LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE CHEMICAL PHYSICS INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM

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LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
®
and
CHEMICAL PHYSICS
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY
ANNUAL REPORT
July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008
Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Director
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Director’s Report .................................................................................................................1
Achievements and Recognition ...........................................................................................3
Summary of Accomplishments............................................................................................4
Major Funding Sources and Expenditures...........................................................................5
LCI Highlights .....................................................................................................................7
Table 1 Liquid Crystal Institute Staff ...........................................................................11
Table 2 Liquid Crystal Institute Research Personnel....................................................12
Table 3 Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Faculty......................................14
Table 4 Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Students ....................................15
Table 5 Scholarships and Fellowships ..........................................................................17
Table 6 Graduate Degrees Awarded .............................................................................18
Table 7 Placement of Personnel....................................................................................18
Table 8 Visiting Scientists ............................................................................................19
Table 9 Grants and Contracts........................................................................................21
Table 10 Proposals for Extramural Support....................................................................29
Table 11 Patents ..............................................................................................................35
Table 12 Publications......................................................................................................37
Table 13 Presentations ....................................................................................................45
Table 14 Other Scholarly Activities................................................................................57
Table 15 Seminar Program .............................................................................................60
Table 16 Industrial Partnership Program ........................................................................62
Table 17 Research Facility Report..................................................................................63
Table 18 Research Facility Services Provided................................................................64
Table 19 Education and Public Service ..........................................................................66
APPENDICES ...................................................................................................................67
I. Outreach Activities
Liquid Crystal Day brochure ......................................................................................69
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program brochure...............................................71
Industrial Partnership Program and LCD Research Facility brochure .......................73
Technology Transfer brochure ...................................................................................75
II. Extramural Grant Funding, 1982-2008.......................................................................77
III. Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals..................................................................89
2007-2008 Director’s Report
As Academic Year 2007-2008 came to a close, we received the news that Kent State
University was awarded a $15,678,489 grant from the State of Ohio for the Ohio
Research Scholars Program (ORSP). The LCI will lead a partnership of eight Northeast
Ohio entities to establish a Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials (RCSAM). KSU’s share of the grant is $8,553,921. As part of the award, the LCI will
receive two endowed research scholar positions. We have begun an international search
for two world-class scholars to join the LCI/CPIP in 2009. See Highlights, pg. 7, for
additional information on this exciting new direction for liquid crystal research.
Personnel
In a joint effort with the Department of Biological Sciences, two outstanding faculty
members were recruited for research in the interdisciplinary field of experimental soft
matter, biomaterials, biological physics, and molecular biology. The positions, funded by
the State of Ohio and KSU, offer remarkable opportunities in the areas of liquid crystals,
biopolymers, soft and complex systems. Dr. Edgar Kooijman joins the Department of
Biological Sciences and Dr. Chanjoong Kim will bring his expertise to the LCI/CPIP
beginning July 1, 2008.
Dr. Kim comes to Kent State following a postdoctoral
fellowship in the Department of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Science
(SEAS) at Harvard University. His doctoral work focused on dynamics of Langmuir
monolayers. See Highlights, pg. 9 for more on Dr. Kim.
Research
The LCI continued to successfully bring extramural funding to Kent State University,
applying for 42 grants totaling $29,092,488 which includes the $15,678,489 Ohio
Research Scholars grant. KSU’s ORSP share ($8,553,921) brings the LCI’s new funding
to over $10 million with an additional $1.1 million pending at fiscal year end.
Our successful collaborations with industries, both domestic and international, continued
throughout the year. We received industrial funding from Samsung Electronics in Korea,
Displaytech, Evans Capacitor, Johnson & Johnson Vistakon Division, Dupont, and Intel;
subawards were received from Wright State University, Kent Displays, Displaytech,
General Dynamics, Pixel Optics, Ohio State University, Dynamic Eye, and the University
of Akron. Federal sources comprised 38% 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, U.S. Department of Defense,
Office of Naval Research, and Air Force Office of Science Research. The State of Ohio
provided 13% of our extramural funding through the Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio
Department of Development. Other funding sources included the American Chemical
Society Petroleum Research Fund, Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM),
NorTech, and Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust.
We continued our research collaborations with colleagues in KSU departments of
Architectural and Environmental Design (Sharag-Eldin), Biological Sciences (Frazier,
Woolverton), Chemistry (Gericke, Mao, Tolmachev, Twieg), Geology (Ortiz),
Mathematical Sciences (Gartland), Computer Sciences (Farrell, Maletic, Melton, Ruttan)
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and Physics (Allender, Finotello, Gleeson, Kumar, Mann, Sprunt). Of the 56 currently
active grants, 18 involved KSU investigators from other departments.
Education and Outreach
Chemical Physics professor Antal Jakli secured a collaborative research grant to study
liquid crystals in Europe. During Summer, 2008, he will take three Chemical Physics
graduate students beyond the classroom to conduct studies in Hungary, Portugal, Austria
and Germany. Their experiences will be highlighted in the next annual report.
KSU Professors Robin Selinger (CPIP) and Elizabeth Mann (Physics) served as volunteer
presenters at the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Aviation Conference for
ninth grade girls. The event was hosted by the Polaris Career Center, a Cleveland public
school facility that provides specialized educational programs for both high school
students and adults (see Highlights, pg. 8). Our Chemical Physics graduate students
participated in K-12 outreach by providing talks and demonstrations to Cub Scouts,
Akron area 7th - 9th grade gifted students and the KSU Fall Parents Day open house.
In April, 2008, Chemical Physics professor Phil Bos organized the short course, “Liquid
Crystals: Materials and Display Devices.” Lectures were given by several LCI faculty
and staff to 15 researchers from Eastman Chemical Company.
Scholarships
We continue to provide scholarships to Chemical Physics students though a competitive
process. During the next fiscal year we will complete five years of Samsung scholarship
awards totaling $200,000. In December, 2006, former LCI scientist, James Fergason,
established the Alfred Saupe Scholarship Fund and in December, 2007, we received three
scholarships (one per year) from the Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust. We encourage our
graduate students to be competitive and creative in their scientific careers and
acknowledge their achievements through scholarship awards.
Service
LCI/CPIP continued to serve the research and industrial community through the
Industrial Partnership Program (Bos), Synthesis Facilities (Chien, Li) and
Characterization Facilities (Shiyanovskii, Lavrentovich). The LCI staff provides 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 use of our facilities by scientists from universities and industries in
the liquid crystal related field totaled nearly $77,000 for this reporting period (Table 18).
In closing, our research and education continues to be strong and we look forward to
innovative directions in liquid crystal research with the addition of new faculty.
At the time of this writing, we report with great sadness that the LCI, and the entire field
of liquid crystal science and technology, lost two of its most prominent figures, Alfred
Saupe (1925-2008) and James Fergason (1934-2008). Next year’s report will highlight
their careers and their immeasurable contributions to the field of liquid crystals.
Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Director
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Achievements and Recognition
Books and Conference Proceedings
Mobile Displays: Technology and Applications, Achintya K. Bhowmik, Zili Li, Philip J.
Bos, editors, SID-Series in Display Technology, Wiley Publishers, May 2008.
Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies III, L. C. Chien, editor, Proceeding of SPIE Vol.
6911, 2008.
Conference and Workshop Chairs
L.C. Chien was elected Vice-Chair (2009) and Chair (2011) of the Gordon Research
Conference Liquid Crystals Symposium.
L.C. Chien, Conference Chair, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies III, 2008
Photonics West Conference, SPIE International Meeting, San Jose, CA January 19-24,
2008.
Awards
Satyendra Kumar, professor of Physics and professor of Chemical Physics, and Oleg D.
Lavrentovich, received the 2007 KSU Distinguished Scholar Awards for their research in
the field of liquid crystals.
L.C. Chien was named Fellow, SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering, 2008.
Students
Shawn Hurley received the Kent State University Community Excellence Leadership
Award and the Student Leadership Excellence Award for his volunteer recovery work on
the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina and also for his service as President of the KSU
Chapter of the Society for Information Display (SID).
Lena Lopatina received the Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship which
provided $10,000 in support for her PhD research.
Fenghua Li received a scholarship award from the International Society for Optical
Engineering (SPIE).
Oleg Pishnyak received a scholarship award from the International Society for Optical
Engineering (SPIE).
Bohdan Senyuk received a scholarship award from the International Society for Optical
Engineering (SPIE).
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Summary of LCI Accomplishments
Ph.D. degrees awarded
Masters degrees awarded
4
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Proposals
Submitted
Awarded
Pending
41
19
3
Grants and Contracts
Current Grants (continuing from previous year)
Renewals and New Awards
56
41
15
Students Supported
Graduate
Undergraduate (student workers, summer interns)
34
8
Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates
17
Visitors (Research Program)
20
Visitors (Day)
Industry
Academia and Government
18
27
Publications
Journals and Book Chapters
Juried Proceedings, Technical Reports
41
22
Presentations
Professional Societies (Invited and oral)
Conference Poster Presentations
Academic and Other (Invited and oral)
66
44
42
Patents Awarded
Patent applications and Invention Disclosures
6
13
Industrial Partnership Program Members
21
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Major Funding Sources and Expenditures
2007-2008
Major Funding Sources (in thousands)
University, Foundations and Grant Funds
Ohio,
$751 13%
KSU
$2,275 38%
Other Federal
$1,243 21%
Foundations
$153 3%
National Science
Foundation
$995 17%
Industry/Other
$474 8%
Expenditures 2003-2008 (in thousands)
Extramural
6000
KSU
Amount (in thousands)
5000
3,149
4000
3,616
2,381
3000
2,733
1,929
2000
1000
1,692
1,812
2,136
2,307
2,275
0
03-04
04-05
05-06
06-07
07-08
Fiscal Year
Extramural funding amounts in FY 05-06 and 06-07 have been adjusted from previous reports due to
changes in award amount and/or time period for some grants.
(previously reported: FY 06 $2,368 and FY 07 $2,919).
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Major Funding Sources and Expenditures
Historical Representation of Funding Sources (in thousands)
KSU, NSF ALCOM, and
Other Extramural Support
4000
NSF ALCOM
Extramural
3500
KSU
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
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5
5
4
6
6
7
8
7
8
9
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Calculation of grant funding/expenditures
For each grant, the total amount awarded is divided by the number of
months in the grant project period to obtain an average monthly award
amount. That figure is multiplied by the number of months the grant was
active within the fiscal year reporting period. For grants shared with
investigators from other departments, the fiscal year total is divided
equally among the principal investigators and only the portion for LCI
research personnel is counted (see Table 2). For reporting purposes, it is
assumed that all funding is expended within the fiscal year reporting
period.
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LCI Highlights
State of Ohio Awards $15.7M to KSU Partnership
Kent State University was awarded a $15,678,489 grant from the State of Ohio for the
Ohio Research Scholars Program (ORSP). The Liquid Crystal Institute will lead a
partnership of eight Northeast Ohio entities to establish the, “Research Cluster on
Surfaces in Advanced Materials” (RC-SAM). Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, chair of
the Ohio Third Frontier Commission, and Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric
Fingerhut, announced the award as a reaffirmation of Ohio’s commitment to attracting
world-class talent and better aligning Ohio’s research investments with economic
development. The competitive proposal process was based on how effectively it related
to Ohio's targeted technology/research focus areas of advanced materials, biosciences,
instruments, controls, and electronics, information technology, and power and propulsion.
As part of KSU’s $8,553,921 share, Kent State will receive two endowed research
scholar positions. A third research scholar will be selected for Case Western Reserve.
We have begun an international search for two world-class scholars to join the LCI/
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in Academic Year 2009-2010.
RC-SAM will combine the scientific excellence in fundamental and applied research at
Kent State, Case Western Reserve and Youngstown State universities with innovative
approaches to environmental technologies at the Cleveland Botanical Garden and highly
successful commercialization of new technologies at Ohio-based liquid crystal
companies, AlphaMicron, CoAdna Photonics, Kent Displays, Kent Optronics, and LXD.
The significant State investment is being made to ensure that Ohio retains its top
international ranking for liquid crystal technology, research, technology transfer and
commercialization.
This project builds on more than 40 years of excellence in liquid crystal research and
commercialization in Northeast Ohio. The State funding will allow us to expand our
world leadership in scientific discovery and technology of these and other soft materials
through the accelerated study of surface phenomena and partnership with industry. The
public-private partnership will focus on soft materials. During the past 60 years,
researchers have learned much about hard matters, such as metals. During the very same
time, new materials, often called “soft matter,” such as liquid crystals, surfactants and
polymers, emerged and revolutionized numerous aspects of daily life from information
and computer displays to manufacturing practices. Despite the abundance of soft
materials in nature and human-controlled technologies, more research is needed to
understand their properties and potentials.
Since project participants are the world’s leaders in liquid crystal research, technology
and development, with some of the most recognized scientists in the field, the venture
will be built upon a solid and established foundation. The new research focus will be of
importance to the local economy as it will accelerate the development of new products at
Ohio-based companies.
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LCI Highlights
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Aviation Conference
Polaris Career Center, Cleveland, Ohio
May 2, 2008
Professors Robin Selinger (Chemical Physics/LCI) and Elizabeth Mann (Physics) served
as volunteer presenters at the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Aviation
Conference for ninth grade girls. The event was hosted by the Polaris Career Center, a
Cleveland public school facility that provides specialized educational programs for both
high school students and adults.
The presentation to Cleveland
Public High School 9th grade girls,
started with a discussion of liquid
crystals
and
their
structure,
properties, and applications, how
they respond to changes of
temperature and applied electric
field, and their interaction with
light.
The presenters showed how a
small LCD switches on when a DC
Prof. Selinger demonstrates transient switching behavior
voltage is applied using a 9V
in an LCD.
battery. Small LCDs were then
handed out to each team of two students. The students discovered that they could induce
transient switching behavior in an LCD if two people held opposite leads and at least one
of them rubbed their shoes against the carpet to generate static electricity.
Professors Selinger and Mann discussed careers in science and their own career
pathways. The presentation was given four times to groups of about 20 students each.
Left: Prof. Mann with 9th grade girls using
an LCD.
Above: Closeup of a working display after
generating static electricity.
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LCI Highlights
Chanjoong Kim joins the LCI/CPIP Faculty
In a major joint venture, the Liquid Crystal
Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program along with the Department
of Biological Sciences at Kent State University
successfully recruited two new full-time
faculty
members
to
work
in
the
interdisciplinary field of experimental soft
matter, biomaterials, biological physics, and
molecular biology. The positions, funded by
the State of Ohio and Kent State University,
offer remarkable opportunities in the area of
liquid crystals, biopolymers, soft and complex
systems.
Dr. Edgar Kooijman joined the
faculty in the department of Biological
Sciences and Dr. Chanjoong Kim was selected
as Assistant Professor in the Chemical Physics
Interdisciplinary Program at the LCI.
Dr. Kim comes to Kent State following a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department
of Physics and School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at Harvard
University. His main area of interest is soft matter physics. He earned his Ph.D. in
Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 2003. His doctoral
work focused on dynamics of Langmuir monolayers. Dr. Kim is familiar with the
Northeast Ohio area as he previously studied at the University of Akron’s Department of
Polymer Engineering before transferring to the University of Wisconsin. His
undergraduate and masters degrees in polymer science were earned in Korea at Seoul
National University.
Dr. Kim is excited to join the LCI and help to expand its research in soft matter.
Because of his background in Physical Chemistry, he feels that the LCI is a perfect fit for
him. Initially, his research will focus on four main areas: (1) the study of the microscopic
dynamics of colloidal suspensions with construction of a confocal rheometer, (2) the
microscopic study of dynamic response of biological systems to mechanical stresses, (3)
the study of dynamics of lipid monolayer systems on biopolymers, and (4) the study of
microdrop formation of liquid crystals using microfluidics.
His first task is to purchase research equipment and organize his LCI laboratory. He
will begin teaching classes in soft matter with a focus on biomaterials and related biology
in the 2009-2010 academic year.
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LCI Highlights
Liquid Crystal Day
October 12, 2007
The Liquid Crystal Day 2007 Symposium was held at the Liquid Crystal and Materials Sciences
Building on the main Kent State University campus. Featured speakers included David Walba,
University of Colorado; Rolfe Petschek, Case Western Reserve University; Jim Yuan, CoAdna
Photonics, Inc.; and Mary Neubert, LCI Emeritus Senior Research Fellow. Students from around
the State of Ohio were invited to attend and discover the many outstanding features of the
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program at Kent State. Juniors and Seniors from nearby
colleges were targeted with invitations to attend the symposium and a luncheon in an effort to
recruit them to KSU.
“One of the most important accomplishments of the Liquid Crystal Institute is the unique and
effective educational experience it provides to students of all levels, involving them directly in
multidisciplinary research,” LCI Director Oleg D. Lavrentovich said. “Students have access to
the best facilities and equipment, the latest research and top liquid crystal scientists in the world.
They experience firsthand how laboratory research spawns new technologies and new industries.
Graduates are highly regarded and have had a huge impact locally, forming the core of nearly all
start-up companies spun off from the Liquid Crystal Institute,” Lavrentovich added.
Northeast Ohio liquid crystal-related
companies participated in the
industrial exhibition held during
Liquid Crystal Day. “The Institute is
a great resource for area companies.
By
providing
state-of-the-art
facilities and research programs
focused on liquid crystal science and
display development, the LCI helps
liquid crystal companies through our
cooperative
research
efforts,”
Lavrentovich said.
Above: KSU Professor Robin
Selinger talks to potential graduate
students about liquid crystal research
and the Chemical Physics graduate
program at Kent State University.
Right: Professor David Walba gives
a presentation on liquid crystal
research currently being conducted at
the University of Colorado.
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Table 1
Liquid Crystal Institute Staff
Name (end date)
Philip J. Bos
Year
Appointed
1994
Douglas R. Bryant
Janet Cash
Brenda L. Decker
Liang-Chy Chien
Lynn A. Fagan
James J. Francl
Lisa Green
Merrill M. Groom
Valerie A. Henry
Betty J. Hilgert
Antal I. Jákli
Jack R. Kelly
Julie M. Kim
Oleg D. Lavrentovich
1993
2007
1991
1989
2001
1990
2007
1986
1991
2003
1999
1988
1995
1992
Quan Li
James Maxwell
Dawn Miller
Peter Palffy-Muhoray
2004
2003
2007
1983
Liou Qiu
Jonathan V. Selinger
1998
2005
Title (beginning year of current title)
Associate Director (1997)
Professor, Chemical Physics (2001)
Manager, Display Engineering (1998)
Grants Coordinator
Business Manager (2002)
Professor, Chemical Physics (2001)
Senior Secretary (2006)
Research Specialist
Senior Chemist
Research Engineer (1993)
Grants Coordinator (2001)
Clerical Specialist (2004)
Associate Professor, Chemical Physics (2007)
Professor, Chemical Physics (2000)
Senior Chemist (1998)
Director (2004)
Professor, Chemical Physics (2000)
Senior Research Fellow
Public Relations Coordinator
Grants Assistant
Associate Director (1990)
Professor, Chemical Physics (1994)
Research Specialist (2001)
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
Mary E. Neubert
Alfred Saupe
1979-1996
1972-2002
1968-1992
Emeritus Director; Emeritus Professor of Physics
Emeritus Senior Research Fellow
Emeritus Professor of Physics
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Table 2
Liquid Crystal Institute Research Personnel
Faculty/Senior Staff
(end date)
Support Department; Grants
David W. Allender
Physics
Philip J. Bos
LCI/CPIP; Samsung, AFRL/DARPA
Liang-Chy Chien
LCI/CPIP; UCF/DARPA, NSF LC Mat. Fac.
Daniele Finotello
Physics; Research and Graduate Studies
Antal Jákli
LCI/CPIP; Samsung, ONR, NSF Bent Core
Jack R. Kelly
LCI/CPIP (leave of absence)
Satyendra Kumar
Physics
Oleg D. Lavrentovich
LCI/CPIP
Quan Li
LCI
Peter Palffy-Muhoray
LCI/CPIP; AFRL MURI, ODOD, LC Materials Facility
Jonathan V. Selinger
Ohio Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair/CPIP;
NSF Ordered LC, ONR Nanomaterials
Robin L.B. Selinger
Sergij Shiyanovskii
Samuel N. Sprunt
LCI/CPIP; ACS Simulation, NSF Modeling
LCI; Department of Energy
Physics
Robert J. Twieg
Chemistry
Qi-Huo Wei
LCI/CPIP; OBR
John L. West
Research and Graduate Studies
Philip W. Westerman
NEOUCOM
Deng-Ke Yang
LCI/CPIP; Samsung, AFRL/Dynamic Eye
Grant name indicates a portion of investigator’s salary was
provided by grant(s), as a cost share or direct charge (academic year
and/or summer).
Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Associates, Research Scientists, Display Engineers
Reda Abouhussein (10/07)
LCI; NSF New LC Materials Facility (Palffy-Muhoray)
Martin Chambers
Postdoctoral Fellow
Physics; ICAM, ONR, (Gleeson, Jákli)
Jouliana El Khoury
Postdoctoral Fellow
LCI; AFOSR MURI, NSF STTR KDI (Li)
Andrii Golovin
Research Associate
LCI; Department of Energy, Evans Capacitor
(Lavrentovich, Chien)
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LCI Research Personnel, 2007-2008
Research Personnel
(end date)
Support Department; Grants
Rameshbabu Krishnamurthy
Postdoctoral Fellow
LCI; NSF STTR KDI (Li)
Paul Luchette
Postdoctoral Fellow
LCI; NSF New LC Mat. Facility, ODOD New LC Mat.
Facility (Palffy-Muhoray)
Ji Ma
Postdoctoral Fellow
LCI; OBR, RAGS (Yang)
Li Ma
Research Scientist
LCI; NIST (R. Selinger)
Michele Moreira
Postdoctoral Fellow
LCI; AFOSR MURI, (Palffy-Muhoray)
Yuriy Nastyshyn
Research Associate
LCI; NSF Fluorescence (Lavrentovich)
Sabrina Relaix
Postdoctoral Fellow
LCI; AFOSR MURI (Palffy-Muhoray)
Jonathan Ruth
Mgr., Display Engineering
LCI/RAGS; ODOD/KDI Flexible LC Film
Manufacturing Alliance (West)
Luana Tortora
Postdoctoral Fellow
LCI; OBR Chromonic, NSF Fluorescence (Lavrentovich)
Roman Vasyuta (12/07)
Research Assistant
LCI; Samsung (Lavrentovich)
Bentley Wall
Lab Manager/IPP Liaison
LCI; AFRL, Colorlink, DARPA, PixelOptics, FPA,
LCDRF (Bos)
Young Cheol Yang
Postdoctoral Fellow
LCI; ODOD U. Akron subaward (Yang)
Fangfu Ye
Postdoctoral Fellow
LCI; NSF Modeling Actuation, LCI (Startup)
(Jonathan Selinger)
Fushan Zhou (8/07)
Postdoctoral Fellow
LCI; Wei startup funds
Grant name indicates a portion of investigator’s salary was provided
by grant(s), as a cost share or direct charge (academic year and/or
summer).
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Table 3
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Faculty
Current Faculty
Rank
Philip J. Bos
1995
1998
1995
1998
2004
2007
1994
1997
1994
1997
Peter Palffy-Muhoray
Professor (2001)
Associate Professor (1995)
Professor (2001)
Associate Professor (1995)
Associate Professor (2007)
Assistant Professor (2004)
Professor (2000)
Associate Professor (1994)
Professor (2000)
Associate Professor (1994)
Professor (1994)
1994
1997
Jonathan V. Selinger
Robin L.B. Selinger
Qi-Huo Wei
Deng-Ke Yang
Professor (2005)
Professor (2005)
Assistant Professor (2006)
Professor (2004)
2005
2005
2006
1995
2005
2005
Joint Professors
David W. Allender
Eugene C. Gartland, Jr.
Satyendra Kumar
Permanent Position
Physics Department
Mathematical Sciences Department
Physics Department
Term
1996
1996
1995
Adjunct Professors
Albert M. Green
Asad Khan
Quan Li
Bahman Taheri
Philip Westerman
Kent Displays, Inc.
Kent Displays, Inc.
Liquid Crystal Institute
AlphaMicron, Inc.
Emeritus Professor, NEOUCOM
20072007200619981997-
Liang-Chy Chien
Antal Jákli
Jack R. Kelly
Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Appointed Tenure
Emeritus Professors
J.W. Doane
1997-
Graduate Coordinators
Peter Palffy-Muhoray
Jack R. Kelly
Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Liang-Chy Chien
1994-1997
1997-2002
2002-2003
2003-2008
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1999
Table 4
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Graduate Students
Graduate Students (start-end)
Univ./Grant Support
Advisor
Christopher Bailey (2003)
Wk. Study, CPIP Samsung
and University fellowships
A. Jákli
Volodymyr Borshch (2007)
Clinton Braganza (2003)
Ebru Aylin Buyuktanir (2001-08)
Nicholas Diorio (2007)
Enkh-Amgalan Dorjgotov (2004)
Jake Fontana (2004)
Jun Geng (2007)
CPIP
ONR
ODOD, NSF NER, Samsung
CPIP
Intel
AFOSR MURI
CPIP
Vianney Gimenez (2007)
CPIP
Lisa Green (2005)
Mingxia Gu (2001)
John Harden (2003)
Sarah Hicks (2006)
Yi Huang (2006)
Shawn Hurley (2005)
Wilder Iglesias (2007)
Lazo Martinez, Israel (2006)
Fenhua Li (2002-2008)
Lewei Li (2007)
Olena Lopatina (2005)
Lu Lu (2007)
Shin-Ying Lu (2005)
Badel Mbanga (2004)
Jeremy Neal (2003)
CPIP
Dept. of Energy
Wk. Study, OBR
CPIP, LC Mat. Fac.
Pixel Optics
CPIP, Dynamic Eye
CPIP
CPIP
Displaytech, Planar, Samsung
CPIP, Dupont
ONR
CPIP
CRG-AFOSR
ACS-PRF
AFOSR MURI,
LC Mat. Facility
CPIP, Work Study
AFOSR MURI
Work Study, CPIP,
Samsung Fellowship
Thomas Palermo (2005-2007)
Heung-Shik Park (2004)
Oleg Pishnyak (2000)
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L. Chien
J. West
A. Jákli
P. Bos
P. Palffy-Muhoray
P. Palffy-Muhoray
J. Selinger
J. Selinger
P. Palffy-Muhoray
Q. Li
O. Lavrentovich
A. Jákli
P. Palffy-Muhoray
P. Bos
D. Yang
R. Selinger
A. Jákli
J. West
P. Bos
J. Selinger
L. Chien
L. Chien
R. Selinger
P. Palffy-Muhoray
A. Jákli
O. Lavrentovich
O. Lavrentovich
CPIP Students, 2007-2008
Graduate Students (start-end)
Univ./Grant Support
Advisor
Dmytro Reznikov (2003)
Bohdan Senyuk (2003)
Lei Shi (2004)
Stephanie Taushanoff (2006)
Displaytech
CPIP, University Fellowship
Air Force Research Lab
CPIP, Wk. Study
P. Bos
O. Lavrentovich
P. Bos
A. Jákli
Nithya Venkataraman (2005)
(part-time)
None
A. Khan
J. West
Feng Wang (2006)
Hugh Wonderly
Yin Ye (2001-2007)
Hailiang Zhang (1996)
CPIP
None
None
None
Xiaoli Zhou (2003)
Rafael Zola (2007)
OBR
CPIP
A. Jákli
O. Lavrentovich
O. Lavrentovich
J. Kelly
E. Gartland
Q. Li
P. Palffy-Muhoray
J. Selinger
Graduate Students Co-Advised by CPIP Faculty
Student
Advisor/Dept.
Madhabi Majumba
Department or
University
KSU Physics
Subas Dhakal
KSU Physics
J. Selinger (CPIP)
Sehwan Yu
Korea University
Jákli (CPIP)
16
Gleeson, Sprunt (Physics)
Jákli (CPIP)
Table 5
Scholarships and Fellowships
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Samsung Research Scholarship
2007-2008 Shin-Ying Lu
“Investigation of High Performance Materials for OCB Mode Displays ”
Heung-Shik Park
“Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals as Materials for Optical Elements
of Flat Panel Display ”
University Fellowships
University Fellowships are awarded to outstanding doctoral students who have been
admitted to candidacy. Nominated doctoral students are subject to approval by the
Vice President of Research, Dean Graduate Studies and the Dean of Arts & Sciences.
2007-2008
John Harden
17
Table 6
Graduate Degrees Awarded
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Student
Dissertation/Thesis Title
Advisor (Dept); Date
Doctor of Philosophy
Ebru Buyuktanir
Electro-optical Characterization of
Bistable Smectic A Liquid Crystal
Displays
West (CPIP)
May 2008
Fenghua Li
The Physics and Application of
Liquid Crystal/Ferroelectric Particle
Colloids
West (CPIP)
May 2008
Yin Ye
Dielectric Relaxation and
Electrooptical Effects in Nematic
Liquid Crystals
Lavrentovich (CPIP)
August, 2007
Hailiang Zhang
Wavelength Tunable Devices Based
on Holographic Polymer Dispersed
Liquid Crystals
Kelly (CPIP)
May, 2008
Optical Properties of Liquid CrystalBased Pigments for Smart Paints
Jákli (CPIP)
December 2007
Masters
Thomas Palermo
Table 7
Placement of Personnel, LCI/CPIP
Graduates
Employment
Ebru Buyuktanir
Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute
Fenghua Li
CoAdna Photonics, Inc.
Thomas Palermo
Researcher, Sherwin Williams Co., Cleveland OH
Yin Ye
CoAdna Photonics, Inc.
Hailiang Zhang
Scientific Solutions, Inc.
Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates
Reda Abouhussein
Unknown
Fushan Zhou
Unknown
18
Table 8
Visiting Scientists
Name (PI)
Visitation Period
Home Institution
Long-term Visitors
Rui Bao
(Yang)
September 2007 – September 2008 Huazhong University of
S&T, P.R. China
Sergio Diez
(Finotello)
June 2007 – June 2008
Technical University of
Catalonia, Italy
Jeoung Y. Hwang
(Chien)
June 2006 – June 2009
Yonsei University, Korea
Jae Heung Jo
(Palffy-Muhoray)
January 2008 – November 2008
Hannam University,
Korea
Woo Jeong Kang
(Lavrentovich)
October 2007 – October 2008
(Samsung Engineer in Residence)
Samsung, Korea
Hyun Wuk Kim
(Wei)
February 2008 – January 2009
(Samsung Engineer in Residence)
Samsung, Korea
Yun Ho Kim
(Lavrentovich)
January 2007 – August, 2007
Korea Advanced Institute
of Science & Technology
Joun Ho Lee
(Bos)
September 2006 – December 2007
Pusan University, Korea
Kexuan Li
(Yang)
March 2008 – December 2008
University of S&T
P.R. China
Hye Young Ryu
October 2007 – October 2008
(Samsung Engineer in Residence)
Samsung, Korea
Armin de Meijere
(Li)
August 14 – 17, 2007
University of Göttingen
Germany
Nataliya Aryasova
(Lavrentovich)
September 22 – October 14, 2007
National Academy of
Sciences, Ukraine
Yashodhan Hatwalne
(J. Selinger)
July 5 – August 30, 2007
Raman Research Institute
India
Limin Huang
(West)
July 9 – 12, 2007
Columbia University
Short-term Visitors
19
Visiting Scientists, 2007-2008
Short-term Visitors (cont’d)_
Konstantine
Kaznacheev
(Lavrentovich)
November 5 – 12, 2007
Canadian Light Source
Vassili Nazarenko
(Lavrentovich)
May 25 – 30, 2008
Academy of Sciences
Ukraine
Alexander Petrov
(Jákli)
March 3 – April 25, 2008
Bulgarian Academy of
Sciences
Yuriy Reznikov
(West)
February 2008
Academy of Sciences
Ukraine
Alex Travesset
(J. Selinger)
May 24 – 28, 2008
Iowa State University
Channabasaveshwar
Yelamaggad
(Li)
September 1 – 3, 2007
Center for Liquid Crystal
Research, India
Bostjan Zalar
(Finotello)
January – February 2008
University of Ljubljana
Slovenia
20
Table 9
Grants and Contracts, 2007-2008
Title
Grant/Contract Number
Agency
Period
Grant Amount
Project Director, Principal Investigators
Research Associates, Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
KSU Account Number
1.
Wright Center of Innovation for Advanced
Data Management and Analysis
Ohio Dept. of Development; Wright State
University subaward
11/01/03 – 06/30/08 (subaward 3/23/07)
$400,000 (equipment)
Farrell, Melton, Ruttan,
R. Selinger
440218 (Computer Sci.)
B-7267-revised
2.
Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals
for Internal Compensators and Polarizers
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
11/1/06 – 10/31/07
$100,000
Lavrentovich
Vasyuta
440464
3.
Bent Core Liquid Crystals for Fast Switching
Electric Field Induced Biaxial (EFIB) Displays
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
11/1/06 – 10/31/07
$100,000
Jákli
440465
4.
Liquid Crystal Displays Doped with
Ferroelectric Nanoparticles
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
11/1/06 – 10/31/07
$100,000
West
K. Zhang
Buyuktanir, Atkuri
440466
5.
Advanced OCB2
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
11/1/06 – 10/31/07
$67,000
Bos
Wall
440467
6.
OCB Transreflective Mobile LCD
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
11/1/06 – 10/31/07
$50,000
Yang
440468
7.
Electric Field Effects in Liquid Crystals with
Dielectric Dispersion
U.S. Department of Energy
8/15/06 – 8/14/10
$322,526
Lavrentovich, Shiyanovskii
Golovin
Gu, Pishnyak, Tang
440606
21
Grants and Contracts, 2007-2008
8.
Chromonic Liquid Crystals as a New System
for Controlled Drug Delivery
Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge
1/1/07 – 12/31/08
$50,000
Finotello, Lavrentovich,
Tortora, Woolverton
440621
9.
Energy Conversion Based on Giant Flexoelectric
Effect in Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystals
Office of Naval Research
12/18/06 – 12/31/07 - extended to 5/14/09
with supplemental funding of $143,057
$122,262; $143,057
Gleeson, Jákli, Sprunt
Chambers
440623
10.
Integrated Instrumentation Suite for Exploring
Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in Nanofluids
Office of Naval Research
3/6/07 – 3/31/08
$138,000 (equipment)
Sprunt, Ellman, Tolmachev,
J. Selinger
440624
11.
Collaborative Research: New Liquid
Crystal Materials
National Science Foundation SGER
8/1/2006 – 7/31/2008
$160,000
Finotello, Kumar
Kooijman
Guo, Jeong
442105
12.
Collaborative Research FRG: Ferroelectric
Phenomena in Soft Matter Systems
National Science Foundation
8/15/05 – 7/31/08
$313,978
Jákli, Gartland,
Lavrentovich
Bailey, Richards, Wonderly
442191
13.
Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy
of Three-Dimensional Director Configurations
in Liquid Crystals
National Science Foundation
11/1/05 – 10/31/08
$375,000
Lavrentovich
Nastyshyn, Tortora
Senyuk
442198
14.
New Liquid Crystal Materials Facility
National Science Foundation
6/1/06 – 5/31/09
$899,235
Palffy-Muhoray,
Lavrentovich, West
Chien, Sprunt
Abouhussein, Luchette
Borshch, Gimenez, Huang,
Lazo Martinez, Lu,
Myers, Neal
442216
22
Grants and Contracts, 2007-2008
15.
Fluid Phases of Bent-Core Molecules – Novel
Physics and Applications
National Science Foundation
7/1/06 – 6/30/09
$536,137
Sprunt, Gleeson, Jákli
Bailey, Hong, Majumbdar,
Neupane
Kovacs, Murphy
442218
16.
Modeling Actuation and Shape Selection in
Soft Materials
National Science Foundation
8/15/06 – 8/31/09
$300,000
R. Selinger, J. Selinger
Ye
Mbanga
442220
17.
Materials World Network on Lyotropic
Chromonic Liquid Crystals
National Science Foundation
9/1/07 – 8/31/08
$122,000
Sprunt, Lavrentovich
442249
18.
Nanofluidic Lab on a Chip for Low Abundance
Protein Isolation
Ohio Board of Regents
1/15/07 – 1/14/08
$50,000
Wei, Frazier
Bruot, Ryan
444202
19.
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
20.
Flexible Liquid Crystal Film Manufacturing
Alliance
Ohio Department of Development; Kent Displays
subaward
2/26/07 – 2/25/10
Sponsored Research Agreement
Air Force Research Labs; Displaytech subaward
4/1/05 – 7/31/06
$930,000
West
Ruth, K. Zhang
444205
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
21.
22.
23
$55,000
Bos
Wall
444274
Grants and Contracts, 2007-2008
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
Timofeeva, Turanov
Lopatina, McCloskey
444279
24.
Center for Multifunctional Polymer
Nanomaterials and Devices (CMPND)
Ohio Dept. of Development Wright Center Project;
Ohio State University subaward
6/6/05 – 6/05/08
$365,235 (equipment)
Lavrentovich, Bos
444280
25.
Tracking Nanoparticle Motion to Elucidate
Mechanisms for Anomalous Thermal
Transport in Nanofluids
Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge
1/15/06 – 1/14/08
$60,000
J. Selinger, Sprunt,
Tolmachev
444282
26.
Simulation Studies of Shape Selection in
Chiral Molecular Self-Assembly
American Chemical Society Petroleum
Research Fund
9/1/05 – 8/31/07
$56,603
R. Selinger
Mbanga
444284
27.
Extension Proposal (LC Based Optical Phases
Array for Steering Lasers)
Dept. of Air Force/Air Force Research Labs
3/10/06 – 6/30/08
$451,450
Bos
Wall, Wonderly
Shi, K. Zhang
444285 (previously 444226)
28.
Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI)
on Self-Assembled Soft Optical NIMS
Air Force Office of Science Research
5/1/06 – 9/30/08
$2,736,983
(KSU share $1,021,592)
Palffy-Muhoray,
Lavrentovich, Li, Taheri
El Khoury, Moreira, Relaix
Fontana, Neal, Park
444286
29.
New Liquid Crystals Materials Facility
Ohio Department of Development
7/1/06 – 6/30/08
$200,000
Palffy-Muhoray,
Lavrentovich, West
Luchette
Geng, Neal
444287
24
Grants and Contracts, 2007-2008
30.
Segmented Flash Blindness Lenses
U.S. Air Force; Dynamic Eye subaward
9/1/06 – 8/31/08
$98,057
Yang
Hurley
444288
31.
Sponsored Research Agreement
Displaytech, Inc.
11/1/06 – 12/31/07
$59,998
Bos
Reznikov
444289
32.
Theory of “Scar” Defects in Soft Materials with
$45,000
J. Selinger
Ye
444290
Orientational Order: Building Blocks for SelfAssembly?
Institute for Complex Adaptive Materials (ICAM)
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
7/1/07 – 6/30/09
33.
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
Y. Yang
444292
34.
Electrically and Optically Turnable Chiral
Molecules for Optical Applications
U.S. Air Force; General Dynamics Information
Technology, Inc. subaward
6/21/07 – 6/30/08
$70,000
Li
Krishnamurthy
444293
35.
Photochemically Switched Chiral Materials for
Chiral Nematic Displays
National Science Foundation; Kent Displays, Inc.
subaward
7/1/07 – 12/31/07
$25,000
Li
El Khoury
Zhou
444294
36.
Pixel Optics Super Vision Project
U.S. Dept. of Defense; PixelOptics, Inc. subaward
12/1/07 – 11/30/08
$400,000
Bos, West
Wall
444295
37.
Simulation Study of Field Induced Reorientation $80,000
Yang
of BNLC
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
444296
12/1/07 – 11/30/08
25
Grants and Contracts, 2007-2008
$80,000
Wei
444297
38.
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
39.
Liquid Crystal Display Doped with Ferroelectric $80,000
West
Nanoparticles (Phase II)
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
444298
12/1/07 – 11/30/08
40.
Synthesis of Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
12/1/07 – 11/30/08
$80,000
Li
444299
41.
Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals
for Internal Compensators and Polarizers
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
12/1/07 – 11/30/08
$100,000
Lavrentovich
444300
42.
Prototype Capacitor Development
Evans Capacitor Company
4/1/08 – 5/31/08
$1,460
Chien
Golovin
444302
43.
Photochemically Switched Chiral Materials for
Nematic Displays, NSF STTR Phase II
National Science Foundation; Kent Displays, Inc.
subaward
1/1/08 – 12/31/09
$250,000
Li
444303
44.
Sponsored Research Agreement
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care,
Vistakon Division
5/15/08 – 12/31/08
$108,870
Jákli
444305
45.
Development of Electronic Greenhouses
NorTech
6/12/08 – 6/30/09
$50,000
West
444306
46.
Creating Nanophotonic Meta-atoms by
Programmable Bottom-up DNA Self-Assembly
and Metallization
Ohio Board of Regents
1/15/07 – 1/14/08
$50,000
Mao, Wei
Bajracharya
444771
26
Grants and Contracts, 2007-2008
47.
Organization of Flexoelectric and Blue Phase
Bimesogens
Ohio Board of Regents
1/15/08 – 1/14/10
$48,618
Twieg
Khairuddean
444776
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
48.
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
49.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
(REU) Site at Kent State University: Liquid
Crystals and Advanced Materials
National Science Foundation
4/1/07 – 3/31/10
Science Education / Outreach Activities
Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter
5/1/08 – 4/30/09
$229,743
Gericke, Twieg
442225
50.
$2,000
R. Selinger
444304
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
51.
Collaborative Research in Europe on Liquid
Crystals (CRELIC-IRES)
National Science Foundation
9/15/07 – 8/31/10
$92,000
Jákli
442107
52.
U.S. – Slovenia Research on Nano-and MicroScale Templating of Liquid Crystalline
Materials
National Science Foundation, Brown University
7/15/03 – 6/30/08
$45,528
Finotello
440417 (RAGS)
FOUNDATION RESEARCH GIFTS
53.
Fluorinated Polyimide Alignment Layer
Research
Dupont
6/1/06 – 1/31/09
$160,000
Bos
54.
Polarization Independent Etalon Based Liquid
Crystal Devices
Intel
10/1/05 – 9/30/08
$189,000
Bos
27
Grants and Contracts, 2007-2008
FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS
55.
Challenge Grant (Research and Scholarships)
Fred A Lennon Charitable Trust
10/13/06 – 10/12/09
$90,000
56.
Samsung Research Scholarships
Samsung Electronics Company
1/1/04 – 12/31/08
$200,000
28
Table 10
Proposals for Extramural Support, 2007-2008
Title
Agency
Period
Amount Requested
Project director, principal
investigators
Status
1.
Cylindrical Electro-optic Lenses
Pixel Optics, Inc.
1/1/09- 12/31/10
$610,000
Bos
Pending
2.
Energy Conversion Based on Giant
Flexoelectric Effect in Bent-Core Nematic
Liquid Crystals
Office of Naval Research
1/1/08 – 5/14/09
$143,057 (supplemental)
Gleeson, Jákli, Sprunt
Awarded
Proposal B-8541
3.
IGERT: Environmental Sensing: Basic
Science, Product Development and
Business Outreach
National Science Foundation
6/1/08 – 5/31/09
$2,752,156
Leff, Bade, Bos, Stevens,
Woolverton
Not Awarded
Proposal B-8799
4.
Detection and Quantification of Aeronomis
Hydrophila Using a Liquid Crystal-Based
Biosensor
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
12/1/07 – 11/30/10
$595,156
Woolverton, Lavrentovich,
Leff
Not Awarded
Proposal B-8899
5.
NSF STTR Phase II: Photochemically
Switched Chiral Materials for Nematic
Displays
National Science Foundation; Kent Displays,
Inc. subaward
1/1/08 – 12/31/09
$250,000
Li
Awarded
Proposal B-8922
Grant #444303
6.
Development of Switchable Goggles
WileyX Eyewear
10/1/07 – 12/31/07
$35,237
Chien
Pending
Proposal B-8945
7.
Development of Highly Oriented Molecular
Layers for High Performance Eyewear
Liquid Icon, Inc.
9/1/07 – 2/28/09
$323,664
Chien
Not Awarded
Proposal B-8948
29
Proposals for Extramural Support, 2007-2008
8.
Development of Single-substrate Color
Cholesteric Displays
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
1/1/08 – 12/31/08
$390,000
Chien
Awarded (funding not received
during reporting period)
Proposal B-8992 (revised)
9.
Collaborative Research: Conducting Polymer
Nanojunctions in Self-Assembled Carbon
Nanotube Networks for Neurotoxin
National Science Foundation
7/1/08 – 6/30/11
$139,609
Wei
Not Awarded
Proposal B-9000
10.
Investigating Physical Mechanisms of SERS
Using Tunable and Manufacturable
Nanocavities
DARPA; MIT Subaward
1/15/08 – 1/14/11
$745,712
Wei
Not Awarded
Proposal B-9024
11.
Piezoelectricity of Lipids and Biological Cell
Membranes
National Science Foundation
7/1/08 – 6/30/11
$358,117
Jákli, Westerman
Not Awarded
Proposal B-9035
12.
Collaborative Research: Self-Assembly in
Ultrathin Films of Bent-Core Molecules:
Experiment, Simulations and Applications
National Science Foundation
6/1/08 – 5/31/11
$469,446
Mann, Jákli
Not Awarded
Proposal B-9046
13.
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering and
Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy
of Three-Dimensional Structures
National Science Foundation
11/1/08 – 10/31/13
$761,857
Lavrentovich
Not Awarded
Proposal B-9047
14.
Tailored Liquid Crystal Gels for High
Performance Sensors
National Science Foundation
7/1/07 – 6/30/10
$249,219
Chien
Not Awarded
Proposal B-9049
15.
Continued Research on Bent Core Liquid
Crystals for Fast Switching Electric Field
Induced Biaxial (EFIB) Displays
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
11/1/07 – 10/31/09
$228,656
Jákli
Not Awarded
Proposal B-9051
30
Proposals for Extramural Support, 2007-2008
16.
Synthesis of Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
12/1/07 – 11/30/08
$100,000 ($80,000 awarded)
Li
Awarded
Proposal B-9052
Grant #444299
17.
Simulation Study of Field-Induced
Reorientation of Biaxial Nematic Liquid
Crystals
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
12/1/07 – 12/31/08
$98,945 ($80,000 awarded)
Yang
Awarded
Proposal B-9054
Grant #444296
18.
Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid
Crystals for Internal Compensators and
Polarizers
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
12/1/07 – 11/30/08
$100,000
Lavrentovich
Awarded
Proposal B-9055
Grant #444300
19.
Plasmonic Subwavelength Structures for
Active Color Generation and Tuning with
Liquid Crystals for Display Applications
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
11/1/07 – 10/31/08
$99,568 ($80,000 awarded)
Wei, Bos
Awarded
Proposal B-9057
Grant #444297
20.
Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced
Materials (RC-SAM)
Ohio Board of Regents, Ohio Research
Scholars Program
9/1/08 – 8/31/13
$15,678,489
($8,553,921 KSU share)
Lavrentovich, West,
Palffy-Muhoray, Yang
Awarded
Proposal B-9070
Grant # 446800, 446801,
446802
21.
Surface Plasmon Enhanced High
performance Polymer Photovoltaics
Ohio Department of Development
Third Frontier Project
7/1/08 – 6/30/10
$615,445
Chien, Wei
Not Awarded
Proposal B-9102
22.
Optimization of Flexoelectric and Blue
Phase Bimesogens
2007 Research Incentive Proposal
1/15/08 – 1/14/10
$48,618
Twieg, Jákli, Bos
Awarded
Proposal B-9116 (Chemistry)
23.
GaN-Based Nanosensors for Redundant
Detection of Food-Borne Pathogens and
Toxins
USDA; Ohio State University subaward
7/1/08 – 6/30/11
$167,168
Wei
Not Awarded
Proposal B-9135
31
Proposals for Extramural Support, 2007-2008
24.
Collaborative Research: Scaling Laws
for nanoFET Biosensors
National Science Foundation
10/1/08 – 9/30/11
$206,812
Wei
Awarded
Proposal B-9170
Grant #442255
25.
Prototype Development Related to Kent
Sate University Technology and Invention
KSU-299
Evans Capacitor Company
4/1/08 – 5/31/08
$1,460
Chien
Awarded
Proposal B-9260
Grant #444302
26.
Liquid Crystal Switchable Goggles
Jackson Safety, Inc.
6/1/08 – 5/31/10
$92,176
Yang
Not Awarded
Proposal B-9272
27.
Dual Mode Eye Shields
U.S. Army; Dynamic Eye Inc. subaward
6/1/08 – 5/31/10
$82,824
Yang
Awarded
Proposal B-9274
Grant #444207
28.
Science Education / Outreach Activities
Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM)
5/1/08 – 4/30/09
$2,000
R. Selinger
Awarded
Proposal B-9276
Grant #444304
29.
Energy Conversion Based on Giant
Flexoelectric Effect in Bent-Core Nematic
Liquid Crystals
Office of Naval Research
5/15/08 – 5/14/09
$143,057
Gleeson, Jákli, Sprunt
Awarded
Proposal B-9280
Grant #440623
30.
ICAM Track II Postdoctoral Fellowship
Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter
7/1/08 – 6/30/09
$25,000
Sprunt, Gleeson, Jákli
Awarded
Proposal B-9297
Grant #440609
31.
Sponsored Research Agreement
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
Vistakon Division
5/15/08 – 12/31/08
$108,870
Jákli
Awarded
Proposal B-9299
Grant #444305
32
Proposals for Extramural Support, 2007-2008
32.
Molecular and Supramolecular Designs of
Novel Polar Achiral and Chiral Polymers
and their Elastomers for Understanding
Stimuli Responses in Different Mesophases
and Environments
American Chemical Society
9/1/09 – 8/31/11
$100,000
Chien
Pending
Proposal B-9316
33.
Finite Element Modeling of Multiaxial
Deformation of Metals
National Institute of Standards and Technology
9/1/08 – 8/31/11
$469,310 ($151,191 awarded)
R. Selinger
Awarded
Proposal B-9333
Grant #444307
34.
NorTech Project
NorTech
6/12/08 – 6/30/09
$50,000
West
Awarded
Proposal B-9366
Grant #444306
35.
Development of Temperature and FieldModulatable Liquid Crystal Cubic Gels
as Vehicles for Therapeutic Drug Delivery
Ohio Board of Regents
1/1/08 – 12/31/08
$50,000
Chien, Woolverton
Not Awarded
36.
Biaxiality in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
Ohio Board of Regents
1/1/08 – 12/31/08
$50,000
Yang, Li, J. Selinger
Not Awarded
37.
Study of Piezoelectricity of Phospholipids
and cell membranes
Ohio Board of Regents – Research Incentive
1/15/08 – 1/14/09
$49,005
Jákli
Not Awarded
38.
MRI: Acquisition of Transmission Electron
Microscopy for Research, Education, and
Industrial Partnership in the Field of
Orientationally Ordered Materials
National Science Foundation
8/1/08 – 7/31/11
$1,382,759
Lavrentovich, Jaroniec, Chien,
Leff, Woolverton
Not Awarded
39.
CAREER: Engineering Bulk Liquid
Crystal Holograms for Small Periods,
Distributed Feedback, and Efficient
Lightwave Conversion
National Science Foundation; North Carolina
State University Subaward
2/1/09 – 1/31/11
$16,926
Lavrentovich
Not Awarded
33
Proposals for Extramural Support, 2007-2008
40.
Interplay of Biaxiality and Chirality in
Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
National Science Foundation
7/1/08 – 6/30/11
$954,464
Yang, J. Selinger, Li,
Cheng (U Akron)
Doane (Kent Displays)
Not Awarded
41.
Modeling the Effects of Ferroelectric and
Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles on Nematic
Liquid Crystals
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
1/1/08 – 12/31/09
$126,377
J. Selinger
Not Awarded
42.
Heat Transfer Enhancement in Nanofluids
and Applications for Media and Devices
with Tunable Cooling Rates
Air Force Office of Science Research
1/1/08 – 12/31/10
$597,961
J. Selinger, Sprunt, Ellman,
Tolmachev
Not Awarded
34
Table 11
Patents, Applications, Invention Disclosures
Number & Date
Patents
7,267,957
9/11/07
Title and Inventors
Detection and Amplification of Ligands
C.J. Woolverton, G.D. Niehaus, K. Doane, O.D. Lavrentovich,
S.P. Schmidt
7,279,570
2007
Nanoscale Discotic Liquid Crystalline Porphyrins
Q. Li, A. Jákli, J. Harden, L. Li
7,289,189
10/30/07
Birefringent Filter-Based Color Generation Scheme for a Passive
Matrix Display Device
P. Bos and S. Saeed
Light-harvesting Discotic Liquid Crystalline Porphyrins and Metal
Complexes
Q. Li, X. Zhou
Alignment of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal Films
O.D. Lavrentovich, T. Schneider, A. Golovin, J.-C. Lee
Polymerization-Encapsulated Cholesteric Liquid Crystal for
Bistable Reflective Displays
T. Schneider, F. Nicholson, L.-C. Chien
7,291,727
KSU 285
11/6/07
7,294,370
11/13/07
7,351,506
4/1/08
Patent Applications
200047.00213
(patent pending)
2007
20070269613
11/22/07
Method and Device for Electro-Mechanical Energy Conversion
A. Jákli, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, J. Harden
20080030635
2/7/08
Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Light Modulators
L.-C. Chien, S.-Y. Lu
20080165472
2/7/08
High Dielectric Composites as Capacitive Materials
L.-C. Chien, A, Golovin
11/762,501 (2007)
Fast Switching Electro-Optical Devices Using Banana-Shaped
Liquid Crystals
A. Jákli
KSU 273
3/5/08
Homeotropic and Hybrid Bulk Alignment of Lyotropic Chromonic
Liquid Crystals
Yu.A. Nastyshyn, V.G. Nazarenko, O.D. Lavrentovich
Polymer Enhanced Cholesteric Electro-Optical Devices
L.-C. Chien, S.-Y. Lu
35
Patents and Applications, 2007-2008
KSU 315
2007
Method for the Alignment of the Smectic Layers in Liquid Crystals
that Do Not Possess a Nematic Phase
(Displaytech joint invention - Displaytech patenting)
P. Bos, B. Wall, D. Reznikov
M. O’Callaghan, M. Handschy (Displaytech)
KSU 319
2007
(provisional)
A Spatially Tunable Optical Phase Plate with Continuous Phase
Profile (Joint - has US AFRL co-inventor)
P. Bos, L. Shi, and P. McManamon, AFRL
KSU 323
2007
Liquid Crystal Etalon-Based, Polarization-Independent,
Wavelength-Selective Optical Switch
(Joint with Intel Corp.), utility patent application pending.
P. Bos, E. Dorjgotov and A. Bhowmik, Intel
KSU 324
(Provisional)
2008
Polarity-Dependent Dielectric Torque in Dispersive Nematic Liquid
Crystals
S. Shiyanovskii, M.Gu, and O.D. Lavrentovich
KSU 325 (2008)
(Provisional)
Broad Range Nanoliter Rheometer
C. Bailey, A. Jákli
KSU 334
Double Layer Alignment Film for Liquid Crystal Based Sensor
Devices (DuPont, unrestricted grant related)
P. Bos, K. Zhang, R. Twieg, N. Liu
KSU 337
(Provisional)
5/29/08
Controllable Side-By-Side and End-to-End Assembly of Gold
Nanorods by Lyotropic Chromonic Materials
H.S. Park and O.D. Lavrentovich
36
Table 12
Publications
Philip J. Bos
Books and Chapters in Books
Mobile Displays, Technology and Applications, A. Bhowmik, Z. Li, P. Bos, eds., Wiley Publisher
(2008).
A. Bhowmik, Z. Li, P. Bos, “Introduction to mobile display technologies” Chapter 1 in,
Mobile Displays, Technology and Applications, A. Bhowmik, Z. Li, P. Bos, eds., Wiley Publisher
(2008).
Peer Reviewed Journals
Y.K. Jang, P. Bos, “Universal off-axis light transmission properties of the bright state in
perfectly compensated liquid crystal devices,” J. Applied Physics, 102 (2007).
Y.K. Jang, P. Bos, “Optimization of the white state director configuration for perfectly
compensated pi-cell devices,” Japanese J. Applied Physics 46 (2007).
P. J. Bos, H. Garcia, V, Sergan, “Wide-angle achromatic prism beam steering for infrared
countermeasures and imaging applications: solving the singularity problem in the twoprism design,” Optical Engineering 46 (2007).
Y.K. Jang, P. Bos, “Comparison and analysis of off-axis color shift properties of
compensated liquid crystal devices,” Japanese J. Applied Physics 46 (2007).
C. Chen and P. Bos, “Anchoring transitions of liquid crystals on SiOx,” Liquid Crystals
35 (2008).
Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports
M. Dorjgotov, P. Bos, “Liquid crystal etalon device for reflective displays,” Society for
Information Display 2008 International Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers,
XXXIX, p. 568-571.
M. Reznikov, B. Wall, M. Handschy, P. Bos, “Mono domain alignment of the SmC
liquid crystalline phase for analog display applications,” Society for Information Display
2008 International Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers, XXXIX, p. 1811-1814.
Y. Huang, K.H. Kim, J.K Jang, H.S Kim, P. Bos, “Dynamic simulation of Pi-cell liquid
crystal displays with transverse field,” Society for Information Display 2008
International Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers, XXXIX, p.1865-1869.
Liang-Chy Chien
Books and Chapters in Books
Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies III, L.C. Chien, Proceeding of SPIE Vol. 6911,
2008.
L.C. Chien, C.O. Catanescu, L. Li, “Spatially-ordered polymers self-assembled in
ordered liquid crystal templates,” in Crosslinked Liquid Crystalline Systems: From Rigid
37
Publications, 2007-2008
Polymer Networks to Elastomers, D. Broer, G.P. Crawford, and S. Zumer, eds., Taylor
and Francis. (2009).
Peer Reviewed Journals
S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “A polymer-stabilized single layer color cholesteric liquid crystal
display with anisotropic reflection,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 131119-131119-3 (2007).
S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “Carbon nanotube doped liquid crystal OCB cells: physical and
electro-optical properties,” Optics Express 16, 12777-12785 (2008).
N. Kim, J. Choi, L.-C. Chien, T. Kyu, “Phase equilibrium of mixture of side-chain liquid
crystalline polymer and low molecular mass liquid crystal,” Macromolecules 40, 95829589 (2008).
Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports
S.-Y. Lu, Y.-H. Lin, L.-C. Chien, “Single-layer color cholesteric liquid crystal displays,”
IMID 07 Digest, 982-985 (2007).
J.Y. Hwang, H. Wonderly, L.-C. Chien, “Liquid crystal alignment on the inkjet printed
polyimide by using new alignment method,” IMID 07 Digest, 506-508 (2007).
M.-H. Lee, H.J. Choi, K.-U. Jeong, L.-C. Chien, “A photochromic main-chain liquid
crystalline polymer and its photo-stimulated actuating properties,” SPIE 6911, 69110B-169110B-4 (2008).
L. Li, C.O. Catanescu, L.-C. Chien, “Dynamics of phase separation and morphology of
polymer stabilized liquid crystals,” SPIE 6911, 69110L-1-69110L-8 (2008).
J.-Y. Hwang, L.-C. Chien, “Alignment of liquid crystal with inkjet printed polyimide for
flexible liquid crystal displays,” SID 08 Digest, 1801-1803 (2008).
S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “Carbon nanotube doped liquid crystal OCB cells: dielectric and
electro-optical properties,” SID 08 Digest, 1853-1856 (2008).
Daniele Finotello
Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports
L. Tortora, H.-S. Park, K. Antion, D. Finotello, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Lyotropic
chromonic liquid crystals as materials for optical and biosensing applications,”
Proceedings of SPIE 6487, p. 6487OI-1-6487OI-15 (2007).
H.-S. Park, L. Tortora, R.M. Vasyuta, A.B. Golovin, D. Finotello, O.D. Lavrentovich,
“Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals: effects of additives and optical applications,”
International Meeting on Informational Displays, Digest, p. 307-310 (2007).
Antal Jákli
Peer Reviewed Journals
E. Dorjgotov, K. Fodor-Csorba, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, A. Jákli, “Viscosities of a bentcore nematic liquid crystal,” Liq. Cryst. 35, No. 2, 149–155 (2008).
38
Publications, 2007-2008
C. Bailey, A. Jákli, “The role of molecular shape on bent-core smectic structure,” Phys.
Rev. Lett. 99, 207801 (2007).
A. Jákli, J. Harden, C. Notz, C. Bailey, “Piezoelectricity of phospholipids: A possible
mechanism for mechano-, and magneto-receptions in biology,” Liq. Cryst, 35 (4), 395400 (2008). Preprint posted in electronic-Liquid Crystal Communications, http://www.elc.org/docs/2007_04_09_12_01_56.
L. Li, S-W Kang, J. Harden, Q. Sun, X. Zhou, L. Dai, A. Jákli, S. Kumar, Q. Li, “Bioinspired light-harvesting liquid crystalline porphyrins for organic photovoltaics,” Liq.
Cryst. 35 (3), 233-239 (2008).
D. Wiant, K. Neupane, S. Sharma, A. Jákli, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, “Observation of a
possible tetrahedratic phase in bent-core liquid crystals,” Phys. Rev. E 77, 061701
(2008).
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,”
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200800067, Advanced Materials 9999, 1-5 (2008).
Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports
A. Jákli, M. Chambers, J. Harden, M. Majumdar, R. Teeling, J. Kim Q. Li, G.G. Nair,
N. Éber, K. Fodor-Csorba, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, “Extraordinary properties of nematic
phases of bent-core liquid crystals,” Proc. of SPIE (Society of Optical Engineers), 6911,
5 (2008).
K. Fodor-Csorba, A. Jákli, A. Eremin, V. Hamplova, M. Kaspar, V. Novotna, M. Kohout,
K. Gomola, D. Pochiecha, A. Vajda, C.A. Veracini, G. Galli, “Chiral and achiral banana
shaped liquid crystals: synthesis and characterization,” p15-18, Abstracts of 36th German
Topical Meeting on Liquid Crystals, Arbeitstagung Flüssigkristalle, Magdeburg, March
12-14 (2008).
C.A. Bailey, K. Fodor-Csorba, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, A. Jákli, “Properties of bent-core
isotropic fluids,” p:25-28 (I-5) Abstracts of 36th German Topical Meeting on Liquid
Crystals, Arbeitstagung Flüssigkristalle, Magdeburg, March 12-14 (2008).
Jack R. Kelly
Peer Reviewed Journals
O.P. Pishnyak, S. Tang, J.R. Kelly, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Levitation,
lift and bidirectional motion of colloidal particles in an electrically-driven nematic liquid
crystal,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 127802 (2007).
Satyendra Kumar
Peer Reviewed Journals
X. Zhou, S. Kang, S. Kumar, R. Kulkar, S. Z. D. Cheng, Q. Li, “Self-assembly of
porphyrin and fullerene supramolecular complex into highly ordered nanostructure by
thermal annealing,” Chemistry of Materials 20, 3551-3553 (2008).
39
Publications, 2007-2008
L. Li, S. Kang, J. Harden, Q. Sun, X. Zhou, L. Dai, A. Jákli, S. Kumar, Q. Li, “Nature
inspired light-harvesting liquid crystalline porphyrins for organic photovoltaics,” Liquid
Crystals 35, 233-239 (2008).
S. Kang, Q. Li, B. D. Chapman, R. Pindak, J. O. Cross, L. Li, M. Nakata, S. Kumar,
“Micro-focus x-ray diffraction study of the columnar phase of porphyrin-based
mesogens,” Chemistry of Materials 19, 5657-5663 (2007).
Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Books and Chapters in Books
Y. Yin, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O. D. Lavrentovich, “Fast switching of nematic liquid crystals
by an electric field: effects of dielectric relaxation on the director and thermal dynamics,”
Chapter 10 in, Thermotropic Liquid Crystals, A. Ramamoorthy, ed., Springer, Dordrecht
Publishers: The Netherlands, ISBN 978-1-4020-5327-6, pp. 277-295 (2007).
Peer Reviewed Journals
O.P. Pishnyak, S. Tang, J.R. Kelly, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Levitation,
lift and bidirectional motion of colloidal particles in an electrically-driven nematic liquid
crystal,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 127802 (2007).
B.G. Saar, H.-S. Park, X.S. Xie, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Three-dimensional imaging of
chemical bond orientation in liquid crystals by coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
microscopy,” Optics Express 15, 13585-13596 (2007).
D.K. Yoon, M.C. Choi, Y.H. Kim, M.W. Kim, O.D. Lavrentovich, H.T. Jung, “Internal
structure visualization and lithographic use of periodic toroidal holes in liquid crystals,”
Nature Materials 6, 866-870 (2007).
M. Gu, Y. Yin, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Effects of dielectric relaxation on
the director dynamics of uniaxial nematic liquid crystals,” Phys. Rev. E. 76, 061702
(2007).
K.V. Kaznatcheev, P. Dudin, O.D. Lavrentovich, A.P. Hitchcock, “X-ray microscopy
study of chromonic liquid crystal dry film texture,” Phys. Rev. E. 76, 061703 (2007).
S.V. Shiyanovskii, A.B. Golovin, Y. Yin, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Effects of dielectric
relaxation on the dynamics and dielectric heating of nematic liquid crystals,” Mol. Cryst.
Liquid Crystals 480, 111-128 (2008).
M. Gu, Y. Yin, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Polarity-dependent dielectric
torque in nematic liquid crystals,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 237801 (2008).
Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports
L. Tortora, H.-S. Park, K. Antion, D. Finotello, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Lyotropic
chromonic liquid crystals as materials for optical and biosensing applications,”
Proceedings of SPIE 6487, p. 6487OI-1-6487OI-15 (2007).
40
Publications, 2007-2008
H.-S. Park, L. Tortora, R.M. Vasyuta, A.B. Golovin, D. Finotello, O.D. Lavrentovich,
“Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals: effects of additives and optical applications,”
International Meeting on Informational Displays, Digest, p.307-310 (2007).
Quan Li
Books and Chapters in Books
Q. Li, J.M. El Khoury, X. Zhou, A. Urbas, L. Qu, L. Dai, “Synthesis of the thiol surfactant with
tunable length as a stabilizer of gold nanoparticles,” Chapter 4 in, Nanoparticles: Synthesis,
Passivation, Stabilization, and Functionalization, R. Nagarajan and T. A. Hatton, eds., Oxford
University Press (2008, ISBN 978-0-8412-6969-9).
Peer Reviewed Journals
X. Zhou, S. Kang, S. Kumar, R. Kulkar, S.Z.D. Cheng, Q. Li, “Self-assembly of
porphyrin and fullerene supramolecular complex into highly ordered nanostructure by
thermal annealing,” Chemistry of Materials 20, 3551-3553 (2008).
L. Li, S. Kang, J. Harden, Q. Sun, X. Zhou, L. Dai, A. Jákli, S. Kumar, Q. Li, “Nature
inspired light-harvesting liquid crystalline porphyrins for organic photovoltaics,” Liquid
Crystals 35, 233-239 (2008).
Q. Li, L. Green, N. Venkataraman, I. Shiyanovskaya, A. Khan, A. Urbas, J.W. Doane,
“Reversible photoswitchable axially chiral dopants with high helical twisting power,”
Journal of the American Chemical Society 129, 12908-12909 (2007).
Q. Sun, L. Dai, X. Zhou, L. Li, Q. Li, “Bilayer- and bulk-heterojunction solar cells using
liquid crystalline porphyrins as donors by solution processing,” Applied Physics Letters
91, 253505/1-253505/3 (2007).
C.V. Yelamaggad, I. Shashikala, Q. Li, “Liquid crystal trimers composed of
banana-shaped and rod-like anisometric segments: synthesis and characterization,”
Chemistry of Materials 19, 6561-6568 (2007).
S. Kang, Q. Li, B.D. Chapman, R. Pindak, J.O. Cross, L. Li, M. Nakata, S. Kumar,
“Micro-focus X-ray diffraction study of the columnar phase of porphyrin-based
mesogens,” Chemistry of Materials 19, 5657-5663 (2007).
X. Zhou, T. Narayanan, Q. Li, “New mesogen with thermotropic cubic phase: 3,4,5-Tris(11,11,12,12,13,13,14,14,15,15,16,16-tridecafluoro-hexadecyloxy)-benzoic acid,” Liquid
Crystals 34, 1243-1248 (2007).
Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports
L. Green, X. Zhou, Q. Li, “Liquid crystals: from photodisplays to organic photovoltaics,”
Abstracts, 40th Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Columbus,
OH, CRM-449 (2008).
E. Montbach, N. Venkataraman, A. Khan, I. Shiyanovskaya, T. Schneider, J.W. Doane,
L. Green, Q. Li, “Novel optically addressable photochiral displays,” 2008 Society for
Information Display, 60.2.
41
Publications, 2007-2008
A. Jákli, M. Chambers, J. Harden, M. Madhabi, R. Teeling, J. Kim, Q. Li, G. Nair,
N. Eber, K. Fodor-Csorba, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, “Extraordinary properties of nematic
phases of bent-core liquid crystals,” Proceedings of SPIE (2008).
Q. Li, L. Green, L. Li, J. Kim, “Synthesis of novel reversible photoswitchable chiral
dopants with unusually high helical twisting power”, Abstracts of Papers, 234th ACS
National Meeting, Boston, MA, ORGN-356 (2007).
Q. Li, J.M. El Khoury, X. Zhou, “Synthesis of thiol monolayer-protected gold nanorods”,
Abstracts of Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, COLL-100 (2007).
R.R. Kulkarni, Q. Li, K.U. Jeong, M. Durstock, B.L. Farmer, F.W. Harris, S.Z.D. Cheng,
“Structure and morphology of porphyrin based discotic liquid crystals”, Abstracts of
Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, PMSE-236 (2007).
Peter Palffy-Muhoray
Peer Reviewed Journals
P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Comment on: ‘Intense nonlinear magnetic dipole radiation at optical
frequencies: molecular scattering in a dielectric liquid’,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 18, 99, 189401,
November (2007).
P. Palffy-Muhoray, “The diverse world of liquid crystals”, Physics Today, 54-60,
September (2007).
Jonathan Selinger
Peer Reviewed Journals
E.V. Timofeeva, A.N. Gavrilov, J.M. McCloskey, Y.V. Tolmachev, S. Sprunt, L.M.
Lopatina, J.V. Selinger, “Thermal conductivity and particle agglomeration in alumina
nanofluids: experiment and theory,” Phys. Rev. E 76, 061203 (2007).
Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports
R.L.B. Selinger, B.L. Mbanga, J.V. Selinger, “Modeling liquid crystal elastomers:
actuators, pumps, and robots,” SPIE Proceedings 6911 (2008).
Robin Selinger
Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports
R.L.B. Selinger, B.L. Mbanga, J.V. Selinger, “Modeling liquid crystal elastomers:
actuators, pumps, and robots,” SPIE Proceedings 6911 (2008).
Samuel Sprunt
Peer Reviewed Journals
E. Dorjgotov, K. Fodor-Csorba, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, A. Jákli, “Viscosities of a bentcore nematic liquid crystal,” Liq. Cryst. 35, 2, 149–155 (2008).
D. Wiant, K. Neupane, S. Sharma, A. Jákli, J. T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, “Observation of a
possible tetrahedratic phase in bent-core liquid crystals,” Phys. Rev.E 77, 061701 (2008).
42
Publications, 2007-2008
E.V. Timofeeva, A.N. Gavrilov, J.M. McCloskey, Y.V. Tolmachev, S. Sprunt, L.M.
Lopatina, J.V. Selinger, “Thermal conductivity and particle agglomeration in alumina
nanofluids: experiment and theory,” Phys. Rev. E 76, 061203 (2007).
Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports
A. Jákli, M. Chambers, J. Harden, M. Majumbar, R. Teeling, J. Kim, Q. Li, G.G. Nair,
N. Éber, K. Fodor-Csorba, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, “Extraordinary properties of nematic
phases of bent-core liquid crystals,” Proc. of SPIE (Society of Optical Engineers), 6911,
5 (2008).
C.A. Bailey, K. Fodor-Csorba, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, A. Jákli, “Properties of bent-core
isotropic fluids,” p:25-28 (I-5) Abstracts of 36th German Topical Meeting on Liquid
Crystals, Arbeitstagung Flüssigkristalle, Magdeburg, March 12-14 (2008).
Qi-Huo Wei
Peer Reviewed Journals
B.P. Joshi, Q.H. Wei, “Cavity resonances of metal-dielectric-metal nanoantennas,”
Optics Express 16, 10315(2008).
F.S. Zhou, Q.H. Wei, “Scaling laws for nanoFET sensors,” Nanotechnology 19, 015504
(2008).
John L. West
Peer Reviewed Journals
E.A. Büyüktanir, K. Zhang, A. Gericke, J.L. West, “Raman imaging of nematic and
smectic liquid crystals,” Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals 487, 39-51 (2008).
Deng-Ke Yang
Books and Chapters in Books
D.-K. Yang, “Reflective cholesteric liquid crystal displays,” Chapter 16 in, Mobile
Displays, A. Bhowmik, Z. Li, P. J. Bos, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., (2008), 443-466,
Invited.
Peer Reviewed Journals
D.-K. Yang, Y. Yin, H. Liu, “Nematic-isotropic phase transition of binary liquid crystal
mixtures,” Liquid Crystal 34, 605 (2007).
D.-K. Yang, K.-U. Jeong, S.Z.D. Cheng, “Structure of liquid crystal droplets with chiral
propeller texture,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 112; 1358-1366 (2008).
D.-K. Yang, “Review of operating principle and performance of polarizer free reflective
liquid-crystal displays,” J. Soc. Information. Display 16, 117 (2008).
Conference Proceedings
S. Hurley, D.-K. Yang, J. Shi, C. Mullin, “A systematic optimization of normal-white
STN-LCDs,” SID Intl Symp. Digest Tech. Papers, XXXVIII, 475-478 (2007).
43
Publications, 2007-2008
Y.-C. Yang, D.-K. Yang, “Achromatic reduction of off axis light leakage in LCDs by
self-compensated phase retardation (SPR) film,” SID Intl Symp. Digest Tech. Papers,
XXXIX, 1955-1958 (2008).
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Table 13
Presentations at Professional Meetings and Academia
Philip J. Bos
Invited Presentations
“Fast-Switching Liquid Crystal Effects for Displays” Information Display, September,
2007.
Oral Presentations
M. Dorjgotov, P. Bos, ”Liquid Crystal Etalon Device for Reflective Displays”, Society
for Information Display 2008 International Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, May 19-23,
2008.
Poster Presentations
M. Reznikov, B. Wall, M. Handschy, P. Bos, “Mono Domain Alignment of the SmC
liquid crystalline phase for analog display applications”, Society for Information Display
2008 International Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, May 19-23, 2008.
Y. Huang, K.H. Kim, J.K Jang, H.S. Kim, P. Bos, “Dynamic Simulation of Pi-cell
Liquid crystal displays with transverse field”, Society for Information Display 2008
International Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, May 19-23, 2008.
Liang-Chy Chien
Invited Presentations
“Single-Layer Color Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays,” 2007 International Meeting on
Information Displays, Daegu, Korea, Aug. 27-31, 2007.
“Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composites for Flexible Displays,” 2007 Flexible Displays and
Components Workshop, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Nov. 19-21,
2007.
“Flexible e-Paper Displays,” Department of Materials Science, Fudan University,
Shanghai, China, Oct. 19, 2007.
“Bistable Reflective Displays for Paper-like Displays,” Asia Optical Fiber
Communication and Optoelectronic Exposition and Conference (AOE), Shanghai, China,
Oct. 17-19, 2007.
“Flexible Displays Using Polymer and Liquid Crystal Composites,” 2007 Taiwan Liquid
Crystal Conference Annual Meeting, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li,
Taiwan, Dec. 28, 2007.
“Liquid Crystal Composites and Thin Optical Films,” Department of Physics, Chung
Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, Jan. 2, 2008.
“Optical Compensation Films for Wide Viewing Angle LCDs,” Department of Applied
Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, Jan 17, 2008.
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Presentations, 2007-2008
“The Combination of Phase-Separated Polymers and Liquid Crystals for Display and
Photonic Applications,” 2008 International symposium on Nano Structured Polymers (a
sub-symposium of 2008 Annual Meeting of the Polymer Society, Taipei, Taiwan, Jan.
18-20, 2008.
“A Photochromic Main-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymer and Its Photo-stimulated
Actuating Properties,” Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies III Conference at SPIE
2008 Photonics West, January 19-24, 2008.
“Ups and Downs of Flexible Displays,” Innolux, Inc., Chunang, Taiwan, June 23, 2008.
“Flexible Displays Using Combined Polymers and Liquid Crystals,” New Horizons of
Liquid Crystal Science and Application II Conference, Chungbuk National University,
Chungju, Korea, June 27-28, 2008.
Oral Presentations
L.-C. Chien, “Dynamics and Morphology of Polymer Stabilized Liquid Crystals,”
Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies Conference III at SPIE Photonics West 2008,
San Jose, CA, January 19-24, 2008.
Poster Presentations
J-Y. Hwang, L.-C. Chien, “Alignment of Liquid Crystal with Inkjet Printed Polyimide for
Flexible LCDs,” 2008 Society of Information Display Conference, Los Angeles, CA,
May 18-23, 2008.
S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “Carbon-Nanotube Doped Liquid Crystal OCB Cells: Dielectric
and Electro-Optical Properties,” 2008 Society of Information Display Conference, Los
Angeles, CA, May 18-23, 2008.
Antal Jákli
Invited Presentations
“Bent-core Isotropic Fluids,” 36th Arbeitstagung Flüssigcrystalle, Magdeburg, Germany,
March 2008.
“Properties of Bent-core Liquid Crystals in their Nematic Phase,” SPIE 2008, San Jose,
CA, January, 2008.
“Piezoelectricity of phospholipids- A possible mechanism for mechano-, and magnetoreception in biology,” 11th Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Conference, Sapporo, Japan
September, 2007.
“Unraveling the B7 mystery: Molecular bump, Polarization Splay and Layer Bend in
Bent-core materials,” 3rd Workshop on Bent-core Liquid Crystals, Tokyo, Japan,
September 2007.
“Colloidal micromotors in smectic liquid crystals,” Research Institute for Solid State
Physics and Optics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, June 2008.
“Trends in current liquid crystal research,” Research Center of Chemistry of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, March 2008.
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Presentations, 2007-2008
Oral Presentations
A. Jákli, E. Dorjgotov, J. Harden, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, D. Wiant, K. Neupane, S.
Sharma, N. Éber, K. Fodor-Csorba, “Extraordinary Properties of Nematic and Isotropic
Phases of Bent-Core Liquid Crystals,” European Conference on liquid crystals, Lisbon
(July 2-7, 2007).
N. Eber, A. Jákli, J. Harden, J. Gleeson, D. Wiant, S. Sprunt, K. Fodor-Csorba, T.
Katona, Y. Shimbo, H. Takezoe, Ä. Buka, “Flexoelectricity and Electroconvection in a
Banana Nematic,” 3rd Banan Liquid Crystal Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, September 2007.
K. Fodor-Csorba, A. Jákli, A. Eremin, V. Hamplova, M. Kaspar, V. Novotna, M. Kohout,
K. Gomola, D. Pochiecha, A. Vajda, C.A. Veracini, G. Galli, “Chiral and Achiral Banana
Shaped Liquid Crystals: Synthesis and Characterization,” I-2: 36th German Topical
Meeting on Liquid crystals, Arbeitstagung Flússigkristalle, Magdeburg, March 12-14
(2008).
J. Harden, R. Teeling, S. Sprunt, J. T. Gleeson, A. Jákli, “Measurement of the
ConverFlexoelectric Effect in a Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystal,” Abstract: W8.00007,
APS March meeting, New Orleans LA, 2008.
M. Chambers, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, A. Jákli, “Calamitic Liquid Crystal Elastomers
Swollen with Bent-Core Liquid Crystals,” Abstract: S25.00016, APS March meeting,
New Orleans LA, 2008.
C. Bailey, J. Harden, A. Jákli, “Viscous Properties of Bent Core Nematic Liquid Crystals
Measured Using a Nanoliter Viscometer,” Abstract: W8.00003, APS March meeting,
New Orleans LA, 2008.
M. Majumdar , K. Neupane, J.T. Gleeson, A. Jákli, S. Sprunt, “Flexoelectric Effect in a
Bent-Core Liquid Crystal Measured by Dynamic Light Scattering,” Abstract: W8.00006,
APS March meeting, New Orleans LA, 2008.
A. Jákli, B. Senyuk, G. Liao, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Colloidal Micro-Motor in TwoDimensional Fluids Driven by DC Electric Fields,” CS1-4, 22nd International Liquid
Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4. 2008.
Q. Li, X. Zhou, L. Li, J. Harden, A. Jákli, S-W. Kang, S. Kumar, Q. Sun, L. Dai, R.R.
Kulkami, S.Z. Cheng, “Nature Inspired Liquid Crystalline Porphyrins for Organic
Photovoltaics,” NM1-2, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June
29-July 4, 2008.
Poster Presentations
C. Bailey, A. Jákli, “Unraveling the B7 mystery – The effect of molecular shape on
structures of smectic phases of bent-core liquid crystals,” P2-26 in the 11th International
Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals, Sapporo, September 3-9, 2007.
C. Bailey, E.C. Gartland, A. Jákli, “Structures and stability of bent-core liquid crystal
fibers,” P2-27 in the 11th International Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals,
Sapporo, September 3-9, 2007.
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Presentations, 2007-2008
C. Bailey, K. Fodor-Csorba, A. Vajda, G.G. Nair, A. Jákli, “Field induced biaxiality in
smectic A phases of mixtures of bent core and rod shape molecules,” P2-28 in the 11th
International Conference on Ferroelectric liquid crystals, Sapporo, September 3-9, 2007.
G.G. Nair, C.A. Bailey, S. Taushanoff, K. Fodor-Csorba A. Vajda, Z. Varga, A. Bota,
A. Jákli, “Electrically Tunable Color by Using Mixtures of Bent-Core and Rod-Shaped
Molecules,” APP58, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29July 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.
Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Invited Talks and Seminars
“Imaging Phenomena in Liquid Crystals and Liquid Crystal Colloids in Four Space-Time
Dimensions,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, June 29-July 4, 2008, Jeju,
Korea, Abstracts 1, p. 219 (2008).
“Dielectric Dispersion and Fast Electrooptical Switching of Nematic Liquid Crystals,”
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Sept. 3, 2007.
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Presentations, 2007-2008
“Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals: New Materials for Optical and Biosensing
Applications,” National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Sept. 3, 2007.
“Three Dimensional Imaging of Orientational Order in Liquid Crystals,” National ChiaoTung University, Taiwan, Sept. 5, 2007.
“Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals: New Materials for Optical and Biosensing
Applications,” National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, Sept. 5, 2007.
“Topological Defects and Patterns in Liquid Crystals,” International School of Liquid
Crystals, 14th workshop, E. Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, July 26 Aug. 1, 2007.
“Polarizing Microscopy and 3D imaging of Liquid Crystals,” International School of
Liquid Crystals, 14th workshop, E. Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy,
July 26 - Aug. 1, 2007.
“Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals: Effects of Additives and Optical Applications,”
International Meeting on Information Displays, Daegu, Korea, August 27-31, 2007.
“New developments in 3D microscopy of LCs,” International Meeting on Optics of
Liquid Crystals, Puebla, Mexico, Sept. 30- October 5, 2007.
“Imaging Phenomena in Liquid Crystals and Liquid Crystal Colloids in Four Space-Time
Dimensions,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, June 29-July 4, 2008, Jeju,
Korea, Abstracts 1, p. 219 (2008).
“Chromonic Liquid Crystals: Effects of Additives and Potential Applications,” Case
Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Nov. 1, 2007 (Physics Colloquium).
Oral Presentations
V.M. Pergamenshchik, J. You, J.Y. Jung, K. Rhie, S.T. Shin, B.I. Senyuk, O.D.
Lavrentovich, “Macroscopic Biaxiality of a Nematic Phase of the Boomerang-Shaped
C7,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, June 29-July 4, 2008, Jeju, Korea,
Abstracts 1, p. 26 (2008).
A. Jákli, B.I. Senyuk, G. Liao, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Colloid Micro-Motor in TwoDimensional Fluids Driven by DC Electric Fields,” The 22nd International Liquid Crystal
Conference, June 29-July 4, 2008, Jeju, Korea, Abstracts 1, p. 233 (2008).
S.V. Shiyanovskii, M. Gu, Y. Yin, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Effects of Dielectric Relaxation
on Dynamics of Nematic Liquid Crystals,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference,
June 29-July 4, 2008, Jeju, Korea, Abstracts 2, p. 566 (2008).
Poster Presentations
Y.H. Kim, D.K. Yoon, M.C. Choi, H.S. Jeong, O.D. Lavrentovich, H.T. Jung, “Internal
Structure Visualization and Lithographic Use of Periodic Toroidal Holes in Liquid
Crystals,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, June 29-July 4, 2008, Jeju,
Korea, Abstracts 1, p. 340 (2008).
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Presentations, 2007-2008
B.I. Senyuk, O.D. Lavrentovich, C.J. Smith, C. Denniston, “Rotation of a Solid Spherical
Particle Moving Through a Cholesteric Liquid Crystal,” The 22nd International Liquid
Crystal Conference, June 29-July 4, 2008, Jeju, Korea, Abstracts 2, p. 609 (2008).
O. Pishnyak, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Dynamics of Colloidal Particles
Dispersed in Nematic Liquid Crystals Under Electric Field,” 22nd International Liquid
Crystal Conference, June 29-July 4, 2008, Jeju, Korea, Abstracts 2, p. 610 (2008).
H.S. Park, L. Tortora, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Effects of Additives on Self-Assembly of
Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference,
June 29-July 4, 2008, Jeju, Korea, Abstracts 2, p. 845 (2008).
Yu. A. Nastishin, K.P. Neupane, O.D. Lavrentovich, S. Sprunt, “Light Scattering Study
of a Lyotropic Chromonic Nematic,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, June
29-July 4, 2008, Jeju, Korea, Abstracts 2, p. 853 (2008).
O.D. Lavrentovich, “Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals for Polarizing and
Compensating Films,” Samsung-KSU workshop, Jeju, Korea, July 2, 2008.
Quan Li
Invited Presentations
“Liquid Crystals: From Photodisplays to Organic Photovoltaics,” 40th Central Regional
Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Columbus, OH, June 13, 2008.
“Electrically and Optically Tunable Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals,” Air Force Research
Lab Meeting, Hilton Island, SC, April 14, 2008.
“Photoresponsive Liquid Crystals: From Photodisplay to Nanostructured Organic
Photovoltaics,” NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, July 24, 2007.
“Nature Inspired Light-harvesting Liquid Crystals for Organic Self-organizing
Photovoltaics,” East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, China, July 5,
2007.
“Reversible Photoswitchable Chiral Azo Liquid Crystals,” International Conference on
Smart Materials and Nanotechnology, Harbin, China, July 4, 2008.
Oral Presentations
Q. Li, L. Green, L. Li, J. Kim, “Synthesis of Novel Reversible Photoswitchable Chiral
Dopants with Unusually High Helical Twisting Power,” 234th ACS National Meeting,
Boston, MA, August 20, 2008.
Q. Li, J.M. El Khoury, X. Zhou, “Synthesis of Thiol Monolayer-protected Gold
Nanorods,” 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 21, 2007.
Q. Li, X. Zhou, L. Li, J. Harden, A. Jákli, S.-W. Kang, S. Kumar, Q. Sun, L. Dai, R.R.
Kulkarni, S.Z.D. Cheng, “Nature Inspired Liquid Crystalline Porphyrins for Organic
Photovoltaics,” 2008 International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju Island, Korea, June
30, 2008.
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Poster Presentations
X. Zhou, Q. Li, “Nature Inspired Liquid Crystal Porphyrin Thin Films for Organic
Photovoltaics,” Green Industrialization Workshop, Columbus, Ohio, April 24, 2008.
X. Zhou, T. Narayanan, Q. Li, “New Mesogen with Thermotropic Cubic Phase,” Liquid
Crystal Day, Kent, Oct. 1, 2007.
Peter Palffy-Muhoray
Invited Presentations
“Swelling Dynamics and Related Phenomena in Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” 22nd
International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.
Plenary Lecture: “New Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials,” 12th International
Symposium on Advanced Display Materials and Devices, Jeju Korea, June 26-27, 2008.
“Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” Nanoscale Interfacial Phenomena in Complex Fluids, Kavli
Institute for Theoretical Physics China (KITPC), Beijing China, May 19-June 20, 2008.
“Generalized Orientational Order Parameters in Liquid Crystals,” 2008 SIAM
Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, Philadelphia, PA, May 11,
2008.
“Lasers, Artificial Muscles and Negative Index Materials – New Directions in Liquid
Crystal Research,” Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, April 17, 2008.
“Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada,
February 27, 2008.
“Nanoparticle Liquid Crystals as Negative Index Materials,” 12th International Topical
Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, Puebla City, Mexico, Oct. 1-5, 2007.
“The Dynamics of Swelling of Nematic Elastomers,” International Liquid Crystal
Elastomer Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sept. 27-29, 2007.
“Swelling Dynamics of Nematic Elastomers,” 6th International Congress on Industrial
and Applied Mathematics, Zurich, Switzerland, July 17, 2007.
“Negative Index Materials,” Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, July 10, 2007.
“Nanoparticle Liquid Crystals,” ECLC 2007 9th European Conference on Liquid Crystals,
Lisbon, Portugal, July 3, 2007.
Poster Presentations
S.A Relaix, M.F. Moreira, W. Cao, B. Taheri, 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, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Evidence of Broken
Reciprocity in Chiral Liquid Crystals,” 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference,
Jeju, Korea, June 29-July 4, 2008.
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Presentations, 2007-2008
I. Lazo Martinez, J. Neal, P. Luchette, 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.
J. Fontana, P. Palffy-Muhoray, N. Kotov, A. Agarwal, “Measurements of the Electric
Susceptibilities of Au nanorods at Optical Frequencies,” March Meeting of the APS, New
Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2008.
P. Lesiak, M. Moreira, P. Palffy-Muhoray, N. Kotov, A. Agarwal, “Z-scan Measurement
of Oriented Au Nanoparticle Suspensions,” March Meeting of the APS, New Orleans,
LA, March 10-14, 2008.
J. Neal, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Numerical Simulation of the Non-Local Optical Response
of Nanoparticles,” March Meeting of the APS, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2008.
T. Sullivan, P. Dahal, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Pattern Morphology and Dynamical Scaling
in the Cahn Hilliard Model,” March Meeting of the APS, New Orleans, LA, March 1014, 2008.
X. Zheng, P. Palffy-Muhoray, M. Shelley, “Angular Momentum Transport in Complex
Fluids,” March Meeting of the APS, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2008.
C. Wickman, C. Haas, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Writing and Representation in Liquid Crystal
Physics Research,” March Meeting of the APS, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2008.
I. Lazo Martinez, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Determination of the Refractive Indices of Liquid
Crystal Elastomers,” March Meeting of the APS, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14, 2008.
S. Relaix, M. Moreira, P. Palffy-Muhoray, M. Mitov, “Varying the Optical Properties of
Cholesteric Liquid Crystals,” March Meeting of the APS, New Orleans, LA, March 1014, 2008.
M. Moreira, N. Venkataraman, B. Taheri, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Evidence of Broken
Reciprocity in Chiral Liquid Crystals,” March Meeting of the APS, New Orleans, LA,
March 10-14, 2008.
Jonathan Selinger
Invited Presentations
“Chirality and Molecular Order,” Summer School on Polymeric and Self-Assembled
Gels, International Center for Material Research, University of California, Santa Barbara,
August 13-17, 2007.
“Shape Selection in Self-Assembled Chiral Membranes: New Mechanism Based on the
Flexoelectric Effect,” Summer School on Polymeric and Self-Assembled Gels,
International Center for Material Research, University of California, Santa Barbara,
August 13-17, 2007.
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Presentations, 2007-2008
“Thermal Conduction and Particle Agglomeration in Nanofluids: Experiment and
Theory,” Conference on Nanofluids: Fundamentals and Applications, Engineering
Conferences International, Copper Mountain, Colorado, September 16-20, 2007.
“Liquid Crystal Molecules, Phases, and Polarization Properties,” Workshop on
Ferroelectric Phenomena in Soft Matter Systems, American Institute of Mathematics,
Palo Alto, California, May 12-16, 2008.
Oral Presentations
L. Lopatina, A. Konya, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, A. Travesset, “Simulating Defect
Structures in Nematic Liquid Crystal Shells,” American Physical Society March Meeting,
New Orleans, LA, March 10–14, 2008.
F. Ye, Z. Lu, L. Lopatina, J. Selinger, A. Travesset, “String Defects in Smectic-C
Monolayers and Hybrid Nematic Films,” American Physical Society March Meeting,
New Orleans, LA, March 10–14, 2008.
B. Mbanga, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, “Finite Element Studies of the Soft Elastic Response
in Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans,
LA, March 10–14, 2008.
J. Selinger, R. Selinger, C. Spillmann, J. Naciri, B.R. Ratna, “Electrically Induced Twist
in Smectic Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers,” American Physical Society March Meeting,
New Orleans, LA, March 10–14, 2008.
R. Selinger, J. Selinger, A. Travesset, “Orientational Order and Topological Defects on
Curved Surfaces,” American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March
10–14, 2008.
R. Selinger, B. Mbanga, J. Selinger, “Finite Element Simulation of Liquid Crystal
Elastomers: Actuators, Pumps, and Robots.” 4th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer
Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sept. 2007.
B. Mbanga, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, “Finite Element Simulation of Liquid Crystal
Elastomers: Modeling Soft Elastic Response,” 4th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer
Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sept. 2007.
B. Mbanga, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, “Modeling Soft Elastic Response in Liquid Crystal
Elastomers,” Society of Engineering Science, Oct., 2007.
Robin Selinger
Invited Presentations
“Modeling Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” Computation and Applied Math Seminar, Kent
State University, Nov. 2007.
“Finite Element Simulation of Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Modeling Actuators, Pumps,
and Robots,” Seminar, Penn State Math Department, Nov., 2007.
“Modeling Liquid Crystal Elastomers: Actuators, Pumps, and Robots,” SPIE Photonics
West Jan. 2008.
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Presentations, 2007-2008
“Rubber That Moves: Modeling Liquid Crystalline Elastomers,” Center for Simulational
Physics Workshop, University of Georgia, Feb. 2008.
“Simulation Studies of Orientational Order and Topological Defects in Curved
Geometries” Condensed matter seminar, University of Syracuse, March, 2008.
“Modeling Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” Science colloquium, University of Nebraska at
Kearney, April, 2008.
“How Things Bend and Break,” Public science lecture, University of Nebraska at
Kearney, April, 2008.
"Finite Element Simulation of Liquid Crystal Elastomers," Physics Colloquium, Yeshiva
University, April, 2008.
“Rubber that Moves: Modeling Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” Physics Colloquium,
University of Memphis, April, 2008.
“Rubber That Moves: Modeling Liquid Crystalline Elastomers,” Seminar, UCLA
Chemistry Department, May, 2008.
“Orientational Order and Topological Defects on Curved Surfaces,” Workshop seminar,
Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen CO, June, 2008.
Oral Presentations
A. Konya, R. Selinger, “Modeling Defect Dynamics in Liquid Crystals,” the Fourth
Annual Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium, August 2, 2007.
R. Selinger, B. Mbanga, J. Selinger, “Finite Element Simulation of Liquid Crystal
Elastomers: Actuators, Pumps, and Robots,” 4th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer
Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sept. 2007.
B. Mbanga, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, “Finite Element Simulation of Liquid Crystal
Elastomers: Modeling Soft Elastic Response,” 4th International Liquid Crystal Elastomer
Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sept. 2007.
N.S. Weingarten, R. Selinger, “A Novel Algorithm for Finite Element Simulation and
Multiscale modeling”, Society of Engineering Science, Oct., 2007.
B. Mbanga, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, “Modeling Soft Elastic Response in Liquid Crystal
Elastomers,” Society of Engineering Science, Oct., 2007.
L. Lopatina, A. Konya, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, A. Travesset, “Simulating Defect
Structures in Nematic Liquid Crystal Shells,” APS March Meeting, 2008.
B. Mbanga, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, “Finite Element Studies of the Soft Elastic Response
in Liquid Crystal Elastomers,” APS March Meeting, 2008.
R. Selinger, J. Selinger, A. Travesset, “Orientational Order and Topological Defects on
Curved Surfaces,” APS March Meeting, 2008.
N.S. Weingarten, R. Selinger, “Atomistic Simulation Studies of Plastic Deformation and
Dislocation Patterning as a Function of Temperature,” APS March Meeting, 2008.
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Presentations, 2007-2008
J. Selinger, R. Selinger, C. Spillman, J. Naciri, B. Ratna, “Electrically Induced Twist in
Smectic Liquid-Crystalline Elastomers,” APS March Meeting, 2008.
Poster Presentations
B. Mbanga, J. Selinger, R. Selinger, “Finite Element Studies of Liquid Crystal
Elastomers: Soft Elastic Response and Microstructural Evolution,” International Liquid
Crystal Conference 2008 (S. Korea, July, 2008).
A. Konya, R. Selinger, “Modeling Defect Dynamics in Liquid Crystals,” the Fourth
Annual Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium, August 2, 2007.
A. Konya, R. Selinger, “Modeling Defect Dynamics in Liquid Crystals,” Liquid Crystal
Day, 2007.
Qi-Huo Wei
Invited Talks and Seminars
Q.H. Wei, “Scaling Laws for NanoFET Biosensors,” Invited Talk, University of
Cincinnati OH, 2008 .
Oral Presentations
Q.H. Wei, “Plasmonic Subwavelength Structures for Color Generation for Display
Applications,” Samsung Workshop, Jeju, Korea, 2008.
Poster Presentations
Q.H. Wei, “Scaling of NanoFET Biosensors,” APS March Meeting, 2008 .
Q.H. Wei, “Cavity Resonances of Metal-Dielectric-Metal Nanoantennas”, GRC in
Plasmonics, Tilton NH, 2008 .
Q.H. Wei, “Plasmonic Subwavelength Structures for Color Generation for Display
Applications” ILCC 2008, Jeju, Korea, 2008 .
B. Joshi, Q.H. Wei, “Cavity Resonances of Metal-Dielectric-Metal Nanoantennas,” Ohio
Nanotechnology Summit, April 9-11, 2008 Cincinnati, OH.
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.
Deng-Ke Yang
Invited Presentations
“Compensation Films for Wide Viewing Angle LCDs,” Advanced Polymer System, Inc.,
Akron, OH, July 10, 2007.
“Polymer Stabilized Liquid Crystals,” Beijing University of Science and Technology,
October 8, 2007.
55
Presentations, 2007-2008
“Cholesteric reflective display: principle and progress,” Shanghai, China, Asia Optical
Fiber Communications and Optoelectronics Exhibition and Conference, October, 17,
2007.
“Polymer Stabilized Liquid Crystals and Their Applications,” XVI International Material
Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico, October 30, 2007.
“Liquid Crystal Technologies for Switchable Goggle Application,” Jackson Safety, Inc.,
Grand Rapids, MI, January 7, 2008.
“Reflective Displays, Liquid Crystal Reflective Displays and Cholesteric Display,”
Applied Materials, San Jose, CA, February 27, 2008.
“Polymer Stabilization and Encapsulation in Liquid Crystal Displays,” Shanghai, China,
China Annual Flat Panel Display Conference, March 12, 2008.
“Cholesteric Reflective Display,” 6-hour short course, Industrial Technology Research
Institute, Hsingchu, Taiwan, June 5, 2008.
“Polymer Network in Liquid Crystal and Their Applications,” College of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, June 6, 2008.
“Cholesteric Liquid Crystal and Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Liquid Crystal: Optical
Properties and Applications,” National Cheng Kung University, June 9, 2008.
“Flexible Cholesteric Reflective Display,” Taiwan Display Conference, Taipei, Taiwan,
June 12, 2008.
“Optically Compensated Bend Mode Liquid Crystal Display,” BOE Technology Group
Co. LTD, Beijing, China, June 25, 2008.
“Polymer Networks in Liquid Crystals,” Korea-Ukrainian-American joint symposium on
New Horizons of Liquid Crystal Science and Applications II, Chonbuk National
University, Korea, June 27, 2008.
Poster Presentations
“Achromatic Reduction of Off-axis Light Leakage in LCDs by Compensated Phase
Retardation Film,” SID Conference, Los Angles CA, May 20, 2008.
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Table 14
Other Scholarly Activities
Philip J. Bos
Department/University
Chemical Physics Scholarship Committee
Regional/National/International
Program Committee, 2008 International Display Research Conference
International Advisory Board, International Display Workshop
Program Committee, International Symposium of the Society for Information Display
Chair, Academic Committee, Society for Information Display
L.C. Chien
Department and University
Thesis committee, Ji Wang (Physics)
Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, College of Business
Administration, 2004-present.
Chemical Physics Admissions Committee
Regional/National/International
Associate Editor, Journal of Liquid Crystal Display Technology, IEEE/Laser and
Electro-Optical Society
Reviewed 29 articles for international journals
Consultant for Kent Displays, Inc.
Student Advisor, Materials Research Society KSU Student Chapter, 2004-present
Technical Program Committee, 2007 International Symposium on Flexible Electronics
and Display (ISFED), Hsinchu, Taiwan
Executive Organizing Committee, Optoelectronics 2008 of Photonics West Conference,
SPIE, San Jose, CA
Program Committee, 2007 International Meeting on Information Display, Daegu, Korea
Antal Jákli
Department and University
Undergraduate Co-adviser (with Jon Secaur), Trevor D. Williams (Physics), Independent
Study: “Survivability of Cholesteric Pigments Under Simulated Long-Term Solar
Exposure”
Chemical Physics Faculty Advisory Committee
LCI/ Chemical Physics Library Representative
57
Other Scholarly Activities, 2007-2008
Chemical Physics Scholarship Committee
LCI Space Committee
Regional/National/International
Chair, Liquid Crystal Day, October 12, 2007
Reviewed 15 articles for international journals
Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Regional/National/International
Scientific Committee, 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Korea
Faculty advisor to student chapters of SPIE and Materials Research Society
Quan Li
Department and University
LCI Space Committee
Peter Palffy-Muhoray
Regional/National/International
Chair, Organizer, “Liquid Crystals: New Results in Experiment and Theory” Mini
Symposium, 2008 SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science,
Philadelphia, PA
Scientific Committee: 12th International Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals,
Puebla, 2007.
Scientific Committee: 9th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Lisbon, 2007.
Jonathan Selinger
Department and University
Dissertation committees: Ramesh Raj and Lu Zou (Physics)
Chair, Faculty Search Committee (joint CPIP/Biological Sciences)
Chemical Physics Candidacy Exam Committee
College Curriculum Committee
Senator, Faculty Senate
Facilitator, Provost’s Core Group on Philosophy of Undergraduate Education
Library and Media Services Advisory Committee
Chemical Physics Representative, AAUP Chapter Council
Regional/National/International
Associate Editor, Physical Review E (liquid crystal section)
American Physical Society Committee on Meetings
58
Other Scholarly Activities, 2007-2008
Board of Directors, International Liquid Crystal Society
Panelist, National Science Foundation proposal review panel
Robin Selinger
Department and University
College Advisory Council
Chemical Physics Admissions Committee
Regional/National/International
Co-chair, Liquid Crystal Day 2008
Qi-Huo Wei
Department and University
LCI Seminar Chair
Chemical Physics Candidacy Exam Committee
Chemical Physics Faculty Advisory Committee
Chemical Physics Scholarship Committee
Deng-Ke Yang
Department and University
Chemical Physics Faculty Advisory Committee
LCI Space Committee
Chemical Physics Admissions Committee
59
Table 15
LCI Seminar Program 2007-2008
2007 (Wednesdays unless noted otherwise)
Sept. 12
Prof. Christopher Gorman, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina
State University
Dendrimers and Patterned Surfaces: Electron Transfer 'to' and ‘through’
for Molecular Electronics
Oct. 10
Prof. Lorenzo Marrucci, The National Institute for Nuclear Physics,
Naples, Italy
‘Spinning’ and ‘Twisting’ a Light Beam and Other Wavefront-Shaping
Tricks Performed by Suitably Patterned Liquid Crystals
Oct. 31
Prof. Ting Zhu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute
of Technology
Modeling Hyperelastic Crystals
Nov. 7
Prof. Randall D. Kamien, University of Pennsylvania
On the Stability of Large Angle Grain Boundaries
Nov. 19
Monday
Prof. Sahraoui Chaieb, Department of Mechanical Science and
Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Wrinkling Instabilities in Monolayers and Bilayers Made of Chiral Lipids
Nov. 26
Monday
Dr. Bharat Acharya, Platypus Technologies, Madison, Wisconsin
Unconventional Applications of Nematic Liquid Crystals: Polarization
Management & Virus Detection
Dec. 5
Dr. Rafael Verduzco, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Self-assembled Liquid Crystal Gels
Dec. 12
Prof. L. Jay Guo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Michigan
Nanoimprint Technology and its Application in Polymer Based Photonic
Devices
2008
Jan. 14
Dr. Shanju Zhang, School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Liquid Crystalline Self-Assembly in Bio and Nano Materials
Jan. 16
Dr. Chanjoong Kim, Department of Physics and SEAS, Harvard
University
Perturbed Dynamics of Soft Materials: Colloidal Glasses and Gels Under
Stress
60
LCI Seminar Program, 2007-2008
Jan. 30
Dr. Ruben Ramos Garcia, National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and
Electronics, Mexico
Nonlinear Phase Contrast Microscope Using Dye-Doped Liquid Crystals
Feb. 4
Prof. B. Zalar, Department of Solid State Physics, J. Stefan Institute,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Some Current Topics in Liquid Crystal Elastomer Research: Deuteron
NMR Study of Paranematic-Nematic Transition Criticality and
Piezoresistivity of Nanoparticle-Reprocessed Networks
Feb. 6
Prof. Richard J. Spontak, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, North Carolina State University
Molecular Design of Nanostructured Block Copolymers as a Route to HighPerformance Electroelastomers
March 5
Prof. Linda Hirst, Department of Physics, Florida State University
Controlling Liquid Crystalline Phases in the Lipid Bilayer
March 7
Friday
Prof. Kenji Urayama, Dept. of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University
Stimulus Response of Swollen Nematic Elastomers
March 19
Prof. Mark Warner, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge UK
Non-Linear Processes in Dyes and Nematic Photo-Elasticity
March 26
Prof. Alexander G. Petrov, Director of the Institute of Solid State Physics,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Liquid Crystal Physics and the Physics of Soft Matter
April 2
Prof. Vladmir M. Agranovich, NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at
Dallas, and Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Negative Refraction, Polaritons and Negative Group Velocity
April 16
Prof. Matthew A. Glaser, Department of Physics, University of Colorado
Nanophase Segregation and Frustration: Chirality, Splay, and Curvature in
Bent-Core Smectics
April 30
Prof. Paul Goldbart, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Chemical Gels and Their Structural and Elastic Heterogeneity: A Simple,
Landau-Type Picture
May 7
Prof. Robert H. Austin, Department of Physics, Princeton University
DNA in Tight Places: Connecting Nanochannels with Evolution
61
Table 16
LCI Industrial Partnership Program and
Liquid Crystal Display Research Facility
Philip J. Bos, Director
ADS Transicoil
Collegeville, PA
Hana Microdisplay Technologies
Twinsburg, OH
Advantech U.S.
Pittsburgh, PA
Flight Specialities
Highland Heights, OH
Anonymous Company
Kent Displays
Kent, OH
Cambrios Technologies Corporation
Mountain View, CA
Liquid Crystal Technologies
Cleveland, OH
CoAdna Photonics
Stow, OH
Live Technologies
Mt. Lawley, Australia
Corning
Corning, NY
LXD
Cleveland, OH
Display Plastique
Aurora OH
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA
Dow Corning
Midland, MI
Sarnoff
Princeton, NJ
Dynamic Eye
Amherst, NY
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
North York, Ontario, Canada
Eastman Chemical
Kingsport, TN
Vescent Photonics
Denver, CO
Eastman Kodak
Rochester, NY
62
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 a new member - Vescent Photonics
•
Active IPP members totaled 21 members (Table 16 )
•
$75,881 was invoiced for work done in the prototyping facility (Table 18)
•
$8,300 (10%) of collected membership fees was transferred to a Liquid Crystal
Institute account for support of conferences and research
•
$27,509 was transferred to the University as overhead (some of which will
return to the LCI )
•
A customized short course was presented to an IPP member company, April 24, 1998
•
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
for viewing on 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
7/12/2007
7/12/2007
7/12/2007
7/12/2007
7/12/2007
7/12/2007
7/12/2007
7/13/2007
7/13/2007
8/22/2007
8/22/2007
8/23/2007
8/22/2007
8/22/2007
8/24/2007
8/28/2007
8/28/2007
8/28/2007
8/28/2007
8/28/2007
10/05/2007
10/08/2007
10/08/2007
10/08/2007
10/08/2007
11/09/2007
11/15/2007
11/20/2007
11/20/2007
12/04/2007
12/10/2007
12/10/2007
12/10/2007
12/10/2007
Service
Client
Liquid crystal material analysis
Cleanroom use
Laser repair use
Cell fabrication and process tests
Cell assembly; electrooptic characterization
Inkjet printer, VPI scriber, other equipment
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time
Liquid crystal material analysis
Bonding
Laser repair use
VPI scriber use
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time
Cell fabrication and process tests
ITO-ITO test cell fabrication
Cleanroom use; technician time
VPI glass scribing
Bonding
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time
Chrome on glass photomask w/electrode pattern
Bonder set up and testing
Cleanroom use, technician time
Laser repair use
Cleanroom use
EDX analysis of substrates
Bonding
Characterization of gold coated grating surface
Measurement of refractive indexes
Laser repair use
Cleanroom use, technician time
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time
Cleanroom use, technician time
ITO test cell fabrication
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of substrates
Flip Chip bonder use; technician time
ADS/Transicoil
CoAdna Photonics Inc.
AlphaMicron Inc
Dow Corning Corporation
Cambrios
Kent Displays
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
ADS/Transicoil
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
AlphaMicron Inc
Kent Displays, Inc.
Sarnoff Corporation
Dow Corning Corporation
Cambrios
CoAdna Photonics Inc.
Advantech
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Dow Corning Corporation
Sarnoff Corporation
CoAdna Photonics Inc.
AlphaMicron Inc
Kent Displays, Inc.
ADS/Transicoil
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
CoAdna Photonics Inc.
CoAdna Photonics Inc.
AlphaMicron Inc
CoAdna Photonics Inc.
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
CoAdna Photonics Inc.
Cambrios
ADS/Transicoil
Hana Microdisplay Technologies Inc.
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Resource Facility Services, 2007-2008
12/10/2007
12/10/2007
12/10/2007
1/29/2008
1/29/2008
1/29/2008
1/23/2008
1/28/2008
2/20/2008
2/20/2008
2/20/2008
3/13/2008
3/13/2008
3/13/2008
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time
Photolithography service and testing
Bonding
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time
Photolithography service and testing
Bonding
Flip Chip bonder use; technician time
Cell fabrication of LCoS devices
Cleanroom use, technician time
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time
Inkjet printer and other cleanroom equipment use
Cleanroom use, technician time
Cleanroom use
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time;
materials
Inkjet printer and other cleanroom equipment use
Cleanroom use, office rent
ITO coated soda-lime glass, 14"x14"x0.043"
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time,
photolithography services
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Hana Microdisplay Technologies Inc
Live Technologies Ltd
CoAdna Photonics Inc.
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Kent Displays, Inc.
CoAdna Photonics Inc.
Display Plastique
Corning Inc
5/19/2008
5/19/2008
5/19/2008
5/19/2008
5/19/2008
5/19/2008
Cleanroom use, technician time
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time
Cleanroom use
Inkjet printer and other cleanroom equipment use
Black Micropearl Spacers
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time,
ACF bonding; materials
CoAdna Photonics Inc.
Corning Inc
Display Plastique
Kent Displays, Inc.
LC-Technologies, Inc.
Sarnoff Corporation
6/17/2008
6/17/2008
6/17/2008
6/17/2008
6/19/2008
6/17/2008
ORC Optibeam use
Use of Laminar flow benches
Use of Scriber and laser require equipment
Cleanroom use
Cleanroom use, technician time
Custom cell fabrication, photomask layout and
procurement
Advantech
Company C
Kent Displays, Inc.
Display Plastique
CoAdna Photonics, Inc.
Dow Corning Corporation
6/24/2008
Cleanroom use, evaporator use, XiOx evaporator
instruction and training, office rent
Vescent Photonics, Inc.
6/17/2008
6/17/2008
Custom TN cell fabrication
Cleanroom use, office rent, technician time
Liquid Crystal Technologies
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
3/20/2008
3/20/2008
3/20/2008
5/19/2008
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Kent Displays, Inc.
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Anatoliy Glushchenko
Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Table 19
Education and Public Service
Short Course
Philip Bos, “Liquid Crystals: Materials and Display Devices,” April 2-4, 2008, Eastman
Chemical Company, 15 participants.
Outreach
Date
1/25/08
Group
Coventry Jr. HS, gifted 8th-9th grade students visited LCI
and Chemistry for tours and demonstrations
Participants
18
1/8/08
and
1/9/08
Stanton Middle School, gifted 7th grade students.
Chemical Physics graduate students, C. Braganza,
N. Diorio, S. Hicks, J. Neal, and S. Taushanoff assisted
students with their science projects.
45
10/29/07
Kent Cub Scout Pak 3256 visited LCI for demonstrations
and to see liquid crystals under a microscope
11
10/20/07
KSU Parents Day – LCI Open House
Demonstrations and short lectures on liquid crystals
60
Undergraduates
Summer Interns
Mark Murphy, Ohio State University (Jákli), 6/25/07 – 8/25/07
Paul Murphy, Ohio State University (Jákli), 6/16/08 – 9/19/08
REU Summer 2008 Students conducting research at the LCI (Advisor)
Hannah Ainsworth, Salem College, NC (Wei)
Saba Hamidi, So. Carolina State Univ. (Jákli)
Nara Lee, George Washington University (Lavrentovich)
KSU Student Workers
Kevin Ballard
Chris Bruot
William Eckert
Kristin Gore
Matthew Wayman
Recruiting
Chemical Physics graduate student, Lena Lopatina, traveled to National Taras
Shevchenko University of Kyiv in December, 2007, to make a presentation on liquid
crystals and the CPIP graduate program. She spoke to undergraduates and also graduate
students working towards a Masters Degree. She distributed CPIP brochures and asked
faculty to encourage their students to apply to Kent State University. Since her
presentation she has received correspondence from students asking about the Chemical
Physics graduate program and living in Kent.
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APPENDICES
I. Outreach Activities
• Liquid Crystal Day, 2007
• Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
• Industrial Partnership Program and
Liquid Crystal Display Research Facility
• Technology Transfer
II. Historical List of Grant Funding
1982-2008
III. Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
1967 – 2008
67
Liquid Crystal Day
October 12, 2007
(LC Day brochure attached here)
69
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
http://www.lci.kent.edu/cpip.html
(CPIP brochure attached here)
71
Industrial Partnership Program and Liquid Crystal Display Research Facility
http://www.lci.kent.edu/ipp/07/index.htm
(IPP brochure attached here)
73
Technology Transfer
http://www.techtrans.kent.edu/
(Tech Transfer brochure attached here)
75
Historical Data - Grants Awarded to LCI Scientists
1982-2008
Inception
Year
1982
Grant #
Category
NSF
1983
1983
1983
NSF DMR83-09739
NSF DMR82-44461
1984
DAAKp20-84-0224
1984
NIH 1R01 GM27127-05Other Fed
1984
1984
1984
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Ind/Other
1985
1985
NSF DMR85-03219
NSF
NSF
Ind/Other
Other Fed
NSF
Other Fed
Agency
Total
award
NSF Div. International
Prgrm.
Grant Period
1/82-12/84
233,700
142,500
10,000
6/83-10/85
6/83-5/85
6/83-5/84
200,000
9/84-8/86
NIH
40,516
1/84-12/85
Hughes Research Labs
US Army/Battelle Research
Exxon Educational
Foundation
33,500
27,000
20,000
11/84-6/86
5/84-11/84
6/84-6/86
313,000
17,000
6/85-11/88
6/85-7/85
488,000
6/86-5/89
81,000
13,500
10,000
350,000
10/86-04/88
10/86-10/88
6/86-12/86
10/87-6/92
80,000
30,200
1987
1987
Exxon Educational
Foundation
US Army, Electronic R&D
US Army, Metallurgy and
Materials
1986
1986
1986
1986
1987
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Other Fed
1987
1987
Ohio
Ind/Other
Ohio Board of Regents
Natural Sciences &
Engineering Research
Council of Canada
1987
1988
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Tektronix Corporation
US Army Communications
Ford Glass Division
Soho Research Center
DARPA/URI/Navy/ U. Penn
15,000
1,050,000
77
10/87-10/88
8/88-8/92
Project Title
Chiral Liquid Crystals (distribution in foreign
currency)
Liquid Crystal Synthesis
NMR Studies of Liquid Crystals
Lyotropic Liquid Crystals
Nonlinear Optical Processing in LC Materials:
Combined Theoretical and Synthesis Program
DMR Studies of Protein-Phosopholipid Bilayer
Membranes
Research Support
Study of Nonlinear Optical Data
Liquid Crystal Research
NMR Studies of Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystal Dispersion Mechanical Stress
Monitor
Electrically Controlled Light Scattering from
microdroplets of Nematic LC Dispersed in Solid
Matrix
Industrial Research Support Agreement
Liquid Crystal Research
Deuterium NMR of LC/Polymer Composites
Science and Application of Polymer LCs and
Related Materials
Display Prototyping Unit (equipment grant)
Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals
Microdroplet Technology Research
Optical Power Limiting LC Composites
Inception
Year
Grant #
1988
Category
Ohio
NSF DMR88-17647
NSF DMR88-18561
1990
1991
444239/444207
442129
Ohio
NSF
ODOD
1991
1991
1991
1991
MDA972-91-J-1020
N00014-90-J-1559
Other Fed
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
DARPA HDDT Program
DARPA, U Penn subaward
Hughes Aircraft
Edison Polymer Innovation
Corp (EPIC)
Vari-Lite
Magnascreen
Ajinomoto Corporation
1992
1992
1992
1992
1992
1993
1993
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Total
award
ODOD/ Edison Program
1989
1989
1989
1989
1989
1989
1990
1991
1991
1991
NSF
NSF
NSF
Ohio
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Agency
OBR Res. Chall.
Tektronix Corporation
Honeywell
DARPA
Grant Period
50,000
7/88-10/89
285,740
273,200
174,240
100,000
47,740
20,000
1,197,240
1/89-1/91
1/89-12/92
1/89-12/91
1989
3/89-3/90
6/89-5/90
3/90-6/93
9,500,000
22,000,000
1990-2002
02/91-01/02
1,147,000
227,000
147,000
180,000
9/91-8/94
1/91-6/92
1991
1991
1991
1991
1991
370,000
256,500
199,507
17,671
16,992
500,000
77,918
1992
4/92-6/95
2/92-2/94
3/92-3/93
1992
1993
6/93-5/94
Ind/Other
NSF
NSF
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Univ. So. California
Tektronix Corporation
GAR Foundation
NASA
1993
Ind/Other
Hewlett-Packard
30,374
4/93-3/94
1993
Ind/Other
Korea Institute Sci. & Tech.
15,000
5/93-5/94
NSF DMR92-20130
NSF ECS90-20420
Keck Foundation
75,000
69,675
50,000
78
Project Title
Development of PDLCs for Aircraft Window
Shades
Basic Studies of Polymer Dispersed LCs
Liquid Crystal Synthesis
Basic Studies of Polymer Dispersed LCs
Polymer Liquid Crystal Synthesis Program
Active Substrate Projection Microdroplet Materials
Modeling of Optical Fibers with LC Cores
National Center for Integrated Photonic
Technology (NCIPT); (consortium USC, UCLA,
KSU, MIT, Columbia U.)
ALCOM Support
ALCOM Center for Advanced LC Optical Materials
(KSU 54%; CWRU 34%; U Akron 12%)
PDLCs for High Definition Display Technologies
High Definition Displays
Hughes Aircraft Company Research Project
ALCOM Administrative Support (total award
$180,000; 54% KSU)
Liquid Crystal Research
Magnascreen Research
Feasibility Study for Ferroelectric Smectic C LCs
and Polymer Dispersions
XPS Analysis of LC Alignment Layers
Basic Studies of Polymer Dispersed LCs
Electric Field Response of PDLCs
Optically Controlled Phased Array Radar
Tektronix Fellowship
Display Prototyping Unit (equipment grant)
Experimental Testing of Twisted Nematic and
Super Twisted Nematic LC Displays
Materials Synthesis and Fabrication of Thin Film
Polarizers
Visiting Scientist (Young Chul Kim)
Inception
Year
Grant #
Category
Agency
1993
Other Fed
National Research Council
1993
NSF
NSF-NATO
Other Fed
Ohio
Other Fed
NSF
Ind/Other
Ohio
Ind/Other
NSF
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Other Fed
DARPA
Ohio Board of Regents
ARPA
ARPA/ Fla Atlantic Univ
3M Company
Portage County Schools
Office of Naval Research
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1994
1995
440131
440648
440213
440264
440232
444306
Total
award
11,100
Grant Period
6/93-3/94
3/93-9/93
1,150,264
1,000,000
952,212
112,640
81,342
47,985
25,273
20,117
20,000
18,000
7,700
125,000
6/94-6/98
7/94-6/97
6/94-6/97
9/94-9/95
8/94-5/96
9/94-12/95
8/94-12/94
1/94-3/95
5/94-11/94
1994-1997
Oct-94
8/95-7/97
Image Quest Technologies
Vari-Lite
Samsung
69,797
68,721
67,086
1/95-12/95
3/95-4/96
8/95-11/96
Imax Corporation
OBR Eisenhower Program
Image Quest Technologies
1995
1995
1995
444404
1995
1995
1995
1995
444434
444430
440222
Ind/Other
Ohio
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
nChip
OBR Eisenhower Prgm.
Hughes Research Labs
U.S.-Slovene Sci & Tech
58,214
47,254
40,000
33,000
10/95-9/96
9/95-12/96
3/95-3/97
1995-1997
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1996
1996
1996
444435
444424
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Other Fed
NSF
NSF
Ohio
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Planar
Meadowlark Optics
NASA
NSF; Gordon and Breach
NSF; Gordon and Breach
OBR
DARPA/KDI sub
W.M. Keck Fndn.
28,218
12,800
12,000
6,000
5,000
2,578,000
615,074
500,000
7/95-7/96
8/95-8/96
2/95-2/96
1/95-4/96
1/95-4/96
19967/96-6/99
1996-
444423
442161
442600
444327
Fndn
79
Project Title
Structures in Large Surface-to-Volume Ratio
Nematic Systems
NATO Advanced Research Workshop: SpatioTemporal Patterns in Nonequilibrium Complex
Systems
Reflective Polymer Stabilized LCD
ALCOM Equipment
Reflective polymer Stabilized LC Displays
Science and Math on the Net (SAM-Net)
Liquid Crystal Light Valve
Science and Math on the Net (SAM-Net)
Optical modeling of Active Matrix Displays
Surface Anchoring and Alignment in PDLCs
Optically Active Device
3M Fellowship
Portage County SAM-Net (computer equipment)
LCD Devices from Conducting Polymer
Substrates
Development of Wide Viewing Angle LCD
Passive Projection Display
Comparison of Four Domain Alignment
Techniques
Liquid Crystals on Silicon
Science and Math on the Net (SAM-Net)
LC Materials and Devices
LC Polymer Dispersions and Related
Microconfined Systems
Active Compensation Cell Research
Switchable Cholesteric Polarizer
Evaluation of NASA Polymers
Conference on Dynamics and Defects in LCs
Conference on Dynamics and Defects in LCs
LC Display Research Center
Power Efficient Reflective Cholesteric Displays
Cleanroom construction
Inception
Year
Grant #
Category
Agency
Total
award
Grant Period
1996
444328
Other Fed
AFOSR MURI/CalTech
423,756
11/96-10/01
1996
444321
Other Fed
DARPA
137,700
6/96-5/00
1996
1996
1996
1996
444615
444456
444641
444329
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Other Fed
IMAX Corp.
Rockwell Science Center
S-VISION
Office of Naval Research
134,000
118,399
60,000
50,000
9/96-12/99
6/96-6/97
10/96-9/97
12/96-5/98
1996
1996
444451
Other Fed
NSF
Wright Patterson AFB
NSF & Shlodowska Fndn.
47,592
23,000
5/96-9/96
1996-1999
1996
1996
1996
1996
1996
Foundation
Foundation
Foundation
440217
444621
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Ind/Other
250,000
250,000
100,000
15,867
13,751
1996
8/96-7/98
1996
1996
1996
444109
444608
442221
Other Fed
Ind/Other
NSF
Dai Nippon
Wintek
Nitto Denko
DARPA/Fla. Atlantic Univ.
Ministry of Education,
Taiwan
NASA
Gov't. of Korea
10,000
10,000
5,000
10/96-3/97
8/96-7/97
5/96-9/96
1996
444310
Other Fed
Office of Naval Research
5,000
5/96-9/96
1996
1997
1997
1997
Fndn
444664
444636
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Other Fed
M. Holden Jennings Fndn.
NIST/Colorlink sub
Dai Nippon
NIST
3,450
200,000
110,176
100,000
2/96-2/97
5/97-6/00
4/97-8/98
7/97-7/99
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
444112/444120
444618
444650
444652
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio
NSF
NASA Goddard Ctr.
Vari-Lite
OBR
OBR
OBR Res. Chall.
NSF/Moxtek sub
99,100
71,416
64,000
64,000
64,000
34,804
3/97-5/99
9/97-9/98
7/97-6/00
7/97-6/99
7/97-6/99
10/97-10/98
442102
80
Project Title
Alignment and Packing Behavior of LC and
LCP….
Reflective Cholesteric Displays: Dynamic Drive
and Surface Topography Issues
LC Glasses Improvements
Synthesis of Chiral LC Diacrylates
Liquid Crystals on Silicon
Optical Study of Structure and Dynamics in
Advanced Polymer Stabilized LC
Systran Visiting Scientist (Wiff)
Investigation of the Influence of Structure Factors
on Stability of Smectic C* and CA Phases in
Compounds and Mixtures
Teaching Lab Equipment
LCI/Materials Science Building
LCI Support
Diffractive Device Investigation
PDLC for Holographic Recording Applications
Alignment Properties
Polyimide Alignment Films
16th International Liquid Crystal Conference
Support
16th International Liquid Crystal Conference
Support
Project LCs for Elementary Teachers
Color Sequential Imaging
Optimization of Smectic A PDLC Films
Information Dynamics in ALCOM/NIST Phase
Separation Project
Development of LC Devices for Astronomy
PSCT Materials for Projection Displays
Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Facility at APS
Viewing Angle Improving Films for LC Displays
Biological Lyotropic LCs
Wire Grid Polarizers for LCD
Inception
Year
Grant #
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
444644
444331
220232
444115
1997
1997
1997
Category
Agency
Optical Imaging Systems
Office of Naval Research
Japan Synthetic Rubber
NASA
NASA
442231
444648
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Other Fed
NSF
Ind/Other
444647
444635
444114
1998
1998
1998
1998
1998
1998
1998
1998
1998
Total
award
Grant Period
Civilian R&D Foundation
27,975
20,900
20,000
20,000
20,000
18,867
15,212
7/97-12/97
6/97-11/97
4/97-10/98
5/97-5/98
5/97-5/98
2/97-1/98
7/97-12/99
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Civilian R&D Foundation
George Mason Univ.
NASA
11,000
10,000
1,500
7/97-12/99
1/97-1/98
1/97-12/97
444324
444694
442117
444332
445269
444325
444673
444699
Ohio
Other Fed
Other Fed
NSF
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
OBR Res. Chall.
AFOSR
DARPA/Sarnoff Sub
NSF EHR
U.S. DOD/ BNL sub
Kent Displays
Wright Patterson AFB
3M Co.
Motorola
750,000
362,000
226,712
160,000
150,000
137,338
125,000
89,000
51,225
02/98-01/00
3/98-9/99
8/98-9/01
10/98-9/00
6/98-5/00
10/98-4/00
5/98-9/99
2/98-2/99
9/98-5/01
1998
1998
1998
444210
444122
444672
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
NATO - Slovenia Collab.
Cal Tech-Jet Propulsion
Hitachi
29,300
20,000
20,000
12/98-12/01
9/98-8/99
3/98-3/99
1998
1998
442106
Ind/Other
NSF
Hughes Research Labs
NSF/CNRS (France)
20,000
19,500
3/98-3/99
5/98-4/01
1998
444629
Other Fed
NATO Intnl. Sci. Exch.
9,607
9/98-9/00
1998
444676
Ind/Other
Philippines DOST
8,200
3/98-3/99
1999
440602
Other Fed
ONR
265,000
7/99-6/01
1999
444209
Other Fed
AFOSR/DAGSI
126,340
8/99-12/01
81
Project Title
Photo-curable LC Monomers
Conductive Polymer Displays
Visiting Scientist, Japan Synthetic Rubber
Evaluation of NASA Polymers
Evaluation of NASA Polymers
Real Physics On-line
Photo-alignment of Nematic LCs on Polyimide
Polymer Layers
Surface Properties and Effects in LCs
Surface Alignment of Nematic LC
Studies on Dynamics and Optics of 0-360 Twist
Bistable LCD
ALCOM Support (equipment)
LC Blazed Gratings for Laser Beam Steering
Fabrication of PDLC Test Displays
School Based Remote Experiments on Web
Broadband Beam Steering
Conductive Polymer Displays
WPAFB IPA Visiting Scientist (Wiff)
Alignment and Defects of 3M Lyotropic LCs
Optimization and Modeling of Full-Color Displays
for Portable Applications
LCD Optical Shutter for Eye Protection Devices
High Performance LCs for Laser Communications
Dynamics of Twisted Nematic Devices (Hitachi
Visiting Scientist)
High Performance LCs for Laser Communications
Structure and Defects in Lamellar Thermotropic
and Lyotropic Soft Matter Systems
Computational, Experimental and Theoretical
Studies of 1D Confined LCs
Synthesis/Characterization of Anti-FE LCs and
Polymers
Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric LC Diffraction
Gratings
Active/Passive Optical Sensor Research
Inception
Year
Grant #
Category
Agency
1999
1999
444211
444222
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Dimensional Media
Nitto Denko
1999
444215
Ohio
OBR Eisenhower Prgm.
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
444223
444208
442150
444216
444412
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
NSF
NSF
NSF
Ind/Other
Santec Systems
Kent Displays
NSF EHR
NSF/KDI subaward
NSF/Moxtex sub
Vari-Lite
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
442125
444213
442124
442126
444224
444212
NSF
Ind/Other
NSF
NSF
Other Fed
Other Fed
1999
442135
NSF
1999
444710
Ind/Other
Garland Floor Co.
1999
1999
444217
444214
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Horn Labs
AFOSR
2000
2000
2000
444226
444230
444263
Other Fed
Other Fed
Other Fed
DARPA
DARPA (Rockwell sub)
DARPA
2000
2000
2000
440810
444715
444220
Ohio
Ohio
Ind/Other
Ohio Board of Regents
OBR Res. Chall.
Dupont
2000
2000
444231
444221
Ind/Other
Ohio
Boulder Nonlinear
OBR Res. Chall.
Tutco
NSF International
AFOSR
Wright Patterson AFB
Total
award
80,315
74,000
Grant Period
PSCT for Multiplanar Displays
Viewing Angle Enhancements with Compensating
Films
61,293
9/99-12/00
Integrating School Based Experiments into
Science Curriculum
60,000
12/99-11/01
LC Ultrasonic Transducer
59,140
7/99-3/00
High Twisting Power Chiral Materials
51,228
10/99-1/02
Remote Experiments in Science Curriculum
36,140
1/99-6/99
Chiral Materials Chemistry
34,804
8/99-7/01
Wire Grid Polarizers for LCD
30,000
3/99-8/99
PSCT Materials for Projection Displays
(continuation of #444618)
28,600
02/99-01/02
Nonlinear Optics of Lyotropic LCs
28,500
5/99-5/00
PDLC for Oventop Applications
28,440
02/99-01/02
Photoalignment of LCs
28,440
2/99-1/00
Photoalignment of LCs
23,000
6/99-6/00
Polymeric E-O Modulators
21,850
9/99-11/99
WPAFB IPA Visiting Scientist (Wiff) (previously
#444325)
14,600
10/99-01/02
Photoalignment of Low-Weight Photo-Crosslinking
Materials
13,032
2/99-6/00
Feasibility Study of Transparent Conductive
Coatings
10,000
11/99-11/00
Adaptive Eye Protection
5/99-11/01
Visiting Scientist (Don Wiff) (previously # 444212;
444325)
2,423,208 06/01/00 - 06/01/03LC Based Optical Phase Array for Steering Lasers
637,057 9/6/00-8/31/04 LC Agile Beam Steering
341,000 6/30/00-8/31/04 LC Based Optical Phased Arrays for Steering
Lasers
197,600
7/00-9/02
Basic Clean Room Techniques
143,810
1/00-6/01
Equipment - Microcalorimetry System
120,000
1/00-1/03
Optical Properties of Holographic Elements in
Display Applications
112,500
8/00-1/02
Steered Agile Beams
100,000
1/00-6/01
Chromonic LCs
82
7/99-6/00
12/99-6/01
Project Title
Inception
Year
Grant #
Category
Agency
2000
2000
2000
444228
444218
444225
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Displaytech
ACS Petroleum Res. Fund
Boulder Nonlinear
2000
2000
2001
442147
444227
444102
NSF
Other Fed
Other Fed
DARPA
NASA
2001
444235
Ind/Other
Boulder Nonlinear
2001
444241
Ind/Other
Samsung
2001
2001
444242
444245
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Intel
CoAdna
2001
444240
Ind/Other
Samsung
2001
2001
444233
444244
Ohio
Ind/Other
Ohio Board of Regents
Nitto Denko
2001
2001
2001
444232
444234
444238
NSF
Ind/Other
Other Fed
NSF/KDI sub
Matsushita Electric
AFRL/DAGSI
2001
2001
2001
444236
444237
444243
Other Fed
Other Fed
Ind/Other
DARPA/Hughes Sub
DARPA/Hughes Sub
Chromalux
2002
2002
Fndn
442232
Ind/Other
NSF
Ohio Eminent Scholar
2002
444253
Other Fed
USAF
2002
444249
Ohio
ODOD
Total
award
99,000
60,000
33,000
Grant Period
C1 SSFLC Bistable Device Optimization Project
Coalescence of LC Lens
Development of LC Materials for Direct Energy
Contact
28,200
09/00-01/02
Cholesteric LC Laser Sensors in Optical Fibers
3,501
Aug-00
Rockwell Grant Travel
654,066 1/16/01-7/15/05 LC Based Beam Steering Device and Optical
Telescopes
156,370
3/01-2/03
Development of Polymer and Chiral Materials for
FE-LCD
143,641
3/01-5/03
Modeling and Improvements to Pi-Cell type
Devices for AMLCD applications
142,151 6/1/01-5/30/04 Research Project for Intel Corporation
96,189
10/01-10/02
Tunable Filters for Telecommunications
Applications
89,940
04/01-01/02
Novel LC Materials with High Birefringence and
Low Rotational Viscosity for Field Sequential
Color Reflective LCDs
70,000
3/01-12/02
Electro-optical Devices from Banana-Shaped LCs
62,054
9/01-8/02
Polymer Walls for Ruggedized LCDs using Plastic
Substrates
60,000
01/01-06/02
High Twisting Power Chiral Materials
50,000
4/01-3/03
Trans-reflective LCD
46,951 7/1/01 - 12/31/03 Carbon nanotube-Reinforced LC Structural
Composites by Electron Beam Curing
35,000
2/01-6/01
High Birefringence LCs for Optical Beam Steering
15,000
2/01-6/01
Custom Synthesis LC Compounds
6,248
07/01-09/01
Resolution of Electron Beam Addressed LC
Displays
750,000
2002
Ohio Eminent Scholars Program (endowment)
480,000 6/1/02-5/31/06 Tunable Mirrorless Lasing in Cholesteric LC
Elastomers
379,998 7/1/02-9/17/03 Prism Rotator Beam-steering Component and 2D
Optical Phased Array Wavefront Corrector
(THOR)
282,000 5/1/02-7/31/03 ALCOM Support
83
9/00 - 8/03
1/1/00-8/31/02
3/00-12/00
Project Title
Inception
Year
Grant #
Category
Agency
2002
444247
Other Fed
USAF/UCF/Ratheon
2002
2002
444521
Ohio
Other Fed
OBR Res. Chall.
AFOSR/BNL
2002
440636
Other Fed
AFRL/Anteon
2002
2002
2002
442234
444251
444248
NSF
Other Fed
Other Fed
ONR/KDI
USAF/U C Florida sub
2002
2003
444252
771203
Ind/Other
Ohio
Cubic Defense Systems
2003
2003
441149
440218
Other Fed
Ohio
Congress Approp.
ODOD/Wright Ctr.
2003
2003
444260
444259
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Samsung
AFOSR/Cornerstone
2003
2003
444255
442235
Ohio
NSF
ODOD/AlphaMicron sub
2003
442236
NSF
2003
2003
2003
2003
2004
2004
444257
444262
444258
444254
444256
444265
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Hana
Photon-X
SAIC-Army/KDI sub
Viztec
Polydisplay (sub?)
US Army/UCF sub
2004
2004
444268
444270
Ind/Other
NSF
Samsung
NYU/Courant sub
Total
award
Grant Period
Project Title
90,000 1/1/02-12/31/03 Development of High Birefringence LCs for
Optical Beam Steering
80,000
2/02 - 12/03
Pathogen Detection by Lyotropic LCs
78,185
7/02-2/03
Polymer-Stabilized Ferroelectric LC for Analog
Switching
52,592 5/1/02-6/30/04 Numerical and Experimental Studies on Isotropic
LC Binary Mixtures
29,840 9/1/02-8/31/05
28,500
6/02-5/03
Black & White Cholesteric Displays
20,000 1/28/02-6/30/02 Development of High Birefringence LCs for
Optical Beam Steering
13,467 7/23/02-11/30/02 Polymer Dispersed LC Shutters Research Project
1,640,000 7/10/03-7/09/06 Flexible Optical and Electronic Device
Manufacturing Facility
471,913 9/30/03-9/29/05 Center for LC Science and Education
400,000 11/1/03-6/30/08 Wright Center of Innovation for Advanced Data
Management and Analysis
340,000 8/1/03-7/31/10 Sponsored Research Agreement
240,000 9/1/03-5/30/06 Conductive LC Elastomers for Aircraft Wing
Structures
196,253 1/1/03-9/30/04 LC Eyewear
190,000 8/15/03 - 7/31/05 Acquisition and Development of Fast Confocal
Polarizing Microscopy for Liquid Crystal Materials
Research and Education
100,000 9/15/03 - 8/31/04 ACT/SGER: LC Materials for Biosensor
Development
100,000 6/1/03-5/31/06 Inorganic Alignment Layer Project
82,000 12/5/03-11/30/04 Sponsored Research Agreement
50,000 7/24/03-6/30/04 Encapsulated Cholesteric Displays
29,159 1/1/03-12/31/03 Commercialization of Plastic LC Displays
153,355 1/1/04-12/31/04 Ultra-thin Flexible Full Color LC Displays
150,000 5/24/04-5/23/07 Foveated, Wide Field-of-View Imaging Sensor for
Missile Warning/Tracking Using Adaptive Optics
120,000 1/1/04-12/31/05 Sponsored Research Agreement
100,000 9/1/04-8/31/06 SGER: Modeling the Dynamics of Shape Change
in LC Elastomer Systems
84
Inception
Year
Grant #
Category
Agency
2004
2004
2004
440644
442244
444755
Ohio
NSF
Ohio
OBR Res. Chall.
2004
2004
2004
444269
444267
444539
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Other Fed
Steridian Corp.
SAIC-Army/KDI sub
Homeland Sec/NEOUCOM
2004
444272
Ind/Other
US CRDF
2004
444266
Ind/Other
US CRDF
2004
2005
2005
444264
444547
444280
Ind/Other
Foundation
Ohio
Hanna
W.M. Keck Fndn.
ODOD/Wright Ctr.
2005
442198
NSF
2005
442191
NSF
2005
444277
Other Fed
2005
442242
NSF
2005
444276
Other Fed
AFRL/Cornerstone
2005
Fndn
Ind/Other
Intel
2005
444279
Other Fed
ONR
2005
440650
Ohio
OBR Res. Chall.
2005
440442
Ohio
Ohio Bd Regents
Total
award
Ohio Bd Regents
Grant Period
Project Title
64,167 1/1/04-12/31/05 Theoretical Study of Domains in Membranes
63,433 4/1/04-3/31/07
58,941 1/1/04-12/31/05 Fluorothiophenes - A New Class of Chevron-free
Ferroelectric Materials with Promising Electrooptic
Device and Semiconductor Applications
47,000 10/15/04-6/15/05 Sponsored Research Agreement
44,000 5/16/04-12/31/04 Sponsored Research Agreement
30,000 2/16/04-2/15/05 Rapid Detection of Fluid-borne Pathogens using
LCs
16,000 6/25/04-6/24/06 Insight in the Physical Phenomena Behind Light
Absorption Induced Surface Anchoring
12,400 11/1/04-10/31/06 Lyotropic Chromonic LCs: A New Material for
Advanced Biosensing and Optical Applications
2,000 3/18/04-3/17/05 Hana Characterization Project
385,934 6/30/05-6/30/06 Laboratory Equipment Proposal
365,235 6/6/05-6/5/08 Wright Center for Multifunctional Polymer
Nanomaterials and Devices (CMPND)
360,000 11/1/05-12/31/06 Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy of
3D Director Configurations in LCs
313,978 8/15/05-7/31/08 Collaborative Research FRG: Ferroelectric
Phenomena in Soft Matter Systems
270,305 9/1/05-8/31/07 Finite Element Modeling of Projectiles and
Indentation
258,199 4/15/05 - 7/31/05 Acquisition of an Imaging Fourier Transform
Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer
225,000 5/15/05-5/14/07 STTR Phase II: Conductive LC Elastomer for
Aircraft Gap Treatment
189,000 10/1/05-9/30/08 Polarization Independent Etalon Based LC
Devices
110,556 10/1/05-9/30/08 Tracking Nanoparticle Motion to Elucidate
Mechanisms for Anomalous thermal Transport in
Nanofluids
60,000 1/10/05-12/31/06 Biaxial Nematic and Smectic Phases and Critical
Phenomena in Bent-Core and Tetrapodic
Mesogens
59,948 1/15/05 - 12/31/06 Nanotechnology, LCs and Drug Delivery
NIST
85
Inception
Year
Grant #
Category
Agency
Total
award
Grant Period
Project Title
9/1/05-8/31/07
Simulation Studies of Shape Selection in Chiral
Molecular Self-Assembly
Sponsored Research Agreement
Sponsored Research Agreement
Stressed LC Materials: Electro-optics and Use in
Displays
Development of High Birefringence LCs for
Infrared Applications
3D Structures and Defects in LC Biopolymers
Support Expertise for Sensor Directorate
New LC Materials Facility
S-STEM Scholarships for Broadening
Participation Sciences
Extension Proposal (LC Based Optical Phases
Array for Steering Lasers)
Electric Field Effects in LCs with Dielectric
Dispersion
MURI on Self-Assembled Soft Optical NIMS
Modeling Actuation and Shape Selection in Soft
Materials
Fluid Phases of Bent-Core Molecules-Novel
Physics and Applications
Fluorinated Polyimide Alignment Layer Research
STTR Phase II: Photochemically Switched Chiral
Materials for Chiral Nematic Displays
Conducting Polymer Substrates
Energy Conversion Based on Giant Flexoelectric
Effect in Bent-Core Nematic LCs
Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic LCs for Internal
Compensators and Polarizers
Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic LCs for Internal
Compensators and Polarizers
Bent Core LCs for Fast Switching Electric Field
Induced Biaxial (EFIB) Displays
LC Displays doped with Ferroelectric
Nanoparticles
2005
444284
Ind/Other
ACS Petroleum Fund
56,603
2005
2005
2005
444274
444273
440447
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
AFRL/Displaytech
Samsung
Samsung
55,000 4/1/05-7/31/06
45,932 3/1/05-6/30/05
40,000 4/30/05-4/30/06
2005
444278
Other Fed
AFOSR/Cornerstone
40,000
2005
2005
2006
2006
444271
444275
442216
442222
Ind/Other
Other Fed
NSF
NSF
IICAM
USAF/Anteon sub
20,000 7/1/05-6/30/06
7,497 1/3/05-3/31/05
899,235 6/1/06-5/31/09
499,926 9/15/06-8/31/11
2006
444285
Other Fed
AFRL
451,450 3/10/06-6/30/08
2006
440606
Other Fed
US Dept Energy
322,526 8/15/06-8/14/10
2006
2006
444286
442220
Other Fed
NSF
AFOSR
253,532 5/1/06-9/30/07
200,000 8/15/06-7/31/09
2006
442218
NSF
2006
2006
Fndn
444201
Ind/Other
NSF
Dupont
NSF/KDI sub
160,000 6/1/06-1/31/09
150,000 7/1/06-12/31/07
2006
2006
440623
Other Fed
Other Fed
ONR/KDI subaward
ONR
140,000
8/06-7/98
122,262 12/18/06-12/31/07
2006
440462
Ind/Other
Samsung
100,000 11/1/06-10/31/07
2006
440464
Ind/Other
Samsung
100,000 11/1/06-10/31/07
2006
440465
Ind/Other
Samsung
100,000 11/1/06-10/31/07
2006
440466
Ind/Other
Samsung
100,000 11/1/06-10/31/07
172,998
86
8/1/05-4/30/06
7/1/06-6/30/09
Inception
Year
Grant #
Category
Agency
Total
award
Grant Period
2006
2006
2006
2006
444287
444288
440467
444282
Ohio
Other Fed
Ind/Other
Ohio
ODOD
USAF/Dynamic Eye sub
Samsung
OBR Res. Chall.
2006
444283
Ohio
OBR Res. Chall.
2006
2006
2006
2006
2007
2007
2007
444289
440468
444281
444204
444205
444295
444292
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Other Fed
Ohio
Ind/Other
Ohio
Displaytech
Samsung
Comex-Pic
AFOSR
ODOD/KDI sub
PixelOptics
ODOD/U Akron sub
59,998
50,000
46,000
10,430
930,000
400,000
300,000
11/1/06-12/31/07
11/1/06-10/31/07
1/12/06-11/11/06
4/1/06-11/30/06
2/26/07-2/25/10
12/1/07-11/30/08
2/26/07-2/25/10
2007
440624
Other Fed
ONR
138,000
3/6/07-3/31/08
2007
442249
NSF
122,000
9/1/07-8/31/08
2007
442107
NSF
2007
444293
Ind/Other
Gen Dynamics
70,000 6/21/07-6/30/08
2007
440621
Ohio
OBR Res. Chall.
50,000 1/1/07-12/31/08
2007
444202
Ohio
OBR
50,000 1/15/07-1/14/08
2007
444203
Ohio
OBR Res. Chall.
50,000 6/1/07-12/31/08
2007
444771
Ohio
OBR
50,000 1/15/07-1/14/08
2007
444294
NSF
NSF/KDI subaward
25,000 7/1/07-12/31/07
Project Title
100,000 7/1/06-6/30/07 New LC Materials Facility
98,057 9/1/06-8/31/08 Segmented Flash Blindness Lenses
67,000 11/1/06-10/31/07 Advanced OCB2
60,000 1/15/06-1/14/08 Tracking Nanoparticle Motion to Elucidate
Mechanisms for Anomalous thermal Transport in
Nanofluids
60,000 1/15/06-1/14/07 Light-harvesting Semiconducting Discotic LCs for
Organic Nanostructured Photovoltaics: New
Opportunity and New Challenge
92,000 9/15/07-8/31/10
87
Sponsored Research Agreement
OCB Transreflective Mobile LCD
LC Elastomers as Smart Pigments in Paints
Workshop on Negative Index Materials
Flexible LC Film Manufacturing Alliance
PixelOptics Super Vision Project
Commercialization of Functional Polyimide Films
and Nanocomposites
Integrated Instrumentation Suite for Exploring
Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in Nanofluids
(equipment)
Materials World Network on Lyotropic Chromonic
LCs
Collaborative Research in Europe on LCs
(CRELIC-IRES)
Electrically and Optically Turnable Chiral
Molecules for Optical Applications
Chromonic LCs as New System for Controlled
Drug Delivery
Nanofluidic Lab on Chip for Low Abundance
Protein Isolation
Energy-Saving Switchable LC Architectural
Window
Creating Nanophotonic Meta-atoms by
Programmable Bottom-up DNA Self-Assembly
and Metallization
Photochemically Switched Chiral Materials for
Chiral Nematic Displays
Inception
Year
Grant #
Category
Agency
2007
444290
NSF
IICAM
2007
442107
NSF
NSF
2007
444295
Other Fed
Dept. of Defense; Pixel
Optics subaward
2007
444296
Ind/Other
Samsung
2007
444297
Ind/Other
Samsung
2007
444298
Ind/Other
Samsung
2007
2007
444299
444300
Ind/Other
Ind/Other
Samsung
Samsung
2008
2008
444302
444303
Ind/Other
NSF
Evans Capacitor Co.
NSF/KDI subaward
2008
444305
Ind/Other
2008
2008
444306
444776
Ind/Other
Ohio
Johnson & Johnson Vision
Care, Vistakon Division
NorTech
Ohio Board of Regents
2008
444304
Ind/Other
Institute for Complex
Adaptive Matter
Total Awards
Total
award
20,000
Grant Period
Project Title
7/1/07-6/30/08
Theory of "Scar" Defects in Soft Materials with
Orientational Order: Building Blocks for SelfAssembly
92,000 9/165/07-8/31/10 Collaborative Research in Europe on Liquid
Crystals (CRELIC-IRES)
400,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Pixel Optics Super Vision Project
80,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Simulation Study of Field Induced Reorientation of
BNLC
80,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Plasmonic Subwavelength Structures for Active
Color Generation and Tuning with Liquid Crystals
for Display Applications
80,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Liquid Crystal Display Doped with Ferroelectric
Nanoparticles (Phase II)
80,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Synthesis of Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals
100,000 12/1/07-11/30/08 Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic LCs for Internal
Compensators and Polarizers
1,460 4/1/08-5/31/08 Prototype Capacitor Development
250,000 1/1/08-12/31/09 Photochemically Switched Chiral Materials for
Chiral Nematic Displays, Phase II
108,870 5/15/08-12/31/08 Sponsored Research Agreement
50,000 6/12/08-6/30/09 Development of Electronic Greenhouses
48,618 1/15/08-1/14/10 Organization of Flexoelectric and Blue Phase
Bimesogens
2,000 5/1/08-4/30/09 Science Education / Outreach Activities
77,546,817
88
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
Name, Title of Dissertation
1967
Advisor/Department
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-(pmethoxybenzylideneamino) 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
Mossbauer Effect in a Smectic Liquid Crystal
* Retired
Physics
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
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
The Photostatistics of Brillouin Scattering by a Liquid Crystal
* IBM Corp., R&D, Vermont
Physics
*
89
Physics
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
August
Name, Title of Dissertation
1973
December 1973
MURPHY, JOHN A.
Doane
NMR Pulsed Gradient Studies of Diffusion in Liquid Crystals
* Keithley Instruments, Solon, Ohio
Advisor/Department
Physics
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
Optical and Faraday Studies of Liquid Crystals
* General Foods, White Plains, NY
Chemistry
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
90
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
Name, Title of Dissertation
Advisor/Department
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
GRADDICK, WILLIAM
Spielberg
Physics
The Effect of Calcium on the Thermotropic Phase Behavior of Dipalmitol
Phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) Multilayers
1979
*
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
X-Ray and Optical Studies of Several Smectic Phases
* Lecturer, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Physics
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
91
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
Name, Title of Dissertation
December 1980
Advisor/Department
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 ProteinPhospholipid 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
December 1982
SHIH, LIH-BIN
Brown
Chemistry
Laser Light Scattering of Surface Fluctuations of Liquid Crystals
* Research Scientist, S.C. Johnson, Racine, WI
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
December 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
BIGGERS, RAND R.
Johnson
Physics
Thermal Properties Near the Nematic-Smectic A Tricritical Point
* Research Scientist, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
92
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
Name, Title of Dissertation
December 1983
Advisor/Department
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
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
Physics
* 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
An EPR Study of Glass-Forming Liquids and Liquid Crystals
Physics
*
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
*
93
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
August
Name, Title of Dissertation
1985
Advisor/Department
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
WU, BAO-GANG
Doane
Physics
Deuterium NMR of Asymmetric Motion and Molecular Ordering in Liquid
Crystals and Microdroplet Controlled Scattering in Display Applications
1986
* 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
Director Dynamics Above Nematic-Smectic (A,C) Transitions
* Scientist, Textile Institute of Pakistan
Physics
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
Curvature Elasticity of the Micellar Nematics
* Lecturer, Beijing University, China
Physics
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
94
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
August
Name, Title of Dissertation
1988
Advisor/Department
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 NematicSmectic 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
Elasticity and Dynamic Properties of Ionic Micellar Mixtures
Physics
*
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
95
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
Name, Title of Dissertation
Advisor/Department
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 3Amino 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 of Engineering, Brown University
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
May
1992
August
1992
YUAN, HAIJI (JIM)
Palffy-Muhoray
Physics
Nonlinear Optical Properties of Liquid Crystals
* CoAdna Photonics, Inc., San Jose, CA
KIM, JAE YON
Palffy-Muhoray
Physics
Phase Separation Kinetics of Binary Liquid Crystal Polymer Mixtures
* Research Scientist, Samsung Corp., Seoul, Korea
SEEKOLA, DESMOND
Kelly
Physics
Dielectric Response of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystalline Films
* SpectraSwitch, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA
December 1992
LIN, HEFEN
Palffy-Muhoray
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
KIM, DU RIM
Saupe
Physics
Effects of Polymers in the Rotational Viscosity of Nematic Liquid Crystals and
Dynamics of Field Alignment
1993
Physics
* 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
96
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
August
Name, Title of Dissertation
1993
Advisor/Department
ONDRIS-CRAWFORD, RENATE Doane
Physics
The Effect of Molecular Anchoring and Curvature on Confined Nematic Liquid
Crystals
* University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
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
*
97
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
May
Name, Title of Dissertation
1995
Advisor/Department
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
Light Induced Instabilities in Smectics
* Research Scientist, CREOL, Univ. Central Florida
Physics
December 1995
LU, ZHIJIAN
Doane
Reflective Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays
* Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ
Physics
May
HUANG, XIAO-YANG
Doane
Physics
Field-Induced Transitions in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Dynamics and
Applications in Displays
1996
* 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
98
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
Name, Title of Dissertation
Advisor/Department
December 1996
QIAN, SIHAI
Finotello
Liquid Crystal Phase Transitions in Porous Media
* Digilens, Sunnyvale, CA
Physics
May
1997
BRETT, MARTIN
* Five Star Technologies
Chemical Physics
May
1997
HU, GONGJIAN
Palffy-Muhoray
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 wellDefined Polyimide Films
West
Physics
* 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
* Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation
Chemical Physics
August
1999
LI, SHUXIN
Bos
* Densitron, Santa Fe Springs, CA
Chemical Physics
1999
MORI, HIROYUKI
Bos
Chemical Physics
Fabrication and Optical Effects of a Discotic Negative Birefringence Film for
Liquid Crystal Displays
August
* 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
99
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
Name, Title of Dissertation
Advisor/Department
May
2000
PARK, EUI-YEUL
* 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
West
Chemical Physics
* 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
2000
DUNN, PATRICK
Yang
* Sr. Technical Program Manager, Samsung America
August
Chemical Physics
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
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.
100
Chemical Physics
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
August
December
Name, Title of Dissertation
2001
ASFAW, LETEMESKEL
Sprunt
Coherent Backscattering from Complex Liquids
* Alcorn State University, Mississippi
Advisor/Department
Physics
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
Photoinduced Aggregation in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals
* Motorola, Inc.
Chemical Physics
December 2001
ZHANG, FANG
Yang
Physical Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays
* Dimensional Media, Inc.
Chemical Physics
May
2002
WANG, BIN
Bos
Chemical Physics
Two Dimensional Liquid Crystal Devices and their Computer Simulations
* Agilent Technologies, Inc.
August
2002
SAEED, SALMAN
Bos
Electro-optical Polarization Interference Filters
* Three Five Systems, Inc.
Chemical Physics
SU, LINLI
West
Studies on Non-Contact Alignment of Liquid Crystals
Chemistry
December 2002
*
May
2003
KANG, SHIN-WOONG
Chien
Chemical Physics
Spatio-Orientationally Organized Polymer Microstructures Obtained on SelfAssembled Pattern-Forming States of Liquid Crystals: Morphology, Phase
Separation and Potential Applications
* Sr. Research Scientist, Physics, Kent State University
May
2003
KHAN, ASAD
Doane
Chiral Materials and Cell Designs for the Cholesteric Display
Technology
Chemical Physics
* 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
ENNIS, ROLAND
Palffy-Muhoray
Chemical Physics
Pattern Formation in Liquid Crystals: The Dynamics of Phase Separation and the
Saffman-Taylor Instability
2004
* Pressco Technology, Inc., Solon OH
101
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
May
Name, Title of Dissertation
2004
Advisor/Department
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
Nanostructuring Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals
* Kent Displays, Inc.
Chemical Physics
August
2005
SHI, JIANRU
Bos
Liquid Crystal Based Beam Steering
* Dynamic Eye, Inc.
Chemical Physics
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.
LIAO, GUANGXUN
Jákli
Chemical Physics
Mechanic and Electro-Optical Properties of Non-conventional Liquid Crystal
Systems
December 2005
* 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
102
Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals
Date
Name, Title of Dissertation
Advisor/Department
August
2006
TANG, SHOUPING
Kelly
Multidimensional Optics and Dynamics of Liquid Crystals
*
Chemical Physics
August
2006
ZHANG, GUOQIANG
West
Stressed Liquid Crystals: Properties and Applications
*
Chemical Physics
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
Optical Properties of Compensated Liquid Crystal Displays
*Samsung Electronics company, Korea
Chemical Physics
August
2007
YE, YIN
Lavrentovich
Dielectric Relaxation and Electrooptical Effects in Nematic
Liquid Crystals
*CoAdna Photonics, Stow OH
Chemical Physics
May
2008
BUYUKTANIR, EBRU
West
Electro-optical Characterization of Bistable Smectic A
Liquid Crystal Displays
*Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute
Chemical Physics
May
2008
LI, FENGHUA
West
The Physics and Application of Liquid Crystal/Ferroelectric
Particle Colloids
*CoAdna Photonics, Inc., Stow OH
Chemical Physics
May
2008
ZHANG, HAILIANG
Kelly
Wavelength Tunable Devices Based on Holographic Polymer
Dispersed Liquid Crystals
*Scientific Solutions, Inc.
Chemical Physics
103
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