAM, PRAKASH Fishel Chemistry Structure-Property Relationships of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

* Brookhaven National Lab

August 1980 BAGINSKI, GERARD H. Saupe Physics Proton Magnetic Resonance Study on Iron bis(cyclopentadienyl) in Nematic Solutions * August 1980 EKACHAI, ARUN Spielbertg/deVries Physics X-Ray and Optical Studies of Several Smectic Phases * Lecturer, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand August 1980 SETHNA, VIJAY N. Spielberg/deVries Physics X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Skewed Cybotactic Nematic Phases * Industrial Scientist, Kaiser Electronics, San Jose, CA August 1980 VAZ, NUNO A. Doane Physics Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Orientational Order in Lyotropic Liquid Crystals * Research Scientist, General Motors, Warren, Michigan December 1980 DEHOFF, RICHARD J. Johnson Physics Specific Heat in the Vicinity of a Nematic-Smectic A-Smectic C Multicritical * Research Scientist, Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton OR


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December 1980 HAVEN, THOMAS J. Saupe Physics Elastic and Viscous Properties of Nematic Systems in Aqueous Decylammonium Chloride Solutions * Research Scientist, Sarif, Vancouver, Washington December 1980 RICHARDS, BERNARD L. Moroi Physics Rotational Diffusion in Nematic Liquid Crystals * Assistant Professor, Stark Campus, Kent State University May 1981 LOCKHART, THOMAS E. Gelerinter Physics Indices of Refraction at Smectic A-Smectic C Phase Transitions * Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire August 1981 KTORIDES, PETROS Uhrich Physics

Mossbauer Study of the Smectic Liquid Crystalline Glass Phase Using Sn-bearing Molecules * Teaching, Cyprus December 1981 KUZMA, MICHAEL R. Allender/Johnson Physics Mean Field Study of Molecular Tilt in Uniaxial Liquid Crystalline Phases * Real Estate, Philadelphia December 1981 VAZ, MARIA J. Doane Physics Orientational Order in Phospholipid, Cholesterol-Phospholipid, and Protein- Phospholipid Bilayer Membranes: A DMR Study * Professor, Lawrence Technical University, Detroit MI June 1982 SHARMA, BRIJ B. Saupe Physics Proton Magnetic Resonance in Nematic Solvents: Orientation and Structure of Anthaquinone Derivatives and a Linewidth Analysis of Benzene Spectrum * Research Scientist, Bell Communications, Piscataway, NJ June 1982 SHETTY, ANIL N. Doane Physics Molecular and Segmental Orientational Order in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals: An NMR Study * Scientist, Imaging Center, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI June 1982 SHIH, LIH-BIN Brown Chemistry Laser Light Scattering of Surface Fluctuations of Liquid Crystals * Research Scientist, S.C. Johnson, Racine, WI December 1982 YANIV, ZVI Doane Physics A Deuterium Magnetic Resonance Study of Biaxial Ordering and Self-Diffusion in Chiral Nematic and Smectic Phases * President, SI Diamond Technology, Austin TX May 1983 TODOROFF, DOUGLAS G. Uhrich Physics Sn-119 Mossbauer Investigation of Different Sn-Bearing Molecules in Nematic and Smectic Glasses * Research Scientist, US Naval Coastal Systems, Panama City FL August 1983 BENIGNI, SAMUEL P. Spielberg Physics An X-Ray Study on the Thermal Behavior of Potassium-Palmitate-Water Mixtures * Staff Scientist, RCA, Inc., Lancaster PA December 1983 BIGGERS, RAND R. Johnson Physics Thermal Properties Near the Nematic-Smectic A Tricritical Point * Research Scientist, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio


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December 1983 BOONBRAHM, POONPONG Saupe Physics Optical Studies on Micellar Nematics and on Phase Transitions Between Nematic States * Lecturer, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand December 1983 GOODEN, CLARENCE E. Johnson Physics Light Scattering and Magnetic Deformation Study of the Nematic-Smectic A Transition * Research Scientist, Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, FL

December 1983 MAHMOOD, RIZWAN Johnson Physics Director Elasticity Above the Nematic-Smectic A Transition * Associate Professor, Slippery Rock University, PA December 1983 ROTH, ROBERT A. Saupe Physics Theoretical Studies on the Dielectric Permittivity of Liquid Crystals with Application to Alkylazoxybenzene Derivatives * Research Scientist, US Air Force, Dayton, OH December 1983 STEFANOV, MICHAEL E. Saupe Physics Physical Properties of Nematic Decylammonium Chloride/Ammonium Chloride/Water Systems * May 1984 STRENK, LAWRENCE M. Doane Physics A Deuterium NMR Study of Orientational Order and Spatial Modulation in Phosphatidyl Choline Bilayers Including Those Containing Cholesterol and Protein

* President and CEO, Strenk Scientific Consultants, Inc., Middleburg Heights OH

August 1984 MARANDE, ROBERT P. Uhrich Physics Iron-57 Mossbauer Temperature Study of Smectic A., Smectic B and Smectic C Liquid Crystalline Glasses * Assistant Professor, Behrend College, Erie, PA December 1984 HAFIZ, NAJMA Allender/Doane Physics Nematic Phases in Liquid Crystals: Theory of Uniaxiality and Biaxiality and an NMR Study of Reetrants * May 1985 RAHMAN, JOLLY A. deVries/Spielberg Physics The Development of Some Molecular Models for Smectic A Phases * Research Scientist, Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR May 1985 SPIELBERG, JOHANAN Gelerinter Physics An EPR Study of Glass-Forming Liquids and Liquid Crystals * August 1985 HENDERSON, GIRARDEAU Allender Physics Phenomena at the Isotropic - Nematic Transition Induced by Surface Order * Research Scientist, US Naval Coastal Systems, Panama City, FL August 1985 LIU, HSING-CHUNG deVries/Spielberg Physics Analysis of the X-Ray Diffraction Pattern of the Skewed Cybotactic Nematic Phase of p-n-Octyloxybenzoic Acid *


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August 1985 VLACHOPOULOS, PETROS Lee Physics Theoretical Studies of Local Orientational Order in Cholesterics and Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Mixtures * December 1985 MOTTAKABBIR, KAZI A. Lee Physics Quantum Simulations of the Ground State of the One-Dimensional Hubbard Model * Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas, Austin May 1986 WU, BAO-GANG Doane Physics Deuterium NMR of Asymmetric Motion and Molecular Ordering in Liquid Crystals and Microdroplet Controlled Scattering in Display Applications * R&D Scientist, Advanced Display Systems, Amarillo, TX August 1986 LEE, YOUNG-HEE Lee Physics Classical and Quantum Computer Simulation Studies: Molecular Dynamics of the Kerr Effect in Carbon di-sulfide in Green's Function Monte Carlo Calculations of the Electronic Correlation Energy in Atoms * Assistant Professor, Physics, Jeonbug National University, Korea December 1986 CUNNINGHAM, BETH A. Lis/Doane Physics The Influence of Monovalent Ions on Dipalmitoylphosphatidyl-choline Bilayer Structure and Packing * Assistant Professor of Physics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA May 1987 KHAN, IQBAL Johnson Physics Director Dynamics Above Nematic-Smectic (A,C) Transitions * Scientist, Textile Institute of Pakistan August 1987 FIGUEIRINHAS, JOAO Doane Physics A Deuterium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of the SF Phase * Scientist, Centro de Fisica da Materia Condensada, Lisbon, Portugal August 1987 LEWIS, MICHAEL E. Johnson Physics A Mode 1 Light Scattering Study of the Smectic-A Phase Near the NA Transition: Critical Behavior of the Layer Dilation Elastic Coefficient * Lewis Consulting, Akron, Ohio August 1987 ZHOU, E Saupe Physics Curvature Elasticity of the Micellar Nematics * Lecturer, Beijing University, China December 1987 GOLEMME, ATTILIO Doane Chemical Physics Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals * Research Scientist, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Calabria, Rende, December 1987 KLEMM, STEFAN Lee Physics Quantum Simulation of Polyene Ground States * Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN December 1987 MELNIK, GEORGE Saupe Physics Critical Properties of Phase Transitions in Micellar Nematics in Microscopic Textures of Micellar Cholesterics * North American Phillips Corp., Briarcliff Manor, NY


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August 1988 PHONPHOK, NASON Westerman/Doane Physics Effects of Anesthetic Membrane Solutes on Orientational Order in Lecithin Bilayer Membranes: An NMR Study * Lecturer, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand May 1989 FRISKEN, BARBARA J. Palffy-Muhoray Physics/UBC Nematic Liquid Crystals in Electric and Nematic Fields * Professor & Chair of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

May 1989 RISSER, STEVEN Lee Physics Model Hamiltonian Calculations of the Nonlinear Polarizabilities of Conjugated Molecules * Texas A&M, Commerce, TX August 1989 WHITEHEAD JR., JOE B. Doane Physics Light Scattering from Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals * Associate Professor of Physics, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

December 1989 VITHANA, HEMASIRI Johnson Physics Light Scattering and Magnetic Field Deformation Study Near the Nematic- Smectic A Phase Transition: Critical Behavior of Twist and Bend Elastic * Research Scientist, Reveo, Hawthorne, NY May 1990 ERDMANN, JOHN H. Doane Physics Electro-Optic Response of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals * Hana Microdisplay Technologies, Inc., Twinsburg, OH May 1990 LEE, JONG-CHEON Allender/Neff Physics Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Homeotropic Surface Effect on the Cholesteric-Nematic Phase Transition of a Compensated Mixture * Research Scientist, Samsung Corporation, Seoul, Korea May 1990 PLUMLEY, SULAKSHANA Saupe Physics Elasticity and Dynamic Properties of Ionic Micellar Mixtures * December 1990 SUBRAMANIAM, RAVI Lee Physics Quantum Simulations of the Ground State Electronic Structure of Diatomic Molecules * Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh December 1990 SUBRAMANYAM, SUNDAR Fishel Chemistry Liquid Crystals Containing the Dibenzopyran Nucleus: Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properties of 3-(4-n-Alkoxybenzylidene-amino) Dibenzo[b,d]Pyran * Research Fellow, University of Lowell May 1991 BOYD, DARWIN Uhrich Physics Mossbauer Studies of Some 1. Iron(III) Spin Crossover Systems and 2. A Cold Cholesteric Liquid Crystal * Assistant Professor of Technology, Kent State University, Kent, OH May 1991 GLEESON, JAMES L. Palffy-Muhoray Physics Instabilities During Directional Solidification of a Transparent Material * Professor & Asst. Chair, Dept. of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio


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August 1991 SARKAR, MOINUDDIN Spielberg Physics X-Ray Study of Some Columnar Thermotropic Mesophases * Assistant Professor of Physics, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN August 1991 SU, WEN-CHEN Fishel Chemistry Part 1. Novel Syntheses of Substituted 6H-D(b,d) Pyrans by Pschorr Cyclization; Part 2. Synthesis and Studies of Mesomorphic Compounds Derived from 3- Amino and 3-Hydroxy-6H-D(b,d) Pyrans * Avery Dennison, Pasadena, CA December 1991 CHEN, LI Kumar Physics High-Resolution X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Nematic to Smectic-A Phase Transition and the Frustrated Smectic A Phase * December 1991 CRAWFORD, GREGORY P. Doane Chemical Physics Nematic Liquid Crystals Confined to Cylindrical Cavities: A 2H-NMR Study * Dean, College of Science, University of Notre Dame December 1991 LIU, JIMING Saupe Physics Line Defects in Biaxial Nematics and Critical Properties of Nematic-Isotropic Transitions Near the Landau Point * Computer Scientist, Pittsburgh, PA December 1991 YUAN, HAIJI (JIM) Palffy-Muhoray Physics Nonlinear Optical Properties of Liquid Crystals * CoAdna Photonics, Inc., San Jose, CA May 1992 KIM, JAE YON Palffy-Muhoray Physics Phase Separation Kinetics of Binary Liquid Crystal Polymer Mixtures * Research Scientist, Samsung Corp., Seoul, Korea August 1992 SEEKOLA, DESMOND Kelly Physics Dielectric Response of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystalline Films * SpectraSwitch, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA December 1992 LIN, HEFEN Palffy-Muhoray Physics Optical Fibers with Liquid Crystalline Cores * Philips Flat Displays, San Jose, CA December 1992 NAGVEKHAR, DEVDATT Fishel Chemistry Novel Mesomorphic Systems Based on Heteromethylene Bridged Biphenyls * Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA May 1993 KIM, DU RIM Saupe Physics Effects of Polymers in the Rotational Viscosity of Nematic Liquid Crystals and Dynamics of Field Alignment * Instructor, Kangwon National University, Korea May 1993 PATEL, PREM L. Kumar Physics High-Resolution X-Ray Diffraction Study of Frustrated Smectics * Private Enterprise, Philadelphia, PA August 1993 AMARASINGHE, NANDANA Moroi Physics Iterative Solutions to Nonlinear Wave Equation in a X(2) Medium and Permittivity Gradient Induced Polarization and Second Harmonic Generation in Inhomogeneous Media * Staff Scientist, SpectraSwitch, Santa Rosa CA


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August 1993 ONDRIS-CRAWFORD, RENATE Doane Physics The Effect of Molecular Anchoring and Curvature on Confined Nematic Liquid Crystals * December 1993 FREDLEY, DAVID S. West Chemical-Physics Phase Behavior and Electro-Optics of Dispersions of Polymers and Low Molecular Weight Liquid Crystals * Research Scientist, Motorola, Ft. Lauderdale, FL December 1993 IANNACCHIONE, Finotello Physics AC Calorimetric Study of Liquid Crystal Phase Transitions and Restrictive Geometries * Assoc. Prof. & Interim Dept. Head., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA May 1994 SHIN, SUNG-TAE Kumar Physics Calorimetric and X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Phase Transitions in Lyotropic Liquid Crystals * Faculty, Korea University December 1994 ABEGUNARATHNA, SUGATH Saupe Physics Dielectric Properties of Liquid Crystals: Polymer Dispersions and Chiral Smectic Phases * Dept. of Chemistry, University of Akron December 1994 CULL, BRIAN C. Kumar Physics High Resolution X-Ray Reflectivity Studies of Ordering in Liquid Crystal and Polymer Thin Films * Research Scientist, 3M Corporation, Minneapolis, MN December 1994 FUNG, YEUK K. Doane Physics Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Textures for Scattering Mode Projection Light Valves * Applications Engineer, Varitronics Corp., Hong Kong December 1994 LEE, SEUNGHEE Gelerinter Physics Paramagnetic Resonance (epr) Studies of Glass-Forming Polymers and Liquid Crystal Polymers * Chonbuk National University, Korea December 1994 LEE, SUNG HEE Gelerinter Physics Molecular Dynamics of Glass-Forming Polymer, Plasticized Polymers and Liquid Crystal Polymers: An Electron Paramagnetic Study * Applications Engineer, Hyundai Corp., Korea December 1994 LI, JIANLIN Palffy-Muhoray Physics Determination of Surface Anchoring of Nematic Liquid Crystals from Optical Response Measurements * Polytronix, Inc., Richardson, TX December 1994 PAK, SUNGSIK Saupe Physics The Effects of Polyethylene Oxide on Curvature, Elasticity and Viscosity of Micellar Nematic Cesium Perfluoro-Octanotate Water Mixtures *


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May 1995 KOTHEKAR, NATASHA Allender Physics Modeling and Numerical Analysis of Surface Effects and Critical Phenomena in Nematic Liquid Crystals * May 1995 MANG, JOSEPH T. Kumar Physics High Resolution X-Ray and Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Liquid Crystal Structure * Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Lab, NM August 1995 DAI, SONG Spielberg Physics X-ray Studies of Phase Transitions and Structures of Some Columnar Liquid * Research Specialist, Alltristar Corp., Mogadore OH August 1995 FRITZ, WILLIAM Doane Physics Reflection from Imperfect Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Basic Properties and Applications * Gelcore, Cleveland OH August 1995 HUANG, JING Johnson Physics Critical Behavior of Heat Capacity Near a Nematic-Smectic A Tricritical Point * Computer Specialist, Cray Computer, NJ August 1995 JI, YIMIN Kelly Physics Surface Anchoring at a Polymer/Liquid Crystal Interface in the Neighborhood of the Glass Transition * Research Scientist, Corning, Inc., NY December 1995 CHEN, JIANMIN Johnson Physics Nonrubbing Techniques for Alignment of Nematic Liquid Crystals: Fundamentals and Applications * Colorlink, Inc., Boulder, CO December 1995 FOLKS, RAYMOND Lavrentovich Physics Light Induced Instabilities in Smectics * Research Scientist, CREOL, Univ. Central Florida December 1995 LU, ZHIJIAN Doane Physics Reflective Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays * Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ May 1996 HUANG, XIAO-YANG Doane Physics Field-Induced Transitions in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Dynamics and Applications in Displays * Senior Scientist, Kent Displays, Inc. May 1996 JAMAL, SYED H. Kelly Physics Characterization and Optimization of Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystals: Dynamics and Applications in Displays * Senior Project Engineer, Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ August 1996 DING, HONG Kelly Physics The Study of Dielectric and Electro-Optic Response of Liquid Crystals in Confined Systems * Staff Scientist, Meadowlark Optics, Longmont, CO


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December 1996 QIAN, SIHAI Finotello Physics Liquid Crystal Phase Transitions in Porous Media * Digilens, Sunnyvale, CA May 1997 BRETT, MARTIN West Chemical Physics * Five Star Technologies May 1997 HU, GONGJIAN Palffy-Muhoray Physics Laser Induced Configurational Transition in Liquid Crystals * Staff Scientist, dpiX, A Xerox Co., Palo Alto, CA May 1998 GALABOVA, HRISTINA Allender Physics A Theoretical Study of Surface Induced Phenomena in nematic Liquid Crystals * Staff Scientist, Reveo Corp., Hawthorne, NY May 1998 WANG, XIAO-DING West/Allender Physics Polarized Ultraviolet Light Induced Alignment for Liquid Crystal Displays on well- Defined Polyimide Films * Staff Scientist, Micro Display Corp., San Pablo, CA August 1998 LIU, HONG Allender Physics Theory of Liquid Crystal Static Distortions in Uniaxial and Biaxial Nematics * Lecturer, Nanjing University, China May 1999 HOKE, CHARLES D. Bos Chemical Physics Multi-Dimensional Alignment of Liquid Crystals and its Application to the Bistable Twist Cell * Staff Scientist, Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA August 1999 LI, KUO-YUIN Kelly Chemical Physics * Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation

August 1999 LI, SHUXIN Bos Chemical Physics * Densitron, Santa Fe Springs, CA August 1999 MORI, HIROYUKI Bos Chemical Physics Fabrication and Optical Effects of a Discotic Negative Birefringence Film for Liquid Crystal Displays * Staff Scientist, Fuji Photo Film Company, Japan August 1999 WU, WEI Kelly Physics Single and Multiple Light Scattering Studies of PDLC Films in the presence of Electric Field * Research Scientist, Monsanto Corp., St. Louis, MO December 1999 ZENG, HUAIREN Finotello Physics Liquid Crystal Orientational Order in Confined Geometries: An NMR * Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University May 2000 ISHIKAWA, TOMOHIRO Lavrentovich Chemical Physics Elasticity of Defects and Structures in Uniaxial Liquid Crystals * Postdoctoral Fellow, Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute May 2000 MA, RUI-QING Yang Chemical Physics Polymer Networks Formed in Liquid Crystals and Their Applications * Research Scientist, Corning, Inc., NY


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May 2000 PARK, EUI-YEUL West Chemical Physics * AlphaMicron, Inc. May 2000 WATSON, PHILIP E. Bos Chemical Physics The Homeotropic to Planar Transition in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals * Research Scientist, 3M Company, Minneapolis MN May 2000 XU, MING Yang Chemical Physics Electro-Optical Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Devices and Applications of Dual Frequency Cholesterics * Research Scientist, Chorum Technologies, Richardson TX August 2000 COLEGROVE, JENNIFER Kelly Chemical Physics Optimization of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Device * Kaiser Electronics, San Jose CA August 2000 CUI, MINGJI Kelly Physics Temperature Dependency of Viscoelastic Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals * CoAdna Photonics August 2000 DUNN, PATRICK Yang Chemical Physics * Sr. Technical Program Manager, Samsung America December 2000 ANDERSON, JAMES E. Bos Chemical Physics Transitions from the Homeotropic in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals * Hana Microdisplay Technologies December 2000 KONOVALOV, DMITRI A. Sprunt Physics A Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Ferrielectric Phases of Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals * Postdoctoral Fellow, Brandeis University December 2000 MI, XIANG-DONG Yang Chemical Physics Dynamics of the Transitions Among Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Textures * Research Scientist, Eastman Kodak December 2000 TANG, ANLUN Sprunt Physics Dynamics of Chiral Smectic-A and Twist Grain Boundary Phases of Liquid * KLA-Tencor, California December 2000 TITUS, CHARLES M. Bos Chemical Physics Diffractive and Refractive Liquid Crystal Beam Steering Devices * Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute December 2000 YUAN, HAIJUN Palffy-Muhoray Chemical Physics Light Propagation in Complex Liquid Crystal Structure * Mgr., LC Technologies, LambdaFlex, Inc. May 2001 LIU, WEIMIN Yang Chemical Physics Characterization of Some Wide Viewing Angle Liquid Crystal Displays * Kaiser August 2001 ACHARYA, BHARAT RAJ Kumar Physics Correlation Between the Surface Properties and Liquid Crystal Anchoring on Polymer Films * Bell Lab/Lucent Technologies, Inc.


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August 2001 ASFAW, LETEMESKEL Sprunt Physics Coherent Backscattering from Complex Liquids * Alcorn State University, Mississippi December 2001 HEINEMAN, DAVID West Chemical Physics Kinetics of Patterned Electric Field Induced Polymer Segregation in Liquid Crystal Solutions * CoAdna Photonics, Inc. December 2001 VOLOSHCHENKO, DMITRY Lavrentovich Chemical Physics Photoinduced Aggregation in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals * Motorola, Inc. December 2001 ZHANG, FANG Yang Chemical Physics Physical Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays * Dimensional Media, Inc. May 2002 WANG, BIN Bos Chemical Physics Two Dimensional Liquid Crystal Devices and their Computer Simulations * Agilent Technologies, Inc. August 2002 SAEED, SALMAN Bos Chemical Physics Electro-optical Polarization Interference Filters * Three Five Systems, Inc. December 2002 SU, LINLI West Chemistry Studies on Non-Contact Alignment of Liquid Crystals * May 2003 KANG, SHIN-WOONG Chien Chemical Physics Spatio-Orientationally Organized Polymer Microstructures Obtained on Self- Assembled Pattern-Forming States of Liquid Crystals: Morphology, Phase Separation and Potential Applications * Sr. Research Scientist, Physics, Kent State University May 2003 KHAN, ASAD Doane Chemical Physics Chiral Materials and Cell Designs for the Cholesteric Display Technology * Kent Displays, Inc. August 2003 MONTBACH, ERICA Bos Chemical Physics Studies of Optical Systems Containing Liquid Crystals and Holographic Optical Elements * August 2003 SMALYUKH, IVAN Lavrentovich Chemical Physics Three-Dimensional Director Fields Studied by Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy * Postdoctoral Fellow, Kent State University December 2003 WANG, CHENHUI Bos Chemical Physics Control of Layer Defects in Smectic C* Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Devices * LXD, Inc. May 2004 ENNIS, ROLAND Palffy-Muhoray Chemical Physics Pattern Formation in Liquid Crystals: The Dynamics of Phase Separation and the Saffman-Taylor Instability * Pressco Technology, Inc., Solon OH


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May 2004 HUANG, YUANMING Jákli Chemical Physics Electro-optical and Dielectric properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Formed by Banana-shaped Molecules * Unknown December 2004 KIM, SANG-HWA Chien Chemical Physics Fast Switching Polymer Stabilized Liquid Crystal Devices Morphology and Electro-Optical Properties * Samsung Electromechanics Ltd December 2004 STOJADINOVIC, Sprunt, Jákli Physics Light Scattering Studies of Dynamics of Bent-core Liquid Crystals * May 2005 CAO, WENYI Palffy-Muhoray Chemical Physics Fluorescence and Lasing in Liquid Crystalline Band Gap Materials * Central Academy of Research of SVA, Taiwan August 2005 SCHNEIDER, TOD Lavrentovich Chemical Physics Nanostructuring Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals * Kent Displays, Inc. August 2005 SHI, JIANRU Bos Chemical Physics Liquid Crystal Based Beam Steering * Dynamic Eye, Inc. August 2005 WANG, XINGHUA Bos Chemical Physics Liquid Crystal Diffractive Optical Elements: Applications and Limitations * Optical and Materials Research Scientist, ChemImage, Inc. December 2005 BODNAR, VOLODYMYR West Chemical Physics Optical Properties and Polymer Wall Formation in Cholesteric Displays * AlphaMicron, Inc. December 2005 LIAO, GUANGXUN Jákli Chemical Physics Mechanic and Electro-Optical Properties of Non-conventional Liquid Crystal Systems * CoAdna Photonics, Inc. December 2005 ZHANG, YANLI Bos Chemical Physics Control of Disclinations and Walls in New Types of Display Devices * Intel, Inc. December 2005 ZHOU, FUSHAN Yang Chemical Physics Reflective and Transreflective Displays * Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University May 2006 ZHANG, KE West Chemistry Microparticles as a New Analytical Method to Study Liquid Crystal Colloids * Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University May 2006 SEMYONOV, ALEXANDER Twieg Chemical Physics Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorescent Dyes and Liquid Crystal Semiconductors * Sales Engineer, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham MA August 2006 TANG, SHOUPING Kelly Chemical Physics Multidimensional Optics and Dynamics of Liquid Crystals *


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August 2006 ZHANG, GUOQIANG West Chemical Physics Stressed Liquid Crystals: Properties and Applications * December 2006 CHEN, CHENG Bos Chemical Physics Anchoring Transitions on Large-Angle-Deposited SiOx Thin Films *Apple, Cupertino CA May 2007 JANG, YONG-KYU Bos Chemical Physics Optical Properties of Compensated Liquid Crystal Displays *Samsung Electronics company, Korea August 2007 YE, YIN Lavrentovich Chemical Physics

Dielectric Relaxation and Electrooptical Effects in Nematic Liquid Crystals *CoAdna Photonics, Stow OH

May 2008 BUYUKTANIR, EBRU West Chemical Physics Electro-optical Characterization of Bistable Smectic A Liquid Crystal Displays

*Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute May 2008 LI, FENGHUA West Chemical Physics

The Physics and Application of Liquid Crystal/Ferroelectric Particle Colloids *CoAdna Photonics, Inc., Stow OH

May 2008 ZHANG, HAILIANG Kelly Chemical Physics Wavelength Tunable Devices Based on Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals *Scientific Solutions, Inc. August 2008 BAILEY, CHRISTOPHER Jákli Chemical Physics Structure and Rheology of Some Bent Core Liquid Crystals *NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Air Force Research Labs, Dayton OH December 2008 REZNIKOV, DMITRY Bos Chemical Physics Effect of Surface Alignment Layer on Electro-optical Properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Displays * Israel Institute of Technology - Technion December 2008 ZHOU, XIAOLI Li Chemical Physics Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Discotic Liquid Crystal Porphyrins for Organic Photovoltaics * May 2009 GU, MINGXIA Lavrentovich Chemical Physics Effects of Dielectric Relaxation on Director Dynamics in Uniaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals *Sr. Display Optics Engineer, Apple, Inc., San Jose CA May 2009 HARDEN, JR., JOHN Jákli Chemical Physics Electromechanical Couplings in Liquid Crystals *Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute

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