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CHEMICAL PHYSICS INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

ANNUAL REPORT

July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007

Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Director

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Director’s Report .................................................................................................................1 Achievements and Recognition ...........................................................................................4 Summary of Accomplishments............................................................................................5 Major Funding Sources and Expenditures...........................................................................6 LCI Highlights .....................................................................................................................8 Table 1 Liquid Crystal Institute Staff ...........................................................................12 Table 2 Liquid Crystal Institute Research Personnel....................................................13 Table 3 Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Faculty......................................15 Table 4 Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Students ....................................16 Table 5 Scholarships and Fellowships Awarded ..........................................................18 Table 6 Graduate Degrees Awarded .............................................................................19 Table 7 Placement of Personnel....................................................................................19 Table 8 Visiting Scientists ............................................................................................20 Table 9 Grants and Contracts........................................................................................21 Table 10 Proposals for Extramural Support....................................................................28 Table 11 Patents ..............................................................................................................35 Table 12 Publications......................................................................................................37 Table 13 Presentations at Professional Meetings............................................................45 Table 14 Other ScholarlyActivities.................................................................................58 Table 15 Seminar Programs............................................................................................63 Table 16 Industrial Partnership Program ........................................................................65 Table 17 Resource Facility Services...............................................................................66 Table 18 Education and Public Service ..........................................................................69

APPENDICES ...................................................................................................................71

I. Outreach Activities Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program brochure ..............................................73 Industrial Partnership Program and LCD Research Facility brochure .......................75 Technology Transfer brochure ...................................................................................77 II. Extramural Grant Funding, 1982-2007.......................................................................79

III. Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals..................................................................91

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2006-2007 Director’s Report

Personnel During Fiscal Year 2006-2007, the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program welcomed a new faculty member, Assistant Professor Qi-Huo Wei bringing the total senior staff to ten faculty and one Senior Research Fellow. Dr. Wei brings expertise in nanofluidics, biophysics, integrated nanosystems for molecular diagnostics of human diseases and nanofabrication techniques (see Highlights, page 9). We also began a major joint venture between the Liquid Crystal Institute/Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program and the Department of Biological Sciences to recruit two new full-time faculty members to work in the interdisciplinary field of experimental soft matter, biomaterials, biological physics, and molecular biology. The positions will provide opportunities for work in the area of liquid crystals, biopolymers, soft and complex systems. For the LCI/CPIP position, we are seeking an experimental scientist focused on the physical properties of soft matter and biomaterials. The Biological Sciences position will recruit a molecular biologist focused on cross-disciplinary interactions between biological systems and liquid crystal and other biomaterials. The recruiting process will be completed during the 2007-2008 academic year.

Research We continued our strong record of obtaining extramural support for our research, applying for 50 grants and donations totaling nearly $16.3 million (Table 10). We received funding for 18 proposals of over $2.3 million with another 12 proposals of over $2 million, pending at fiscal year end. In addition, a grant proposal, “FLEXMatters”, for $59,274,693 was submitted to the State of Ohio Third Frontier Project. This proposal involved multiple universities and liquid crystal companies but was only partially funded.

Our collaborations with industries, both domestic and international, continued throughout the year with Samsung, Korea, as well as local liquid crystal companies in Northeast Ohio. Funding from federal sources comprised 36% of our total extramural funding and included the National Science Foundation, Air Force Research Laboratories, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Naval Research, Air Force Office of Science Research, and U.S. Army. We received subawards from Wright State University, Kent Displays, Inc., University of Central Florida, New York University’s Courant Institute, Displaytech, Inc., Cornerstone Research, Ohio State University, Dynamic Eye, Inc., and the University of Akron.

We continued and expanded our sponsored research collaborations with colleagues in KSU departments of Architectural and Environmental Design (Sharag-Eldin), Biological Sciences (Frazier, Woolverton), Chemistry (Gericke, Lee, Mao, Sampson, Seed, Tolmachev, Twieg), Geology (Ortiz), Mathematical Sciences (Gartland), Computer Sciences (Farrell, Maletic, Ruttan) and Physics (Allender, Ellman, Finotello, Gleeson, Kumar, Mann, Portman, Sprunt). Of the 52 active grants reported during this period, 17 involved KSU investigators from other departments.

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Education and Outreach During Summer, 2006, we again taught a course in basic properties of liquid crystals to Korean undergraduate students through Korea’s special fund, NURI (New University Regional Innovation). The NURI program was created for the exchange of scientific, educational and cultural cooperation between Kent State University and a consortium of Korean universities. The KSU program for Korean students includes “English as a Second Language” followed by a 4-week lecture/laboratory course “Introduction of Basic Liquid Crystals and their Electro-Optical Applications.”

On May 14, 2007, Chemical Physics professor Robin Selinger met with five 6th grade science classes at Hudson Middle School and presented a lesson entitled, "What Are We Made Of? The Molecular Building Blocks of Life." The five 45-minute sessions involved about 120 students. These classes were a trial run and Dr. Selinger plans to expand the lesson plans to use in future science classrooms (see Highlights, page 8).

KSU professors Antal Jakli and E.C. Gartland, Jr. hosted a Ferroelectric Workshop at Kent State University, sponsored by a National Science Foundation Focused Research Group grant. The workshop was held July 19-28, 2007 and involved international scientists and graduate students (see Highlights, page 10).

On September 18, 2006, the Liquid Crystal Institute hosted the first laboratory-based workshops for the 26th International Display Research Conference (IDRC) sponsored by the Society for Information Display (SID). The workshops, featuring hands-on presentations of display technology, kicked-off a week focused on developing and emerging technologies. This marks the first time that the IDRC took place in a university setting. The keynote speaker was Jun H. Souk, executive vice president and director of the LCD Research and Development Center for Samsung Electronics in Korea. Chemical Physics Professor Philip Bos chaired the conference (see Highlights, page 11). The 5-year Samsung Scholarship program continues to provide funding for two Chemical Physics students each year to conduct research on liquid crystal displays. These Samsung Scholarship recipients will gain the experience of global interactions with the world leader in liquid crystal display production as well as the prestige of being selected as a Samsung Scholarship recipient. Chemical Physics students awarded the 2006-2007 Samsung scholarships were Christopher Bailey and Oleg Pishnyak (Table 5).

We secured a three-year grant for student scholarships through the Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust. These scholarships will be awarded annually through a business plan competition. Chemical Physics faculty will select the winners each academic year. This is a challenge grant to support LCI entrepreneurial initiatives. The LCI will receive $30,000 per year for scholarships and operational funds over a three year period.

Service LCI/CPIP continued to serve the research and industrial community through the Industrial Partnership Program (Bos), Synthesis Facilities (Chien and Li) and Characterization Facilities (Shiyanovskii and Lavrentovich). The LCI staff provides services (electron and atomic force microscopic analysis, cleanroom time, materials characterization, etc.) at no cost to faculty from other KSU departments such as Biological Sciences, Physics and Chemistry. Invoices issued for services provided by

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LCI researchers and use of our research facilities by scientists from universities and industries in the liquid crystal-related field totaled $142,299 for this reporting period (Table 17).

The LCI/CPIP remained strong and successful in 2006-2007. Our liquid crystal research continues to expand with the addition of new faculty members and new collaborations at KSU and beyond. We anticipate continued growth with new and exciting directions in liquid crystal research and education.

Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Director

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Achievements and Recognition

Books

D.-K. Yang and S.-T. Wu, Fundamentals of Liquid Crystal Devices, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., (2006)

Conference and Workshop Chairs Philip Bos General Chair, 26th International Display Research Conference, Kent StateUniversity, Sept 18-21, 2006

Liang-Chy Chien Conference Chair, “Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices and Applications,” 2007 Photonics West Conference, SPIE International Meeting, San Jose, CA, January 20-25, 2007

Antal Jakli Co-Chair, Workshop on Ferroelectric Phenomena on Soft matter, Kent State University, June 18-29, 2007

Peter Palffy-Muhoray Chair, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO, March 5-9, 2007

Chair, “Lasing and Photonics in Liquid Crystals”, 44th Course Quantum Electronics, School on Nanophotonics, Erice, Italy, June 25, 2007

Organizer, Negative Index Materials Workshop, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, October 2-4, 2006

Jonathan Selinger Co-Organizer of Symposium on “Fibrillar Aggregates as Materials – Assembly, Properties, and Applications,” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 27 – December 1, 2006

Students Samsung Scholarships awarded to Christopher Bailey and Oleg Pishnyak

University Fellowships awarded to Christopher Bailey and Bodhan Senyuk (see Table 5)

Awards Qi-Huo Wei 2006 CST University Publication Award for the paper on surface plasmon inter-ference nanolithography (SPIN); http://www.cst.com/Content/Company/UniAward2006.aspx.

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Summary of LCI Accomplishments

Ph.D. degrees awarded 4 Masters degrees awarded 0

Proposals Submitted 51 Awarded 18 Pending 14

Grants and Contracts Current Grants (continuing from previous year) 25 Renewals and New Awards 27

Students Supported Graduate 33 Undergraduate (student workers, summer interns) 7

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates 16

Visitors (Research Program) 15

Visitors (Day) Industry 31 Academia and Government 20

Publications Journals and Book Chapters 59 Juried Proceedings, Technical Reports 21

Presentations Professional Societies (Invited and oral) 70 Conference Poster Presentations 58 Academic and Other (Invited and oral) 26

Patents Awarded 3 Patent applications and Invention Disclosures 11

Industrial Partnership Program Members 22

Outreach Activities

Ferroelectric Workshop June 19-28, 2007, Kent Sate University

Hudson Middle School, 6th grade science classes, "What Are We Made Of? The Molecular Building Blocks of Life."

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Major Funding Sources and Expenditures

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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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Prof. Robin Selinger guides 6th grade students in constructing a model cell membrane using lollipops to represent amphiphilic lipid molecules

LCI Highlights

Education Outreach at Hudson Middle School

On May 14, 2007, Professor Robin Selinger met with five 6th grade science classes at Hudson Middle School and presented a lesson entitled, "What Are We Made Of? The Molecular Building Blocks of Life." The five 45-minute sessions involved about 120 students.

“This was intended to be a trial run for a lesson plan which can be further developed then used in other 6th grade classes,” Selinger said.

She began with a quick review of the phases of matter that the children already knew (gas, liquid, crystal) and some they didn't know (polymer and glass.) She discussed how materials undergo phase transitions (e.g. temper-ature). Then she asked, what is the molecular architecture of living things, including our own bodies? Students identified air in our lungs as gas; blood in our veins as liquid (with cells floating in it); and minerals in our bones as crystalline. Prof. Selinger then queried the class, “But what about our cells? They are also made of atoms and molecules, but how are they put together?” The class recently studied cell structure and function so she focused specifically on the structure of the cell membrane which wraps every cell in our bodies. The students learned about a "lipid bilayer" made of molecules with a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail, and identified it as a distinct phase of matter which is neither gas, liquid, crystal, polymer, or glass. Then students worked in teams to build a model cell membrane using lollipops as model lipid molecules arranged in a bilayer. Then the children added foam rods in various colors to represent proteins which mix with lipids in a cell membrane.

The remaining time centered on a discussion of soap and how it works through the formation of micelles. Professor Selinger provided a demonstration of a bottle containing oil and water, a second bottle containing oil, water and soap, and a 3-D model micelle. The students recently conducted a lab testing the efficacy of various hand-washing techniques so she discussed proper handwashing techniques and its importance to public health, and discussed common methods of disease transmission in the school, home, and public environments. Finally, they discussed how to use hand sanitizer and how it kills bacteria by breaking up the cell membrane and denaturing its proteins. The students remained focused, responsive, and on-task throughout the lesson and asked interesting questions.

When queried, about 20-25% of the students expressed interest in pursuing a career in the sciences, engineering or medicine. The teacher, Ms. Becky Reese, attended a teacher enrichment program at LCI sponsored by the ALCOM Center (1990-2001) and expressed interest in participating again if another new teacher program is instituted.

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LCI Highlights

New Faculty Member – Qi-Huo Wei

Dr. Qi-Huo Wei joined Kent State University in July, 2006, as an assistant professor in the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program. Dr. Wei completed both his undergraduate and graduate studies in Physics at Nanjing University. He was an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow at the University of Konstanz, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pittsburgh, and an assistant research engineer at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dr. Wei has extensive multi-disciplinary research experience in soft matter physics, nanophotonics, nanofluidics, and nanobiotech-nology. His current research is centered primarily on fundamental physics of soft and hard materials confined in low dimensions and their potential applications in biological/ chemical analysis.

In one project, Dr. Wei studied for the first time the scaling laws of nanoscale field effect transistor (nanoFET) sensors by using random resistor networks, and predicted interesting relationships between sensitivity, detection limits and these geometrical parameters of nanoFETs. These scaling laws are critical to designing sensors for detecting trace amount bio/chemical agents, and he is now working to test them in experiments. In several other projects, Dr. Wei seeks fundamental understanding of interactions of light with artificially designed plasmonic nanostructures and develops technologies for manipulation of photons in nanoscales. He is also looking into several applications of these plasmonic nanostructures such as for novel displays and studies of protein/DNA interactions.

During his first year at Kent State University, Dr. Wei developed a new graduate level course entitled, “Nanobiotechnology”. The objective of this course is to stimulate student interest in this emerging and exciting field and to prepare students with knowledge about principles of micro and nanodevice design and fabrication so they will be able to participate in research further advancing these nanotechnologies.

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LCI Highlights

Ferroelectric Workshop June 19-28, 2007

Workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation Focused Research Group DMS-0456221

KSU Professors Antal Jakli (Chemical Physics) and E.C. Gartland, Jr. (Mathematical Sciences) organized a workshop on ferroelectrics to discuss fluid fibers (banana, lyotropic), liquid crystal elastomers, defects and their visualization with emphasis on ferroelectric materials.

The workshop emphasized both education and research. The goal of the educational component was to expose graduate students (from both the mathematical and the physical sciences) to several aspects of liquid crystals related to the three topics above, from the points of view of both physics and mathematics. The main research objective was to foster a lively exchange between the participating physicists and mathematicians on the concerned topics. The pursuit of these goals drove the structure of the Workshop. The desired outcomes were primarily to create student interest in these subjects as potential areas for advanced study and to better inform both physics and mathematics communities of current developments to facilitate research progress in these areas.

Invited speakers were Paolo Biscari (Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano, Italy), Noel Clark (University of Colorado, Physics), Antonio De Simone (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy), James Gleeson (KSU, Physics), Dmitry Golovaty (University of Akron,

Mathematics), Maurice Kleman (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France), Chun Liu (Penn State University, Mathematics), Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Jonathan Selinger, Robin Selinger (KSU, LCI/Chemical Physics), Samuel Sprunt (KSU, Physics), Ralf Stannarius (University of Magdeburg, Germany, Physics), Iain W. Stewart (University of Strathclyde, UK, Mathematics), Noel Walkington (Carnegie Mellon University, Mathematical Sciences), Harald Pleiner (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany), Xiaoyu Zheng (KSU, Mathematics).

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LCI Highlights

LCI Hosts the International Display Research Conference

On September 18, 2006, the Liquid Crystal Institute hosted the first laboratory-based workshops for the 26th International Display Research Conference (IDRC) sponsored by the Society for Information Display (SID). The workshops, featuring hands-on presentations of display technology, kicked-off a week focused on developing and emerging technologies. This marks the first time that the IDRC took place in a university setting. The conference was attended by 250 people, primarily focused on the latest research on plasma displays, liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), organic light-emitting diodes, flexible displays and electronic paper.

“Having the conference at Kent State University was exciting because it was the first time a university has hosted the original and premier conference on display research,” said Conference General Chair and LCI Associate Director Dr. Philip Bos. “Other conferences put a heavy emphasis on what’s available now and what’s going to be available a year from now, whereas at IDRC, the focus is on the underlying work that is pointing toward the future of displays.” Keynote speaker, Jun H. Souk, executive vice president and director of the LCD Research and Development Center for Samsung Electronics, gave a presentation entitled, “Flat-Panel Display World in 2012,” which foreshadowed anticipated developments in the display industry. The first

day of the technical program was dedicated to the new area of flexible displays. In addition to Souk, speakers included Greg Raupp (Flexible Display Center, Arizona State University), former LCI Director J. William Doane (Kent Displays, Inc.), David Walba and Noel Clark (University of Colorado), Harry Coles (University of Cambridge) and S.S. Kim from Samsung.

A highlight of the conference included when J. William Doane, the former director of the LCI, received the Chairman’s Award for his contributions to the IDRC and display industry. An open house sponsored by Kent Displays, was held at the Liquid Crystal and

Materials Sciences Building with a tour of the LCI laboratories, student posters and exhibits, wine, appetizers and a string quartet.

The IDRC, which rotates yearly between North America and Europe, offers an intimate look at display topics being actively researched, both in universities and in the industry as a whole.

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Table 1

Liquid Crystal Institute Staff

Name (end date) Year

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

Professor, Chemical Physics (2001) Douglas R. Bryant 1993 Manager, Display Engineering (1998) Brenda L. Buck 1991 Business Manager (2002) Liang-Chy Chien 1989 Professor, Chemical Physics (2001) Lynn A. Fagan 2001 Senior Secretary (2006) James J. Francl 1990 Research Specialist Merrill M. Groom 1986 Research Engineer (1993) Valerie A. Henry 1991 Grants Coordinator (2001) Betty J. Hilgert 2003 Clerical Specialist (2004) Antal I. Jákli 1999 Associate Professor, Chemical Physics (2004) Jack R. Kelly 1988 Professor, Chemical Physics (2000) Julie M. Kim 1995 Senior Chemist (1998) Oleg D. Lavrentovich 1992 Director (2004)

Professor, Chemical Physics (2000) Quan Li 2004 Senior Research Fellow Marybeth Lipinski (2007) 2000 Grants Assistant (2001) James Maxwell 2003 Public Relations Coordinator Dawn Miller 2007 Grants Assistant Peter Palffy-Muhoray 1983 Associate Director (1990)

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

Qi-Huo Wei 2006 Assistant Professor, Chemical Physics John L. West 1984 Vice President of Research and Dean of Graduate

Studies (2003); Professor of Chemistry (1997) Deng-Ke Yang 1992 Professor, Chemical Physics (2004) Liquid Crystal Institute Emeriti J. William Doane 1979-1996 Emeritus Director; Emeritus Professor of Physics Mary E. Neubert 1972-2002 Senior Research Fellow, Emeritus Alfred Saupe 1968-1992 Emeritus Professor of Physics

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Table 2

Liquid Crystal Institute Research Personnel

Research Personnel

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

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 Mat. Fac.

Jonathan V. Selinger Ohio Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair/CPIP, NSF Ordered LC, ONR Nanomaterials

Robin L.B. Selinger LCI/CPIP, ACS Simulation, NSF Modeling

Samuel N. Sprunt 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

Postdoctoral Fellows & Research Associates

Reda Abouhussein Postdoctoral Fellow

LCI AFOSR MURI (Palffy-Muhoray)

Otilia Catanescu (P-T) Research Associate (11/06)

LCI Univ. Central Florida (Chien)

Jouliana El Khoury Postdoctoral Fellow

LCI AFOSR MURI

Andrii Golovin Research Associate

LCI Res. Facility, Dept. Energy (Lavrentovich); CRG/AFRL(Chien); Chemical-Physics (Adjunct Professor)

LCI Research Personnel, 2006-2007

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Research Personnel (cont’d) (termination date)

Supporting Department

Grant(s) and Principal Investigator(s)

Piotr Lesiak (P-T) (2/07) Research Associate

LCI AFOSR MURI (Palffy-Muhoray)

Zhao Lu (01/07) Postdoctoral Fellow

LCI LCI - J. Selinger (startup)

Paul Luchette Postdoctoral Fellow

LCI NSF LC Mat. Fac. (Palffy-Muhoray)

Li Ma Research Scientist

LCI NIST (R. Selinger)

Michele Moreira Postdoctoral Fellow

LCI AFOSR MURI, NSF New LC Mat. Fac. (Palffy-Muhoray)

Sergij Shiyanovskii Visiting Professor

LCI, CPIP LCI, Dept. of Energy (Lavrentovich)

Luana Tortora Postdoctoral Fellow

RAGS, LCI NSF Fluorescence (Lavrentovich)

Roman Vasyuta Research Assistant

LCI Samsung (Lavrentovich)

Bentley Wall Lab Manager/IPP Liaison

LCI Colorlink, DARPA, Samsung, FPA, LCDRF (Bos)

Jong Chan Won (05/07) Postdoctoral Fellow

LCI CRG-AFRL (Chien)

Hugh Wonderly (P-T 2/07) Cleanroom Engineer

LCI Ohio Dept. Dev. FLEX (West) Dir. Research (Lavrentovich) AFRL DARPA, Samsung (Bos)

Fushan Zhou Postdoctoral Fellow

LCI LCI (Q. Wei startup funds)

REU Summer 2006 Students conducting research at the LCI (Advisor) Anna Bice-Baum (Jakli) Joshua Houpt (Lavrentovich) Elaine Augustin, 2006 Andrew Konya (R. Selinger) Jia Nin Chen (Chien) Rochelle Teeling (Jakli)

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Table 3

Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Faculty

Current Faculty Rank Appointed Tenure

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

1995 1998

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

1995 1998

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

2004 2007

Jack R. Kelly Professor (2000) Associate Professor (1994)

1994 1997

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

1994 1997

Peter Palffy-Muhoray Professor (1994) 1994 1997 Jonathan V. Selinger Professor (2005) 2005 2005 Robin L.B. Selinger Professor (2005) 2005 2005 Qi-Huo Wei Assistant Professor (2006) 2006 Deng-Ke Yang Professor (2004) 1995 1999

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

Adjunct Professors Anatoliy Glushchenko Liquid Crystal Institute 2003- Tamas Kosa AlphaMicron, Inc. 1998- Quan Li Liquid Crystal Institute 2006- Sergij Shiyanovskii Liquid Crystal Institute 1998- Bahman Taheri AlphaMicron, Inc. 1998- John L. West Research & Graduate Studies 1996- Philip Westerman Emeritus Professor, NEOUCOM 1997-

Emeritus Professors J.W. Doane 1997-

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

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Table 4

Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Graduate Students

Graduate Students (start-end) Dept. Univ./Grant

Support Advisor Christopher Bailey (2003) Chem-Phys Wk. Study, CPIP

Samsung and Uni- versity fellowships

Jákli

Clinton Braganza (2003) Chem-Phys ONR Chien Ebru Aylin Buyuktanir (2001) Chem-Phys ODOD, NSF NER,

Samsung West

Cheng Chen (2001-2006) Chem-Phys Hana Bos Enkh-Amgalan Dorjgotov (2004) Chem-Phys Intel, FPA Bos Jake Fontana (2004) Chem-Phys AFOSR MURI Palffy-Muhoray Lisa Green (2005) Chem-Phys CPIP Li Mingxia Gu (2001) Chem-Phys Dept. of Energy Lavrentovich John Harden (2003) Chem-Phys Wk. Study, OBR Jákli Sarah Hicks (2006) Chem-Phys CPIP, LC Mat. Fac. Palffy-Muhoray Yi Huang Chem-Phys CPIP, LC Mat. Fac. Shawn Hurley (2005) Chem-Phys CPIP, Dynamic Eye Yang Yong-Kyu Jang (2003-2007) Chem-Phys Samsung, Korea Bos Lazo Martinez, Israel Chem-Phys CPIP, LC Mat. Fac. Palffy-Muhoray Fenhua Li (2002) Chem-Phys Displaytech, Planar,

Samsung West

Olena Lopatina (2005) Chem-Phys CPIP, ONR J. Selinger Shin-Ying Lu (2005) Chem-Phys UCF Chien Badel Mbanga (2004) Chem-Phys ACS-PRF R. Selinger Jeremy Neal (2003) Chem-Phys AFOSR MURI,

LC Mat. Facility Palffy-Muhoray

Thomas Palermo (2005) Chem-Phys CPIP, Work Study Jákli Heung-Shik Park (2004) Chem-Phys AFOSR MURI Lavrentovich Oleg Pishnyak (2000) Chem-Phys Work Study, CPIP

Samsung Fellowship Lavrentovich

Dmytro Reznikov (2003) Chem-Phys Displaytech Bos Bohdan Senyuk (2003) Chem-Phys CPIP, University

Fellowship Lavrentovich

CPIP Students, 2006-2007

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

Lei Shi (2004) Chem-Phys AFRL/DARPA Bos Shouping Tang (2003-2006) Chem-Phys CPIP, Samsung Kelly

Stephanie Taushanoff Chem-Phys CPIP, Wk. Study West

Nithya Venkataraman (2005) (part-time)

Chem-Phys None

Feng Wang Chem-Phys CPIP Jakli Hugh Wonderly Chem-Phys None Bos Yin Ye (2001) Chem-Phys None Lavrentovich Guoqiang Zhang (2000-2006) Chem-Phys Samsung West Hailiang Zhang (1996) Chem-Phys None Kelly, Gartland Xiaoli Zhou (2003) Chem-Phys OBR Li

Graduate Students Co-Advised by CPIP Faculty

Student Department or University

Advisor/Dept.

Madhabi Majumba Physics Gleeson and Sprunt (Physics) Jákli (CPIP)

Subas Dhakal Physics LCI (summer)

Allender (Physics) J. Selinger (CPIP)

Sehwan Yu Korea University Jákli (CPIP)

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Table 5

Scholarships and Fellowships Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program

Samsung Research Scholarship

2006-2007 Christopher Bailey “High birefringence bent core liquid crystals for fast switching field

induced biaxial display”

Oleg Pishnyak “3D imaging of dynamics of director and colloidal particles in liquid

crystal cells by using a fast fluorescence confocal polarizing microscopy”

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 and Dean Graduate Studies and the Dean of Arts & Sciences.

2006-2007 Christopher Bailey and Bohdan Senyuk

CPIP Students, 2006-2007

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Table 6

Graduate Degrees Awarded Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program

Student Dissertation/Thesis Title Advisor (Dept); Date

Doctor of Philosophy Shouping Tang Multidimensional Optics and

Dynamics of Liquid Crystal Kelly (CPIP) August 2006

Guoqiang Zhang Stressed Liquid Crystals: Properties and Applications

West (CPIP) August 2006

Cheng Chen Anchoring Transitions on Large-angle-deposited SiOx Thin Films

Bos (CPIP) December 2006

Yong-Kyu Jang Optical Properties of Compensated Liquid Crystal Displays

Bos (CPIP) May 2007

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Placement of Personnel, LCI/CPIP

Graduates Employment

Cheng Chen Apple, Cupertino CA Yong-Kyu Jang Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Shouping Tang ChemImage, Pittsburgh PA Gouqiang Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates

Zhao Lu Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University

Jong Chan Won Principal Research Scientist, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

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Table 8

Visiting Scientists

Name (PI) Visitation Period Home Institution Long-term Visitors

Daniele Boetti (Westerman)

April – July 2007 Unical, Italy

Ki Nam Chung (Chien)

October 2005 – October 2006 SK Corporation, Korea

Sergio Diez (Finotello)

June 1, 2007 – June 1, 2008 Technical University of Catalonia, Italy

Jeoung Y. Hwang (Chien)

June 2006 – June 2008 Yonsei University, Korea

Sung Woon Kim (Lavrentovich)

November 2005 – October 2006

BOE-Hydis Technology and Korea University, Korea

Yun Ho Kim (Lavrentovich)

January – August, 2007 Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

Joun Ho Lee (Bos)

September 2006 – December 2007

Pusan University, Korea

Se Hwan Yu (Jákli )

February 2006 – January 2007 (Samsung Engineer in Residence)

Samsung, Korea

Short-term Visitors

Patrick Beyer Jan. 22 - Feb. 11, 2007 Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany

Maria H. Figueiredo Godinho

July 29 – August 12, 2006 Universidade Nova deLisboa, Portugal

Vassili Nazarenko May 14-19, 2007 National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine

Yuri Reznikov September 18-23, 2006 Jan. 26 – Feb. 4, 2007 June 2-10, 2007

National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine

Xiaoyang Sun June 1 – Aug. 31, 2006 Polytechnic University, NY

Mark Warner November 14-29, 2006 Cavendish Laboratory, UK

Bostjan Zalar February 16-23, 2007 University of Ljubjlana, Slovenia

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Table 9

Grants and Contracts, 2006-2007

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 Innovaton 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. Nanotechnology, LCs and Drug Delivery Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 1/15/05 – 12/31/06

$59,948 Finotello, Lavrentovich, Woolverton Tortora 440442

3. 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

4. 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 Jakli Gopinathan Nair 440465

5. Liquid Crystal Displays Doped with Ferroelectric Nanoparticles Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 11/1/06 – 10/31/07

$100,000 West K. Zhang F. Li, Buyuktanir, Atkuri 440466

6. Advanced OCB2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 11/1/06 – 10/31/07

$67,000 Bos Wall 440467

7. OCB Transreflective Mobile LCD Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 11/1/06 – 10/31/07

$50,000 Yang 440468


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8. 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, Tang 440606

9. 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

10. Energy Conversion Based on Giant Flexoelectric Effect in Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystals Office of Naval Research 12/18/06 – 12/31/07

$122,262 Gleeson, Jakli, Sprunt 440623

11. 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, Selinger,

Tolmachev 440624

12. Biaxial Nematic and Smectic Phases and Critical Phenomena in Bent-Core and Tetrapodic Mesogens OBR Research Challenge 1/1/05 – 12/31/06

$60,000 Kumar, Li, Sprunt, Finotello S. Kang 440650

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

$160,000 Finotello, Kumar 442105

14. Collaborative Research FRG: Ferroelectric Phenomena in Soft Matter Systems National Science Foundation 8/15/05 – 7/31/08

$313,978 Jákli, Gartland, Lavrentovich Harden, Richards, Senyuk 442191

15. Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy of Three-Dimensional Director Configurations in Liquid Crystals National Science Foundation 11/1/05 – 10/31/08

$375,000 Lavrentovich Tortora Senyuk 442198


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

$599,235 Palffy-Muhoray, Lavrentovich, West Abouhussein, Luchette Huang, Hicks, Lazo Martinez, Long, Myers, Neal 442216

17. Fluid Phases of Bent-Core Molecules – Novel Physics and Applications National Science Foundation 7/1/06 – 6/30/09

$172,998 Sprunt, Gleeson, Jakli Harden, Hong, Majumbdar, Neupane, Wiant 442218

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

$300,000 R. Selinger, J. Selinger 442220

19. 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

20. STTR Phase I: Photochemically Switched Chiral Materials for Chiral Nematic Displays National Science Foundation; Kent Displays subaward 7/1/06 – 6/30/07

$50,000 Li Green 444201

21. Nanofluidic Lab on a Chip for Low Abundance Protein Isolation Ohio Board of Regents 1/15/07 – 1/14/08

$50,000 Wei, Frazier Joshi Ryan 444202

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

$50,000 Yang, Sharag-Eldin 444203

23. AFOSR-Workshop on Negative Index Material Air Force Office of Science Research 4/1/06 – 1/31/07

$10,430 Palffy-Muhoray 444204


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

$930,000 West 444205

25. Foveated, Wide, Field-of-View Imaging Sensor for Missle Warning/Tracking Using Adaptive Optics U.S. Army, subaward Univ. Central Florida 5/24/04 – 5/23/07

$150,000 Chien S. Lu 444265

26. SGER: Modeling the Dynamics of Shape Change in Liquid Crystal Elastomer Systems National Science Foundation; subaward NYU Courant Institute of Mathematics 9/1/04 – 8/31/06

$100,000 Palffy-Muhoray Moreira, Smalyukh Fontana, Neal 444270

27. Sponsored Research Agreement Air Force Research Labs Displaytech subaward 4/1/05 – 7/31/06

$55,000 Bos Wall 444274

28. STTR Phase II: Conductive Liquid Crystalline Elastomer for Aircraft Gap Treatment Air Force Research Lab Cornerstone Research subaward 5/15/05 – 5/14/07

$224,999 Chien Golovin, Won Qiu Frimpong 444276

29. 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

30. 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 Lopatina 444279

31. 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


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32. Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Smart Pigments in Paints Comex-Pic, Mexico 1/12/06 – 11/11/06

$46,000 Jákli Jakowka 444281

33. Tracking Nanoparticle Motion to Elucidate Mechanisms for Anomalous Thermal Transport in Nanofluids OBR Research Challenge 1/15/06 – 1/14/08

$60,000 J. Selinger, Sprunt, Tolmachev Adorjan, Gavrilov 444282

34. Light-harvesting Semiconducting Discotic Liquid Crystals for Organic Nanostructured Photovoltaics: New Opportunity and New Challenge OBR Research Challenge 1/15/06 – 1/14/07

$60,243 Li, Jákli, Kumar Braganza, Harden, X. Zhou 444283

35. 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

36. 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 444285 (previously 444226)

37. Multi-University Research Initiative (MURI) on Self-Assembled Soft Optical NIMS Air Force Office of Science Research 5/1/06 – 9/30/09

$2,736,983 (KSU share $1,021,592) Palffy-Muhoray, Lavrentovich, Li El Khoury, Lesiak, Moreira Fontana, Neal, Park 444286

38. New Liquid Crystal Materials Facility Ohio Department of Development 7/1/06 – 6/30/07

$100,000 Palffy-Muhoray, Lavrentovich, West 444287


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

$98,057 Yang Hurley 444288

40. Sponsored Research Agreement Displaytech, Inc. 11/1/06 – 12/31/07

$59,998 Bos F. Li, Reznikov 444289

41. FLEX Matters NorTech 5/9/07 – 5/8/08

$200,000 West 444291

42. 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 444292

43. Electrically and Optically Turnable Chiral Molecules for Optical Applications General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. 6/21/07 – 6/30/08

$70,000 Li 444293

44. 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, F. Wang 444771

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 45. Research Experience for Undergraduates

(REU): Liquid Crystals-Synthetic and Natural Systems NSF (CHE-0353737) 4/1/04 – 3/31/07

$190,631 (yr. 3 $63,433) Gericke, Twieg, Lavrentovich, Jákli 442244 (Chemistry)


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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 46. U.S. – Slovenia Research on Nano-and Micro-

Scale Templating of Liquid Crystalline Materials National Science Founcation, Brown University 7/15/03 – 6/30/08

$45,528 Finotello 440417 (RAGS)

47. Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals: A New Material for Advanced Biosensing and Optical Applications U.S. Civilian Research & Development Fndn. 11/1/04 – 10/31/06

$12,400 Lavrentovich Pishnyak 444266

FOUNDATION RESEARCH GIFTS

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

$160,000 Bos

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

$189,000 Bos

FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS

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

$90,000

51. Alfred Saupe Scholarship Fund Fund established in 2006

$26,200 (2006 Contributions)

52. Samsung Research Scholarships Samsung Electronics Company January 1, 2004 – December 31, 2008

$200,000

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Table 10

Proposals for Extramural Support, 2006-2007

Title Agency Period

Amount Requested Project director, principal investigators Status

1. Fluid Phases of Bent-Core Molecules – Novel

Physics and Applications National Science Foundation 9/1/06 – 6/30/09

$536,137 Sprunt, Gleeson, Jakli, Pending Proposal B-8208

2. Fluid Phases of Bent-Core Molecules – Novel Physics and Applications (Supplement Request) National Science Foundation 1/1/07 – 12/31/09

$68,714 Sprunt, Gleeson, Jakli, Palffy-Muhoray Pending

3. STTR Phase IB: Photochemically Switched Chiral Materials for Chiral Nematic Displays National Science Foundation, Kent Displays subaward 7/1/07 – 12/31/07

$25,000 Li Awarded Proposal B-8238S1 (444201)

4. Commercialization of Functional Polyimide Films and Nanostructures Ohio Department of Development Third Frontier University of Akron subaward 2/26/07 – 2/25/10

$300,000 Yang, Kelly, Lavrentovich Awarded Proposal B-8434 (444292)

5.

Growth and Optical Studies of Protein Crystals and Films Civilian Research and Development Fndn. 9/1/06 – 8/31/07

$20,000 Woolverton, Lavrentovich Pending Proposal B-8497

6. Ohio High Performance Computing Science and Industry Center Ohio Dept. of Development/Wright Center Mega Ctr. of Innovation; Ohio State Univ. subaward 1/1/07 – 12/31/11

$750,000 Selinger, R. Not Awarded Proposal B-8520


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7. Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals for Internal Compensators and Polarizers Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 11/1/06 – 10/31/07

$100,000 Lavrentovich Awarded Proposal B-8577 (440464)

8. Bent Core Liquid Crystals for Fast Switching Electric Field Induced Biaxial (EFIB) Displays Samsung 11/1/06 – 10/31/07

$91,530 Jakli Awarded Proposal B-8523 (440465)

9. Theory of “Scar” Defects in Soft Materials with Orientational Order: Building Blocks for Self-Assembly? Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM) 71/1/07 – 6/30/08

$20,000 J. Selinger Awarded Proposal B-8588 (444290)

10. Collaborative Research: Self-Assembly in Ultrathin Films of Bent-Core Molecules: Experiment, Simulations and Applications National Science Foundation 6/1/07 – 5/31/10

$442,106 Mann, Jakli Not Awarded Proposal B-8604

11. High Dielectric Soft Composite Materials National Science Foundation 7/1/07 – 6/30/10

$289,004 Chien Pending Proposal B-8606

12. Study of New Chalcogenide Films and Liquid Crystals for Combination in the Development of Adaptive Micro-optical Devices U.S.-Israel Bionational Science Foundation 10/1/07 – 9/30/10

$80,000 Lavrentovich Pending Proposal B-8621

13. NIRT: Photoactive Nanofluids for Adhesive Locomotion National Science Foundation 8/1/07 – 7/31/11

$1,400,000 Wei, Palffy-Muhoray Not awarded Proposal B-8624

14. Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Dept. of Education /GAANN 8/1/06 – 7/31/09

Initial $760,032 R. Selinger, Lavrentovich Not Awarded Proposal B-8630


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

$486,628 Sprunt, Lavrentovich Awarded Proposal B-8632 (442249)

16. A Liquid Crystal Biosensor for the Detection of AIAID Category B Bacteria Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health 7/1/07 – 6/30/10

$1,509,499 Woolverton, Lavrentovich Not Awarded Proposal B-8635

17. OCB Transreflective Mobile LCD Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 11/1/06 – 10/31/07

$50,000 Yang Awarded Proposal B-8655 (440468)

18. Creating Nanophotonic Meta-atoms by Programmable Bottom-Up DNA Self-Assembly and Metallization Ohio Board of Regents 1/15/07 – 12/31/07

$50,000 Mao, Wei Awarded Proposal B-8705 (444771)

19. Nanofluidic Lab on a Chip for Low Abundance Protein Isolation Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 1/15/07 – 1/31/08

$50,000 Wei, Frazier Awarded Proposal B-8706 (444202)

20. Chromonic Liquid Crystals as a New System for Controlled Drug Delivery Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 1/15/07 – 12/31/08

$50,880 Finotello, Tortora, Lavrentovich, Woolverton Awarded Proposal B-8709 (440621)

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

$50,000 Yang, Sharag-Eldin Awarded Proposal B-8710 (444203)

22. Proposed Project in Response to RFP-10028-1 Nine Sigma 5/20/07 – 8/18/07

$99,899 Lavrentovich, Golovin Pending Proposal B-8720

23. Liquid Crystal/Ferroelectric Nanoparticles Dispersions National Science Foundation 9/1/07 – 8/31/09

$317,504 West, J. Selinger Pending Proposal B-8741


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24. Electrically Switchable Liquid Crystal Gratings Nine Sigma 6/1/07 – 5/31/08

$99,998 Chien Not Awarded Proposal B-8746

25. Collaborative Research in Europe on Liquid Crystals (CRELIC-IRES) National Science Foundation 7/1/07 – 6/30/10

$99,729 Jakli Pending Proposal B-8750

26. High-Precision Molecular Orientation Nine Sigma 6/1/07 – 11/30/08

$259,267 Lavrentovich Pending Proposal B-8755

27. High Speed Modulation Element for Laser Nine Sigma 7/1/07 – 6/30/08

$84,898 Chien Not Awarded Proposal B-8772

28. Hiding Smudge on Glass and Painted Specular Surfaces: Nine Sigma RFP50377-1 Nine Sigma 6/1/07 – 5/31/08


29. High Speed Laser Modulator Based on Electrically Controlled Birefringent Liquid Crystal Cell Nine Sigma 7/1/07 – 6/30/08

$85,220 Lavrentovich Not Awarded Proposal B-8781

30. Liquid Crystal Elastic Primers AFOSR, Dept. of Defense STTR, Cornerstone Research Group subaward 9/21/07 – 5/20/08


31. Mass Producible Laser Modulator Based on Electrically Controlled Birefringent Liquid Crystal Cell Nine Sigma 9/1/06 – 8/31/07

$169,999 Lavrentovich, Golovin Not Awarded Proposal B-8787

32. Sponsored Research Agreement Centro de Investigacion en Polimeros – COMEX 5/15/07 – 5/14/08

$46,000 Jakli Not Awarded Proposal B-8824


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33. Electrically and Optically Turnable Chiral Molecules for Optical Applications U.S. Air Force (General Dynamics sub award) 6/21/07 – 6/30/08

$70,000 Li Awarded Proposal B-8853 (444293)

34. PixelOptics Super Vision Project PixelOptics Corporation July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008

$380,000 Bos, West Awarded Proposal B-8865 (444295)

35. Widely Tunable Ultra-High Radio Frequency Filters by Employing Soft Materials Ohio Board of Regents 12/1/07 – 11/30/08

$50,000 Chien, Yang, Wei Not Awarded

36. Liquid Crystal Elastic Primers AFOSR-STTR Phase I 9/21/07 – 9/20/08


37. Research Experiences for Undergraduates REU Site at Kent State University: Liquid Crystals and Advanced Materials National Science Foundation 4/1/2007 – 3/31/2010

Renewal $229,743 Gerecke, Twieg Awarded Proposal B-8513 (442225) (Chemistry)

38. Supplemental request to DMR 0606160 for collaborative work with Hungary National Science Foundation 7/1/07 – 6/30/10

Supplemental $34,357 Sprunt, Gleeson, Jakli, Palffy-Muhoray Not Awarded Proposal B8208-S1

39. Chemical Synthesis, Characterization and Effect on Liquid Crystal Properties of Novel Molecular Ferroelectric Crystal Materials Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 1/1/2007 – 12/31/2007

$50,000 Jakli Not Awarded

40. NSF CAREER: Anisotropic Holograms in Bulk Liquid Crystals NSF, North Carolina State University subaward 2/1/07 – 1/31/09

$16,165 Lavrentovich Not Awarded


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41. FLEXMatters: Flexible Displays, Electronics and Photovoltaics Ohio Department of Development 1/1/07 – 12/31/13

$59,274,693 West, Lavrentovich Not Awarded

42. Multiscale Modeling of Projectile Impact in Advanced Materials Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge 6/1/07 – 5/31/10

$50,000 R. Selinger, Ruttan Not Awarded

43. Integrated GaN Sensors for Multivariate WMD Threat Identification Army Research Office MURI 5/1/07 – 4/30/12

$5,000,000 Wei, Schubert (Lu, Ohio State University) Not Awarded

44. MRI: Acquisition of a Multifunctional Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope for Research on Nano- and Soft Materials National Science Foundation 9/1/06 – 8/31/07

$506,837 Wei, Lavrentovich, Palffy-Muhoray, West, Almasan, Finotello, Jaroniec, Ortiz, Stalvey Not Awarded

45. Building a Database of Nanoparticle Effects on Polymer Coating Omnova Solutions 1/1/07 – 11/1/07

$84,000 Wei, Lavrentovich Not Awarded

46. Interplay of Biaxiality and Chirality in Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals National Science Foundation 7/1/07 – 6/30/10

$771,282 Yang, J. Selinger, Q. Li, Not Awarded

47. Challenge Grant Fred A. Lennon Charitable Trust 2007 - 2010

$90,000 Lavrentovich Awarded (KSU Foundation)

48. Liquid Crystal Displays Doped with Ferroelectric Nanoparticles Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 11/1/06 – 10/31/07

$100,000 West K. Zhang Awarded Proposal B-8581 (440466)


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49. Advanced OCB2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 11/1/06 – 10/31/07

$67,000 Bos Awarded Proposal B-8654 (440467)

50. Integrated Instrumentation Suite for Exploring Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in Nanofluids Office of Naval Research 4/1/07 – 3/31/08

$138,000 Sprunt, Ellman, Tolmachev,

J. Selinger Awarded Proposal B-8529 (440624)

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Table 11

Patents, Applications, Invention Disclosures

Number Title Date Inventors

Patents 7,090,901 Method of making optical

compensation film using polymer stabilization technique

8/16/06 L.-C. Chien, T. Doi,

US 7,160,736 B2

Detection and amplification of ligands

1/9/07 G.D. Niehaus C.J. Woolverton O.D. Lavrentovich

7,170,481 Single substrate liquid crystal display

1/30/07 J. W. Doane, A. Khan, I. Shiyanovskaya, T. Schneider, O. Pishnyak, S. E. Green, F.N. Nicholson, L.-C. Chien,

Patent Applications 20060209232 Method of fabricating electro-

optical devices with polymer-stabilized liquid crystal molecules

9/21/06 L. Komitov, L.C. Chien, S.H. Kim

20060209241 Method of plasma beam bombardment alignment film for liquid crystal

9/21/06 L.C. Chien A. Dobrovlskyy O. Yaroschuk O. Lavrentovich

20070026163 Polymerization-encapsulated cholesteric liquid crystal for bistable reflective displays

2/1/2007

T. Schneider N. Forrest L.C. Chien

11/762,501 Fast switching electro-optical devices using banana-shaped liquid crystals

2007 A. Jakli

PCT Int. Appl. 081490

Light-harvesting discotic liquid crystalline porphyrins and metal complexes

12/13/06 Q. Li, X. Zhou

11/762,174 Chiral nematic photo displays

06/13/07 Q. Li., L. M. Green, J.W. Doane, A. Kahn, N. Venkataraman, I. Shiyanovskaya

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Patent Applications (cont’d)

60/825,344 KSU 292

Antiseptic gels for water-free handwashing, soil removal, and drying

9/12/06 L.C. Chien, R. Selinger

200047.00213 Method and device for electro-mechanical energy conversion

2007 A. Jákli, J.T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, J. Harden

Invention Disclosures Method for the alignment of the

smectic layers in liquid crystals that do not possess a nematic phase.

4/5/07 Bentley Wall, Mitya Reznikov, Philip Bos, Michael O’Callaghan, Mark Handschy

KSU# 299 High dielectric composites as capacitive materials

12/13/06 L.C. Chien and A. Golovin

KSU#314 Method of liquid crystal alignment using inkjet printed polyimides

4/12/07 LC. Chien, J. Y. Hwang

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Table 12

Publications

Philip J. Bos

Peer Reviewed Journals X. Wang, B. Wang, P.J. Bos, P.F. McManamon, J.J. Pouch, F.A. Miranda, J.E. Anderson “Modeling and performance limits of a large aperture high-resolution wavefront control system based on a liquid crystal spatial light modulator”, Optical Engineering, 46, No. 4, 44001-1-17, April 2007.

Y. Zhang, D.B. Chung, B. Wang, P.J. Bos, “Alternative dynamics for the symmetric splay to bend transition in a nematic liquid crystal layer”, Liq. Cryst.,34, No. 2, 143-152, February, 2007.

Y.K. Jang, P. Bos, “Analysis of the multireflection effects in compensated liquid crystal devices”, J. App. Phys. 101, Issue 3, 033131-033131-6, February 1, 2007.

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports X. Wang, T. Voigt, P. Bos, M. Nelson, P. Treado, “ Evaluation of a high-throughput liquid crystal tunable filter for Raman chemical imaging of threat materials” SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6378, Conference on Chemical and Biological Sensors for Industrial and Environmental Monitoring II, October 25, 2006.

M. O'Callaghan, M. Reznikov, P.J. Bos, “Effect of the surface alignment layer on analog switching of ferroelectric liquid crystals”, Society for Information Display 2007 International Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers, XXXVIII, 629-32 Long Beach, CA, May 22, 2007.

Yong-Kyu Jang, Philip Bos, “Multireflection effects of the compensated black states in liquid crystal displays”, Society for Information Display 2007 International Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers, XXXVIII, 760-63, Long Beach, CA, May 22, 2007.

Y.K. Jang, P. Bos, “Analyses of the white state viewing angle properties in liquid crystal displays”, Society for Information Display 2007 International Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers, XXXVIII, 1179-82, Long Beach, CA, May 22, 2007.

E.A. Dorjgotov, P. Bos, “Liquid-crystal etalon device for high-efficiency field-sequential display”, Society for Information Display 2007 International Symposium, Digest of Technical Papers, XXXVIII, 1745-48, Long Beach, CA, May 22, 2007.

Liang-Chy Chien

Books and Chapters in Books

L. C. Chien, ed., “Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies II”, SPIE Proceedings V, 6399 (2007).

Publications, 2006-2007

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Peer Reviewed Journals

S.-W. Woong, S. Sprunt, L.-C. Chen, “Polymer-stabilized cholesteric diffraction gratings: Effects of UV wavelength on polymer morphology and electrooptic properties,” Chem. Mater. 18, 4436-4441 (2006).

S. Gauza,Y. Zhao, T. Le Cor, S.-T. Wu, J. Dziaduszek, G. Sadnouski, R. Dabrowski, L.-C. Chien, “Enhancing birefringence by doping fluorinated phenyltolanes.” J. Displ. Tech., 2, 327-332 (2006).

S. Abeygunaratne, L-C. Chien, V. Vill, ”Tilted supramolecular structures of amphiphilic glycolipids in straight-core smectic C liquid crystals,” Liq. Cryst., 34, 441-445 (2007).

S.-W. Kang, L.-C. Chien, “Field-induced and polymer-stabilized two-dimensional cholesteric liquid crystal gratings”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 21110/1-221110/3 (2007).

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports E.-J. Choi, W.-C. Zin, Y.C. Kim, S.H. Paek, L.-C. Chien, E. T. Samulski, “Synthesis and mesomorphism of polymers with banana-shaped mesogens in the main chain,” IMID 06 Digest, 171-174 (2006).

S.Y. Lu, A. Golovin, L.C. Chien, “Polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal with electrically-switchable spectral wavelength,” Proc. SPIE, 6487, 648722/1-8 (2007).

S.-Y. Lu, L.-C. Chien, “Single-layer multi-color reflective cholesteric displays,” SID 06 Digest, 599-602 (2007).

T. Schneider, J. Harden, L.C. Chein, A. Kahn, J.W. Doane, “A new approach to full color cholesteric liquid crystal displays,” IDRC 06 Digest, 35-38 (2006).

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”, Proceeding of SPIE, Emerging Liquid Crystals Technologies II, 6487, 6487OI-1 – 6487OI-15 (2007).

Antal Jákli Peer Reviewed Journals

S. Umadevi, B.K. Sadashiva, A. Jákli, “Odd-even effects in bent-core compounds containing terminal n-alkyl carboxylate groups”, Soft Matter, 2 (9): 875-885 (2006).

C. V. Yelamaggad, I. S. Shashikala, U. S. Hiremath, G. Liao, A. Jákli, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. K. Prasad, Q. Li, “Fluorine containing nonsymmetric five-ring achiral banana-shaped compounds with columnar and synclinic antiferroelectric layered phases”, Soft Matter 2, 785-792 (2006).

O.G. Morales-Saavedra, A. Jákli, G. Heppke, H.J. Eichler, “Polar micro structures of the B2- and B4-phases of bent-shaped molecules resolved by nonlinear optical microscopy”, J. Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials, 15 (2): 287-302, (2006).


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A. Jákli, G. Liao, I. Shashikala, U.S. Hiremath, C. V. Yelamaggad, “Chirality and polarity transfers between bent-core smectic liquid crystal substances”, Phys. Rev. E , 74, 041706 (2006).

V. Yelamaggad, I.S. Shashikala , G. Liao, D.S. Shankar Rao, S.K. Prasad , Q. Li, A. Jákli, “Wide thermal range enantiotropic amorphous liquid crystal blue phase”, Chem. Mater Comm. 18, 6100-6102 (2006).

J. Harden, B. Mbanga, N. Éber, K. Fodor-Csorba, S. Sprunt, J.T. Gleeson, A. Jákli, “Giant flexoelectricity of bent-core nematic liquid crystals”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 97, 157802 (2006), reprint posted in Electronic Liquid Crystal Communications, http://www.e-lc.org/docs/2006_07_18_08_47_15.

C. Bailey, E. C. Gartland, Jr. and A. Jákli, “Structure and stability of bent core liquid crystal fibers”, Phys. Rev. E, 75, 031701 (2007).

Pelzl, G; Diele, S; Jakli, A; Weissflog, W, “The mysterious B-7 phase: from its discovery up to the present stage of research”, Liq. Cryst. 33(11-12): 1513-1518 Nov.-Dec. (2006).

Jákli, J. Harden, C. Notz, C. Bailey, Piezoelectricity of phospholipids: A possible mechanism for mechano-, and magneto-receptions in biology”, posted in electronic-Liquid Crystal Communications, http://www.e-lc.org/docs/2007_04_09_12_01_56.

C.V. Yelamaggad, I.S. Shashikala, G. Liao, D.S.S. Rao, S. Krishna, Q. Li, A, Jakli, “Blue phase, smectic fluids, and unprecedented sequences in liquid crystal dimmers”, Chem. Materials 18, 6100-6102 (2006).

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports Book Review on, “The Physics of Liquid Crystals: Phase Transitions and Structural Properties”, A.M. Figueiredo Neto and S.R.A. Salinas, eds., Oxford University Press: Oxford (2005) Liquid Crystals Today 15 (2) (June 2006).

Satyendra Kumar R. Guo, K. Slyusarenko, Y. Reznikov, and S. Kumar, “Magnetic field assisted liquid crystal alignment: Anchoring energy and angular disribution of the adsorb”, Liquid Crystals 34, 955-961 (2007).

Q.-B. Wang, R. Guo, R. M. Dodge, S.-W. Kang and S. Kumar, “Flexible Plastic Displays Fabricated Using Phase-Separated Composite Films of Liquid Crystals”, Japnese J. Appl. Phys. 46, 299, (2007).

D. B. Varshney, S. Kumar, E. Y. Shalaev, P. Sudramurthi, S.-W. Kang, L. A. Gatlin, R. Suryanarayanan, “Glycine crystallization in frozen and freeze-dried systems: Effect of pH and buffer concentration”, Pharmaceutical Research 24, No. 3, 593-604 (2007).

K. Neupane, S. Kang, S. Sharma, G. Mehl, S. Kumar, S. Sprunt, “Light scattering study of uniaxial and biaxial ordering in a liquild crystal tetrapode”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 207802 (2006).

D. B. Varshney, S. Kumar, E. Y. Shalaev, S.-W. Kang, R. Suryanarayanan, “Solute Crystallization in Frozen Systems – Use of Synchrotron Radiation to Improve Sensitivity”, Pharmaceutical Research 23, 2368-2374 (2006).


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M. Crne, J.O. Park, S.-W. Kang, S. Kumar, and M. Srinivasarao, “Stereocomplex PMMA Fibers” in, Smart Nanotextiles, D. Diamond, X. Tao, G. Tröster, eds., Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 920, 0920-S03-01(2006).

Oleg D. Lavrentovich


S.L. Helfinstine, O.D. Lavrentovich, C.J. Woolverton, “Lyotropic liquid crystal as a real-time detector of microbial immune complexes,” Letters in Appl. Microbiology 43, 27-32 (2006)

O. Pishnyak, L. Kreminska, O.D. Lavrentovich, J.J. Pouch, F.A. Miranda, B.K. Winker, “Smectic A filled birefringent elements and fast switching twisted dual-frequency nematic cells used for digital light deflection,” Optical Engineering 45, 044002 (2006).

O. Pishnyak, S. Sato, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Electrically tunable lens based on dual-frequency nematic liquid crystal,” Appl. Optics 45, 4576-4582 (2006).

I.I. Smalyukh, B.I. Senyuk, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, A.N. Kuzmin, A.A. Kachynski, P.N. Prasad, “Optical trapping, manipulation, and 3D imaging of disclinations in liquid crystals and measurement of their line tension,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 450, 279-295 (2006).

V.M. Pergamenshchyk, V.Y. Gaivoronsky, S.V. Yakunin, R.M. Vasyuta, V.G. Nazarenko, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Hypothesis of dye aggregation in a nematic liquid crystal: From experiment to a model of the enhanced light-director interaction,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 454, 145-156 (2006).

M. Kleman, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Topological point defects in nematic liquid crystals,” Phil. Mag. 85, 4117-4137 (2006).

Y. Yin, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Electric heating effects in nematic liquid crystals,” J. Appl. Phys. 100, 024906 (2006).

B.I. Senyuk, I.I. Smalyukh, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Undulations of lamellar liquid crystals in cells with finite surface anchoring near and well above the threshold,” Phys. Rev. E 74, 011712 (2006).

N. Gheorghiu, I.I. Smalyukh, O.D. Lavrentovich, J.T. Gleeson, “Three dimensional imaging of dielectric patterns in electrohydrodynamic convection of a nematic liquid crystal,” Phys. Rev. E 74, 041702 (2006).

O.D. Lavrentovich, M. Kleman, “Comment on ‘Structure of smectic defect cores: X-Ray study of 8CB liquid crystal ultrathin films’” Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 159801 (2006).

O.P. Pishnyak, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Electrically controlled negative refraction in a nematic liquid crystal,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 251103 (2006).

V. M. Pergamenshchyk, V. Ya. Gayvoronsky, S.V. Yakunin, R.M. Vasyuta, V.G. Nazarenko, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Enhanced light-induced director reorientation and dye aggregation in a nematic liquid crystal,” Functional Materials 13, 681-686 (2006).


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A.B. Nych, U.M. Ognysta, V.M. Pergamenshchyk, B.I. Lev, V.G. Nazarenko, I. Musevich, M. Skarabot, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Coexistence of two colloidal crystals at the nematic liquid crystal-air interface,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 057801 (2007).

Y. Yin, S.V. Shiyanovskii, and O.D. Lavrentovich, “Thermodielectric bistability in dual frequency nematic liquid crystal,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 097801 (2007).

O.P. Boiko, R.M. Vasyuta, V.G. Nazarenko, V.M. Pergamenshchyk, Yu. A. Nastishin, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Polarizing properties of functional optical films based on lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 467, 181-194 (2007).

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports O. Pishnyak, A. Golovin, L. Kreminska, J.J. Pouch, F.A. Miranda, B.K. Winker, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Smectic A filled birefringent elements and fast switching twisted dual frequency nematic cells used for digital light deflection,” NASA Glenn Research Center, Technical Memorandum-2006-214049, September 2006.

A.B. Golovin, O.P. Pishnyak, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Achromatic linear polarization switch for visible and near infrared radiation based on dual-frequency twisted nematic cell,” Proc. of SPIE 6135, 61350E, 8 pages (2006).

L. Tortora, H.-S. Park, K. Antion, D. Finotello, O.D. Lavrentovich, “Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals as materials for optical and biosensing applications”, Proceeding of SPIE, Emerging Liquid Crystals Technologies II, 6487, 6487OI-1 – 6487OI-15 (2007).

Quan Li

Books and Chapters in Books

Q. Li, L. Li, “Photoconducting Discotic Liquid Crystals”, Chapter 11 in, Thermotropic Liquid Crystals, A. Ramamoorthy, ed., Springer, ISBN: 978-1-4020-5327-6, 2007.


X. Zhou, J.M. El Khoury, L. Qu, L. Dai, Q. Li, “A facile synthesis of aliphatic thiol surfactant with tunable length as a stabilizer of gold nanoparticles in organic solvents” J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 308, 381-384 (2007).

C.V. Yelamaggad, I.S. Shashikala, U.S. Hiremath, G. Liao, A. Jakli, D.S.S. Rao, S. Krishna, Q. Li, “Fluorine containing nonsymmetrical five-ring achiral banana-shaped compounds with columnar and synclinic antiferroelectric layered phases” Soft Matter 2, 785-792 (2006).

C.V. Yelamaggad, I.S. Shashikala, G. Liao, D.S.S. Rao, S. Krishna, Q. Li, A, Jakli, “Blue phase, smectic fluids, and unprecedented sequences in liquid crystal dimmers”, Chem. Materials 18, 6100-6102 (2006).

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports Q. Li, X. Zhou, “Novel well-defined photoconducting liquid crystals” Book of Abstracts, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, ORGN-755 (2007).


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Q. Li, J.M. El Khoury, X. Zhou, “Gold nanoparticles functionalized with the tunable length thiol surfactants” Book of Abstracts, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, COLL-080 (2007).

Peter Palffy-Muhoray

Peer Reviewed Journals X. Zheng, P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Distance of closest approach of two arbitrary hard ellipses in two dimensions”, Phys Rev. E 75, 061709 (2007).

P. Palffy-Muhoray, X. Zheng, “Eigenvalue decomposition for tensors of arbitrary rank”, 2007/Feb/03 02:33:15, http://www.e-lc.org/docs/2007_02_03_02_33_15.

R. Verduzco, N. Scruggs, S. Sprunt, P. Palffy-Muhoray, J. Kornfield, “Director dynamics in liquid crystal physical gels,” Soft Matter 3, 993 (2007).

Jonathan Selinger

Peer Reviewed Journals J. V. Selinger, N. V. Kulagina, T. J. O’Shaughnessy, W. Ma, J. J. Pancrazio, “Methods for characterizing interspike intervals and identifying bursts in neuronal activity,” J. Neurosci. Meth. 162, 64 (2007).

Robin Selinger

Peer Reviewed Journals N. Scott Weingarten, Robin L.B. Selinger, “Size effects and dislocation patterning in two dimensional bending,” J. Mechanics and Physics of Solids 55, 1182-1195 (2007).

Qi-Huo Wei Peer Reviewed Journals

F. S. Zhou, Q. H. Wei, “Scaling Laws for NanoFET sensors” Nanotechnology 19, 015504 (2008).

J. Gu, R. Gupta, C. -F. Chou, Q.-H. Wei and Frederic Zenhausern, “A simple polysilsesquioxane sealing of nanofluidic channels below 10 nm at room temperature”, Lab-on-a-Chip 7, 1198, (2007).

John L. West Peer Reviewed Journals F. Li, O. Buchnev, C.I. Cheon, A. Glushchenko, V. Reshetnyak, Y. Reznikov, T. Sluckin, J.L. West, “Orientational coupling amplification in ferroelectric nematic colloids” [Erratum to document cited in CA146:014031]. Phys. Review Lett. 99(21), 219901/1, (2007)

A. Glushchenko, C.I. Cheon, J.L. West, F. Li, E. Büyüktanir, Y. Reznikov, A. Buchnev, “Ferroelectric particles in liquid crystals: Recent frontiers”, Mol. Cryst. and Liq. Cryst., 453, 227-237 (2006).


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F. Li, O. Buchnev, C.I. Cheon, A. Glushchenko, V. Reshetnyak, Y. Reznikov, T.J. Sluckin, J.L. West, “Orientational coupling amplification in ferroelectric nematic colloids”, Phys. Rev.Lett. 97(14), 147801/1-147801/4 (2006).

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

E.A. Buyuktanir, N. Gheorghiu, J.L. West, M. Mitrokhin, B. Holter, A. Glushchenko, “Field-induced polymer wall formation in a bistable smectic-A liquid crystal display”, App. Phys. Lett. (2006), 89(3), 031101/1-031101/3.

N. Gheorghiu, J.L. West, A.V. Glushchenko, M. Mitrokhin, “Patterned field induced polymer walls for smectic A bistable flexible displays”, App.Phys.Lett. 88(26), 263511/1-263511/3 (2006).

E.A. Buyuktanir, M. Mitrokhin, B. Holter, A. Glushchenko, J.L. West, “Flexible bistable smectic-A polymer dispersed liquid crystal display”, Japanese J. App. Phys. Part 1: Regular Papers, Brief Communications & Review Papers, 45(5A), 4146-4151 (2006).

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports J.L. West, F. Li, K. Zhang, H.M. Atkuri, A.V. Glushchenko, “Electro-optic properties of ferroelectric nanoparticle/liquid crystal dispersions”, Digest of Technical Papers - Society for Information Display International Symposium 38(Bk. 2), 1090-1092 (2007).

A. Glushchenko, C.I. Cheon, J.L. West, Y. Reznikov, “Applications of ferroelectric particles/liquid crystal colloids”, Proceedings of SPIE,The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6487(Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies II), 64870T/1-64870T/7 (2007).

F. Li, J.L. West, A. Glushchenko, C.I. Cheon, Y. Reznikov, “Ferroelectric nanoparticle/liquid-crystal colloids for display applications”, J. Society Info. Display (SID) 14(6), 523-527 (2006).

O. Buchnev, C.I. Cheon, A. Glushchenko, Y. Reznikov, J.L. West, “New non-synthetic method to modify properties of liquid crystals using micro- and nano-particles”, J. Society Info. Display (SID) 13(9), 749-754 (2006).

J.L. West, C.I. Cheon, A.V. Glushchenko, Y. Reznikov, F. Li, “Non-synthetic method for modifying properties of liquid crystals”, U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ., 36pp., US 2007200093 A1 20070830 (2007).

J.L. West, A. Glushchenko, G. Zhang, P.J. Bos, “Stressed liquid crystals materials for light modulation”, PCT Int. Appl., 39 pp. WO 2006061808 A2 20060615 (2006).

Deng-Ke Yang

Peer Reviewed Journals K.-U Jeong, D.-K. Yang, M.J. Graham, Y. Tu, S.W. Kuo, B.S. Knapp, F.W. Harris, S.Z.D. Cheng, “Construction of chiral propeller architectures from achiral molecules,” Advanced Materials 18, 3229 (2006).


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K.-U Jeong, A.J. Jing, B. Mansdor, M.J. Graham, D.-K. Yang, M.J. Graham, F.W. Harris S.Z.D. Cheng, “Biaxial molecular arrangement of rod-disc molecule under electric field,” Chemical Materials 19, 2921 (2007).

Conference Proceedings D.-K. Yang, F. Zhou, S. Hurley, L. Shi, “An analytical approach in designing film STN LCDs,” Conf. Rec. 26th Intl. Display Research Conference, 235-238 (2006).

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Presentations at Professional Meetings and Academia

Philip J. Bos

Oral Presentations

“Photo-patterned stressed liquid crystal prisms and lenses”, G. Zhang, J. West, K. Zhang, X. Wang, P. Bos, A. Glushchenko, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

Poster Presentations

“Multi-reflection effects in the black state of a LCD”, Y.K. Jang, P. Bos, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Thermal desorption of the surface monolayer”, M. Reznikov, C. Chen, A. Nych, V. Nazarenko. M. O’Callaghan, P. Bos, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Method to obtain large negative dielectric anisotropy compatible with homeotropic alignment”, C. Chen, J. Anderson, P. Bos, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Two dimensional dynamic modeling of the splay to bend transition”, Y. Zhang, B. Wang, D. Chung, J. Colegrove, P. Bos, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

Liang-Chy Chien

Invited Presentations

“Recent advances in color cholesteric displays,” 2006 Taiwan Liquid Crystal Society Annual Meeting, Tainan, Taiwan, December 22, 2006.

“Dynamic and morphase separation of liquid crystal templated polymers,” Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 23, 2006.

“Polymer and liquid crystal composites for optical and electro-optical applications,” Display Institute, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, December 23, 2006.

“Full color reflective cholesteric displays,” Technical Meeting on Flexible Displays, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan, October 16-18, 2006.

“Bistable reflective displays for paper-like displays,” 2006 Moden Engineering and Technology Seminar: Flat Panel Displays and Optoelectronics Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Sept. 22-27, 2006.

“Conductive liquid crystalline elastomers for aircraft wing structure applications,” 2007 CRG Annual Technology Conference, Dayton, Ohio. May, 18 2007.

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Oral Presentations

“Polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal with electrically-switchable spectral wavelength,” S.-Y. Lu, A. Golovin, L.C. Chien, 2006 SPIE Photonics West Conference, San Jose, January 20-25, 2007.

“Liquid crystal fresnel lens using a surface relief structure,” L.C. Chien, Dong Wang, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Dynamics and morphology of phase-separated polymers using liquid crystal templates,” L.C. Chien, NSF Sponsored Ferroelectric Phenomena in Liquid Crystals Workshop, LCI, Kent, June 19-28, 2007.


“Self-assembled high dielectric lyotropic composites for energy storage,” A. Golovin, L.C. Chien, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, Colby-Sawyer College New London, NH, June 10-15, 2007. “A single layer color cholesteric liquid crystal display,” S.-Y. Lu, L.C. Chien, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, Colby-Sawyer College New London, NH, June 10-15, 2007. “High dielectric liquid crystal complex fluids for energy storage,” C. Braganza, L.C. Chien, M. Fisch, R. G. Petschek, L. Guo, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, Colby-Sawyer College New London, NH, June 10-15, 2007. “Single-layer multicolor cholesteric displays,” S.-Y. Lu, L.C. Chien, 2006 Society for Information Display Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 19-23, 2007. “Highly birefringent nematics for optoelectronic applications,” A. B. Golovin, C. O. Catanescu, L. C. Chien, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Dielectric constants and energy storage in liquid crystal emulsions,” C. Braganza, L. Chien, M. Fisch, R.G. Petschek, L. Guo, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Electrically tunable chiral materials for spatial light modulators,” S. Y. Lu, L. C. Chien, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Dual-frequency addressable cholesteric based flexoelectric devices,” L. C. Chien, L. Shi, S. H. Kim, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Patterning conductive polythiophenes using anisotropic polymer networks,” C.O. Catanescu, L.C. Chien, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

Daniele Finotello


“The amazing world of confined liquid crystals”, CEBAF, Jefferson Lab, Newport News, June 2007.


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“NMR spectroscopy of liquid crystals”, Tutorial, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Program Book, p. 17, Keystone, Colorado, July 2006.

Oral Presentations

“Effects of multivalent salts and polyamines on lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals”, L. Tortora, H.S. Park, D. Finotello, O.D. Lavrentovich, Session A30-08, BAPS 52, 48 (2007); http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR07/.


“Orientational oder in 12CB aerosil gels”, V. Pandya and D. Finotello, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, BOA p. 437, Keystone, Colorado, July 2006.

Antal Jákli


“Liquid crystals in self organized polymer templates,” A.Jákli, G. Liao, J.A. Olivares, XV International Materials Research Congress 2006, Cancun, Mexico, August (2006).

Oral Presentations

“Flexoelectricity and electroconvection in a banana nematic”, N. Éber, A. Jákli, J. Harden, B. Mbanga, J.T. Gleeson, D. Wiant, K. Fodor-Csorba, DYNA-I1, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Bistable analogous linear electro-optical effect and fast giant field-induced biaxiality in carbonate bent-core liquid crystals”, A. Jákli, S. Umadevi, B.K. Sadashiva, K. Fodor-Csorba, G. Galli, BENT1-O3, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Bent-core fiber structure: experimental and theoretical studies of fiber stability,” C. Bailey, E. Gartland, Jr., A. Jakli, H30-7, American Physical Society March meeting (March 5-10, 2007)

“Giant flexoelectricity of bent-core nematic liquid crystals”, J. Harden, B. Mbanga, N. Éber, K. Fodor-Csorba, S. Sprunt, J.T. Gleeson, A. Jákli, H30-6, American Physical Society March meeting (March 5-10, 2007)

“Piezoelectricity as possible mechanism for mechano-, and magneto-receptions”, A. Jákli, J. Harden, C. Bailey, C. Notz, V30-4, American Physical Society March meeting (March 5-10, 2007)

“Observation of a possible tetrahedratic phase in bent-core liquid crystals”, D. Wiant, K. Neupane, S. Sharma, A. Jakli, J. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, N. Pradhan and G. Iannachione, H30-5, American Physical Society March meeting (March 5-10, 2007)


“Effect of large electric field on the electrical conductivity of banana-like molecule (B14) in the isotropic phase”, O.G. Martins, G. Barbero, A.M. Pedreira, A. Jákli, S. Rauch, A.M. Figueiredo-Neto, BENTP-8, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.


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“Banana-shaped liquid crystals with carbonate end groups”, K. Fodor-Csorba, A. Jákli,A. Vajda, E. Gács-Baitz, S.K. Prasad, D.S. Rao, J. Xu, R. Dong, G. Galli, BENTP-18, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Electric field induced spinning, translation snd circling of solid particles in liquid crystals”, A. Jákli, G. Liao, E. Dorjgotov, I. Schamlyukh, O.D. Lavrentovich, COLLP-13, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Chirality and polarity transfers between bent-core smectic liquid crystal substances”, G. Liao, U.S. Hiremath, C.V. Yelamaggad, A. Jákli, CHIRP-6, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Bent-core fibers: Stability, structure and polarization”, C.A. Bailey, W. Weissflog, A. Jákli, FERRP-42, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Critical behavior at the isotropic to nematic phase transition in a bent-core liquid crystal”, D. Wiant, S. Stojadinovich, K. Neupane, S. Sharma, K. Fodor-Csorba, A. Jákli, J. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, FERRP-53, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“First Cuneane-caged liquid crystals. Structure property relationship study”, K. Fodor-Csorba, G. Bényei, I. Jalsovszky, A. Vajda, D. Demus, S.K. Prasad, D.S. Rao, A. Jákli, SYNTP-14, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Well-defined light harvesting discotic liquid crystalline porphyrins for nanostructures organic photovoltaics”, Q. Li, L. Li, X. Zhou, J. Harden, A. Jákli, S. Kang, S.Z.D. Cheng, S. Kumar, SYNTP-28, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Studies on binary mixtures of bent-core and calamitic compounds” A. Vajda, D.Ž. Obadović, M. Garić, K. Fodor-Csorba, A. Jákli and Nándor Éber, International Conference on Physics of Optical Materilas and Devices ICOM2006, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, August 31-September 2, 2006

“Flexoelectric effect in a bent-core liquid crystal measured by dynamic light scattering”, M. Majumdar, K. Neupane, J. T. Gleeson, A. Jakli, S. Sprunt, Gordon Research Conference, New Haven (June 10-15, 2007

Satyendra Kumar

Invited Talks and Seminars

“Thermotropic biaxial nematic phase in bent-core and tetrapodic mesogens,” S. Kumar, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, June 10-15 (2007).

“From ideas to funding: How to write successful proposals to nsf”, S. Kumar, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, May 21 (2007).

“Surface morphology and its effect on liquid crystal alignment”, S. Kumar, Ohio Nanosummit, Akron, OH, April 23-25 (2007).


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“New found thermotropic biaxial nematic phase”, Plenary Talk, S. Kumar, International Conference on Liquid Crystals, Dec. 5-8 (2006), Mumbai University, India

“Polymers in display applications”, S. Kumar and S.W. Kang, TopCon 2006: Recent Advances in Organic and Polymer Display Technologies. Akron, OH, October 23-24, (2006).

Oral Presentations

“Light scattering study of biaxial nematic phases reported in thermotropic liquid crystals,” K. Neupane1, S. Sharma, M Majumbdar, S.W. Kang, S. Kumar, S. Sprunt, V. Prasad and G. H. Mehl, International Liquid Crystal Conferene, Denver CO, July 2-7, 2006.


“Anamalous behavior of ice in acqueous solutions at sub-zero temperature: synchrotron X-ray diffraction study”, E. Y. Shalaev, D. B. Varshney, S. Kumar, L. Gatlin, and R. Surynarayanan, Poster at "AMORPH06 – Molecular Basis of Stability in Pharmceutical and Food Glasses", Cambridge, UK, July 10-12 (2006).

“Buffer crystallization during freezing and freeze drying – Quantification by synchrotron x-ray diffractometry (SXRD)”, P. Sundaramurthi, E. Shalaev, D. Varshney, S. Kumar, S.-W. Kang, L. A. Gatlin, and R. Suryanarayanan, Denver X-ray Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, July 29 - Aug 3 (2007); Judged to be the Best Poster Presentation.

“Solute crystallization in frozen systems – use of synchrotron raditation to improve sensitivity”, S. B. Varhsney, S. Kumar, E.Y. Shalaev, S.-W. Kang, L. A. Gatlin, R. Suryanarayanan, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 29-Nov. 2 (2006)

“Glycine crystallization in frozen and freeze drid systems: Effect of pH and buffer concentration”, S. B. Varhsney, S. Kumar, E.Y. Shalaev, S.-W. Kang, L. A. Gatlin, R. Suryanarayanan, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 29-Nov. 2 (2006)

“Non-contact liquid crystal alignment by a magnetic field and the associated surface memory effect”, R. Guo, K. Slyusarenko, Y. Reznikov, S. Kumar, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Shape persistent bent mesogens: Biaxial molecules forming biaxial nematic phases”, M. Lehmann, C. Köhn, S. Kumar, S.-W. Kang, U. Kolb, T. Gorelik, D. Schollmeyer, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“The role of surface roughness anisotropy in liquid crystals alignment on solid substrates”, S. Kumar, L. Joshi, D. M. Agra-kooijman, J.-H. Kim and Y. Shi, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“The nature of phases, phase transitions, and defects in achiral bent-core and Ge-tetrapodic mesogens exhibiting the biaxial nematic phase”, S.-W. Kang, V. Prasad, Vishal Pandya1, L. Joshi, Q.-B. Wang, G. H. Mehl, D. Finotello, S. Kumar, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.


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“Well-defined light-harvesting discotic liquid crystalline porphyrins for nanostructured organic photovoltaics”, Q. Li1, L. Li1, X. Zhou1, J. Harden, A. Jakli1, S.-W. Kang, S. Z. D. Cheng, S. Kumar, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.



“Three-dimensional imaging of director structures in liquid crystals”, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006, GHBP-3.

“Elasticity- and anchoring- mediated interactions of particles and topological defects at the surface and in the bulk of liquid crystals”, International School of Liquid Crystals, 13th workshop, E. Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-25 July 2006.

“Experimental studies of three-dimensional patterns formed by topological defects and colloidal particles in liquid crystals”, The Society for Natural Philosophy, 2006 Meeting on “Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Materials”, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Nov.10-Nov.11, 2006.

“Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals as materials for optical and biosensing applications”, SPIE Photonics West, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies II, January 20-24, 2007, San Jose, CA.

“Topological defects and colloids in liquid crystals,” International Symposium on Assembly, Organization and Propulsion in Complex Systems, 22-24 February 2007, India Institute of Technology Madras, India.

“Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals: Effects of additives,” Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, NH, June 10-15, 2007.

“Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals: Basic properties and emerging optical and biosensing applications,” Colloquium at Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, NY, Oct. 17, 2006.

“Liquid crystalline colloids: 3D visualization and characterization using optical tweezers,” Brookhaven National Laboratory, Nov. 20, 2007.

“Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals,” Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India, February 21, 2007.

Oral Presentations

“A study of the effects of salts and polyamines on phase diagrams of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals,” L. Tortora, H.S. Parl, K. Antion, C. Woolverton, D. Finotello, O.D. Lavrentovich, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006, CHRO-O1

“Random lasing in multidomain cholesteric liquid crystals,” M.F. Moreira, M. Gu, O.D. Lavrentovich, B. Taheri, P. Palffy-Muhoray, H. Finkelmann, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006, LASE-O2.


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“Effect of dielectricf relaxation on nematic liquid crystal switching,” Ye Yin, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, Conference Records, 26th International Display Research Conference, Sept. 18-21, 2006, Kent, Ohio, 13.2, p. 177-180.

“Electric field-induced undulations in cholesteric liquid crystals,” B. I. Senyuk, I.I. Smalyukh, O.D. Lavrentovich, Conference Records, 26th International Display Research Conference, Sept. 18-21, 2006, Kent, Ohio, 4.5, p. 43-46.

“Electrooptical applications of dual-frequency nematics: From tunable lenses to microfluidic devices,” O. Pishnyak, S.V. Shiyanovskii, Susumu Sato, O.D. Lavrentovich, Conference Records, 26th International Display Research Conference, Sept. 18-21, 2006, Kent, Ohio, 13.3, p. 181-184.

“Experimental observation of dielectric memory effect in nematic liquid crystal,” Mingxia Gu, Ye Yin, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, Conference Records, 26th International Display Research Conference, Sept. 18-21, 2006, Kent, OH,13.4, p. 185-188.


“Ion beam processes for liquid crystal alignment on the large-area substrates,” O. Yaroshchuk, R. Kravchuk, L. Dolgov, A. Dobrovolskyy, A. Khokhlov, E. Khokhlov, E. Telesh, O. Lavrentovich, Conference Records, 26th International Display Research Conference, Sept. 18-21, 2006, Kent, Ohio, P-45, p. 375-378.

“Electric field-induced spinning, translation and circling of solid particles in liquid crystals,” A. Jakli, G. Liao, E. Dorjgotov, I. Smalyukh, O.D. Lavrentovich, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006, COLLP-13.

“Translational motion of colloidal particles in nematic liquid crystals controlled by the frequency and amplitude of the applied electric field,” O. Pishnyak, S. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006, COLLP-28.

“Undulations in lamellar liquid crystals in cells with finite surface anchoring,” B.I. Senyuk, I.I. Smalyukh, O.D. Lavrentovich, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference 2006, Keystone, Co, USA, 1-7 July (2006), DFCTP-21.

“Coexistence of hexagonal and dense quasi-hexagonal colloid lattices at the nematic-air interface,” V. Nazarenko, U.M. Ognysta, A. Nych, V.M. Pergamenshchik, B.I. Lev, M. Skarabot I. Musevich, I. Smalyukh, O.D. Lavrentovich, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference 2006, Keystone, Co, USA, 1-7 July (2006), COLLP-31.

“Dislocation climb in cholesteric lamellae controlled by electric field,” B. I. Senyuk, I.I. Smalyukh, O.D. Lavrentovich, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference 2006, Keystone, Co, USA, 1-7 July (2006), DFCTP-35.

Quan Li


“Photoresponsive liquid crystals”, Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, February 28, 2007.


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“Nature inspired light-harvesting liquid crystalline porphyrins for nanostructured organic photovoltaics”, Air Force Research Laboratory/WPAF, Materials Seminar Series, December 7, 2006.

“Renewable energy: New challenge”, Materials Research Society KSU Chapter, October 23, 2006.

“Bio-inspired liquid crystalline porphyrins”, College of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, July 12, 2006.

Oral Presentations

“Functionalized thiol monolayer-protected gold nanorods for NIMs”, Q. i, 2007 Negative Index Materials MURI Review Meeting. Purdue University, May 21, 2007.

“Novel well-defined photoconducting discotic liquid crystals” Q. Li, X. Zhou, 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.

“Gold nanoparticles functionalized with the tunable length thiol surfactants” Q. Li, J. El Khoury, X. Zhou, 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.



“Address to incoming KSU graduate students”, KSU Welcoming Ceremony, Cartwright Hall, Kent State University, Sept. 21, 2006.

“Lasing and photonics in liquid crystals”, 44th Course Quantum Electronics, School on Nanophotonics, Erice, Italy, June 23-25, 2007.

“Generalized orientational order parameters: Promises, possibilities and perils”, Ferroelectric Phenomena in Liquid Crystals Workshop, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, June 19, 2007.

“Nanoparticle liquid crystals as negative index materials” SPIE Europe Optics and Optoelectronics Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, April 17, 2007.

“Lasers, artificial muscles and negative index materials: New directions in liquid crystal research”, Kenyon College, February 9, 2007.

“Nanoparticle liquid crystals as negative index materials”, Case Western, November 9, 2006.

“Nanoparticle liquid crystals as negative index materials”, ILCS Conference, Keystone, Colorado, July 2-7, 2006.

Oral Presentations

“Nonphotochemical laser induced nucleation from a supercooled thermotropic liquid crystal”, X. Sun, B. Garetz, M. Moreira, P. Palffy-Muhoray, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.


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“Angular momentum transport in soft anisotropic matter”, M. Warner, P. Palffy-Muhoray, M. Shelley, X. Zheng, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.

“Distance of closest approach of two hard ellipses”, X. Zheng, P. Palffy-Muhoray, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.

“Solving parabolic equations on a random grid using a generalized finite difference method”, M. Lavrentovich, T. Sullivan, P. Palffy-Muhoray, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.

“Evidence of broken reciprocity in cholesteric liquid crystals”, N. Venkataraman, M. Moreira, B. Taheri, P. Palffy-Muhoray, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.

“Lasing thresholds of obliquely pumped cholesteric liquid crystal lasers”, M. Moreira, B. Taheri, P. Palffy-Muhoray, V. Belyakov, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.

“The effects of pattern morphology on late time scaling in the Cahn-Hilliard model”, T. Sullivan, P. Palffy-Muhoray, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.

“Nanoparticle susceptibilities and the bianisotropic formalism”, J. Neal, P. Palffy-Muhoray, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.

“Solvent induced shape changes in liquid crystal elastomers”, A. Golemme, T. Toth-Katona, J. Neal, P. Palffy-Muhoray, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.

“Nonlinear absorption in nanoparticle suspensions and aerogels”, Y. Huang, A. Agarwal, P. Lesiak, N. Kotov, D. Carroll, P. Palffy-Muhoray, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.

“String breaking and the Petersburg paradox”, J. Fontana, P. Palffy-Muhoray, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO March 5-9, 2007.


“Solvent vapor induced shape changes in liquid crystal elastomers”, P. Palffy-Muhoray, T. Toth-Katona, H. Finkelmann, M. Shelley, ILCS Conference, Keystone, CO, July 1-7, 2006.

“Calculation of the optical properties of liquid crystal-like assemblies of metallic nanostructures”, J. Neal, B. Taheri, P. Palffy-Muhoray, ILCS Conference, Keystone, CO, July 1-7, 2006.

“Orientational order and the eigenvalue problem for third rank tensors”, P. Palffy-Muhoray, ILCS Conference, Keystone, CO, July 2-7, 2006.

“Lasing thresholds of obliquely pumped cholesteric liquid crystal lasers,” M.F. Moreira, B. Taheri, P. Palffy-Muhoray, V.A. Belyakov, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.


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Jonathan Selinger


“Right- and left-handed molecules in liquid crystals and biological systems,” after-dinner lecture for Franklin Club of Akron, April 9, 2007.

“Chirality and molecular order in polymers and lipid microstructures,” Polymer Science colloquium at University of Akron, April 16, 2007.

“Shape selection in self-assembled chiral membranes: New mechanism based on the flexoelectric effect,” Workshop on Ferroelectric Phenomena in Liquid Crystals, Kent State University, June 19-28, 2007.

“Shape selection in self-assembled chiral membranes: new mechanism based on the flexoelectric effect,” Workshop on New Horizons of Liquid Crystal Science and Application, Kyiv, Ukraine, June 24-27, 2007.

Oral Presentations

“Shape selection in self-assembled chiral membranes: New mechanism based on the flexoelectric effect,” J.V. Selinger, Z. Lu, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2-7, 2006.

“Tracking nanoparticle motion to elucidate mechanisms for anomalous thermal transport in nanofluids,” J.V. Selinger, S. Sprunt, Y. Tolmachev, Office of Naval Research Thermal Management Review, September 18-20, 2006.

“Liquid crystal elastomers: finite element simulation and applications,” R.L.B. Selinger, B.L. Mbanga, J.V. Selinger, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, November 27 – December 1, 2006.

“Shape selection in self-assembled chiral membranes: new mechanism based on the flexoelectric effect,” Z. Lu, R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, November 27 – December 1, 2006.

“Field-induced phase transitions in SmCP phases of bent-core liquid crystals,” S. Dhakal, J.V. Selinger, American Physical Society March Meeting, March 5-9, 2007.

“Theory of ‘scar’ defects in liquid-crystalline films,” J.V. Selinger, Z. Lu, American Physical Society March Meeting, March 5-9, 2007.

“Simulation studies of liquid crystal elastomers: Soft elasticity,” B. Mbanga, J.V. Selinger, R. Selinger, American Physical Society March Meeting, March 5-9, 2007.

“Dynamic spiral patterns in Langmuir monolayers of chiral molecules,” L. Lopatina, J.V. Selinger, American Physical Society March Meeting, March 5-9, 2007.


“Molecular dynamic simulation of self-assembled chiral membranes,” Z. Lu, R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2-7, 2006.

“Helical order in polymers with fixed vs. variable sequences of chiral units,” L. Lopatina, J.V. Selinger, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2-7, 2006.


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“Finite element elastodynamics modeling of shape evolution in nematic liquid crystal elastomers,” B. Mbanga, R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2-7, 2006.

“Field-induced phase transitions in SmCP phases of bent-core liquid crystals,” S. Dhakal, J.V. Selinger, Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 10-15, 2007.

“Dynamic spiral patterns in Langmuir monolayers of chiral molecules,” L. Lopatina, J.V. Selinger, Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 10-15, 2007.

“Simulation studies of liquid crystal elastomers: Soft elasticity,” B. Mbanga, J.V. Selinger, R. Selinger, Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 10-15, 2007.

Robin Selinger


“Rubber that moves: Modeling shape evolution in liquid crystal elastomers”, International Liquid Crystal Conference (July 2006).

“Dynamics models of liquid crystal elastomers”, SIAM conference (July 2006).

“Rubber that moves: Modeling liquid crystal elastomers”, Physics Colloquium, Univ. of Toledo (October, 2006).

“Rubber that moves: Modeling liquid crystal elastomers,” SACNAS Conference (October, 2006) [SACNAS - Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native Americans in Science.]

“Rubber that moves: Modeling liquid crystal elastomer”, Physics Colloquium, Kent State Univ. (November, 2006)

“Rubber that moves: Modeling liquid crystal elastomers”, PASI Conference on complex systems (December, 2006) [PASI - PanAmerican Advanced Study Institute].

“Rubber that moves: Modeling liquid crystal elastomers”, Research Seminar, National Institute of Standards and Technology (February, 2007).

“Rubber that moves: Modeling liquid crystal elastomers”, Research Seminar, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory (February, 2007).

“Rubber that moves: Modeling liquid crystal elastomers”, Physics Colloquium, Cleveland State University (February, 2007).

“Simulation studies of liquid crystal elastomer dynamics,” research presentation, workshop on “Ferroelectric phenomena in liquid crystals,” Kent State University (June, 2007).

Oral Presentations

“Simulation studies of liquid crystal elastomers: response to light.” Robin Selinger, J.V. Selinger, B.L. Mbanga, American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO (March 6, 2007).


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“Simulation studies of liquid crystal elastomers: soft elasticity.” B.Mbanga, J.V. Selinger, R. Selinger, American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO (March 6, 2007). “Liquid crystal elastomers: finite element simulation and applications,” R.L.B. Selinger, B.L. Mbanga, J.V. Selinger, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, November 27 – December 1, 2006.

“Modeling shape evolution in LC elastomers,” R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, B. Mbanga, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2-7, 2006.


“Defect dynamics and patterning on curved surfaces,” R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals (June, 2007)

“Modeling soft elastic response in liquid crystal elastomers,” B.L. Mbanga , R.L.B. Selinger , J.V. Selinger , Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals (June, 2007)

“Finite element elastodynamics modeling of shape evolution in nematic liquid crystal elastomers,” B. Mbanga, R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006. “Molecular dynamic simulation of self-assembled chiral membranes,” Z. Lu, R.L.B. Selinger, J.V. Selinger, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2-7, 2006.

“Simulation studies of liquid crystal elastomers: Soft elasticity,” B. Mbanga, J.V. Selinger, R. Selinger, Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 10-15, 2007.

Qi-Huo Wei


“Soft matter confined in low dimensions”, Kent State University, Chemistry Department Seminar, Feb. 2007

Oral Presentations

“Scaling laws for NanoFET sensors”, Q. H. Wei, F. S. Zhou, SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, Aug. 26-30 2007


“Nanodevices to integrated nanobiosystems”, F. S. Zhou, I. L. Martinez, Q. H. Wei, The Third Ohio Nano Technology Summit, Akron OH, April 23-24, 2007

“Biomolecule trapping in nanofluidics”, Q.-H. Wei, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, NH, June 10-15, 2007.


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John West

Oral Presentations

“Ferroelectric nanoparticle/liquid crystal colloids: Nonsynthetic method of adjusting physical properties”, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone CO, July 2-7, 2006.

Deng-Ke Yang


“Cholesteric reflective LCD and other reflective LCDs,” Plenary lecture, China Flat Panel Display annual conference, September 22, 2006, Beijing, China.

“Liquid crystal displays”, July 13-18, 2006, lecture, JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China.

“Reflective liquid crystal displays,” International Display Research Conference workshop, September 18, 2006, Kent, Ohio.


“Interaction between different nematic liquid crystal molecules,” 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2-7, 2006, Keystone CO.

“Ideal polarization convention in liquid crystal devices by Mueller matrices and Poincaré sphere,” 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2-7, 2006, Keystone CO.

“Dynamics of evolution of pi-wall disclinations in cholesteric liquid crystals,” 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2-7, 2006, Keystone CO.

“Systematic optimization of normal white STN liquid crystal display,” Society for Information Display, May 22, 2007, Long Beach CA.

“Simulation study of droplets with propeller texture,” Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, Colby-Sawyer College New London, NH, June 10-15, 2007.

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Other Scholarly Activities

Philip J. Bos

Regional/National/International

Lecturer, New University Regional Innovation (NURI) Korea liquid crystal course, “Introduction of Basic Liquid Crystals and Their Electro-optical Applications,” held at Kent State University, July 17 – August 11, 2006 General Chair of the 26th International Display Research Conference, Kent State, September 18-21, 2006

Member, International Advisory Board for the International Display Workshop

Member, Program Committee for the International Symposium of the Society for Information Display

L.C. Chien University Graduate Coordinator, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program

Dissertation Committees: Camelia Mironov (Physics) and Robert Hoover (Chemistry)

Committee Member, Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, College of Business Administration, 2004-present

Faculty Advisor, Materials Research Society KSU Student Chapter, 2004-present


Lecturer, New University Regional Innovation (NURI) Korea liquid crystal course, “Introduction of Basic Liquid Crystals and Their Electro-optical Applications,” held at Kent State University, July 17 – August 11, 2006

Lecturer, Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Workship, June 19-28, 2007, Kent State University

Executive Organizing Committee, Optoelectronics 2007 of Photonics West Conference, SPIE, San Jose, CA January 20-25, 2007

Conference Chair, “Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices and Applications,” 2007 Photonics West Conference, SPIE International Meeting, San Jose, CA January 20-25, 2007

Technical Program Committee, “2006 International Symposium on Flexible Electronics and Display (ISFED),” Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 8-9, 2006

Associate Editor, Journal of Liquid Crystal Display Technology, IEEE/Laser and Electro-Optical Society

Other Scholarly Activities, 2006-2007

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Reviewer for Liquid Crystals, Physical Chemistry B, Macromolecules, Polymers, Langmuir, Soft Maters, Physics Review E, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Advanced Materials

Daniele Finotello

Regional/National/International Editorial Board, Revista Mexicana de Fisica, 2003-present

Antal Jákli University Dissertation Advisor: Madhabi Majumba (Physics) Dissertation Committees: Dave Wiant (Physics), Pandya Vishal (Physics) Masters Thesis Advisor: Thomas Palermo, Sehwan Yu Committees: LCI Space Committee, College Curriculum Committee, Library Representative, University Patent Board


Lecturer, New University Regional Innovation (NURI) Korea liquid crystal course, “Introduction of Basic Liquid Crystals and Their Electro-optical Applications,” held at Kent State University, July 17 – August 11, 2006 Co-Chair, Workshop on Ferroelectric Phenomena on Soft Matter, Kent, June 18-29, 2007

Chair, LC Day, October 12, 2007

Panel Reviewer, European Research Council (2007); Reviewer, Physical Review, J. Mater. Chem, Optics Letters

Undergraduate mentoring: Richelle Teeling, Kent State University; Anna Blice-Baum, University of South Alabama; Mr. Mark Murphy, Ohio State University

Co-editor of electronic document server, Electronic Liquid Crystal Communications (e-lc.org)

Jack R. Kelly


Lecturer, New University Regional Innovation (NURI) Korea liquid crystal course, “Introduction of Basic Liquid Crystals and Their Electro-optical Applications,” held at Kent State University, July 17 – August 11, 2006.


University Faculty Advisor, Kent State University MRS Student Chapter and Kent State University SPIE Student Chapter


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Member, KSU Chairs and Directors and College Chairs Council


Reviewer for Physical Review E, Physics Review Letters, Optics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Applied Physics Letters, Europhysics Letters, European Journal of Physics, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Organizing Committee, 26th International Display Research Conference, Society for Information Display, to be held September, 2006, Kent, Ohio Member, International Advisory Board, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone, Colorado, July 2-7, 2006

Member, International Advisory Board, 22st International Liquid Crystal Conference, Jeju, Korea June 29-July 4, 2008

Member, Organizing Committee, 26th International Display Research Conference, Society for Informational Displays, Sept. 18-21, 2006, Kent, Ohio

Tutorial “Defects and 3D imaging in Liquid Crystals,” NSF Focus Research Group Workshop on Ferroelectric Phenomena in Liquid Crystals, Kent, OH, June 19-June 28, 2007

Tutorial “Optical trapping and fluorescence confocal polarizing microscopy,” 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference 2006, Keystone, Co, USA, 1-7 July (2006), TUTO2-4

Reviewed for Physical Review E, Physical review Letters, Optics Letters, J. Appl. Phys., Appl. Phys. Lett., Europhys. Lett., European J. Physics, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., etc.

Quan Li

University PhD oral Candidacy and MS Thesis committees, KSU Department of Chemistry Member, KSU International Advisory Council

Regional/National/International Referee for National Science Foundation, ACS Petroleum Fund, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials, Material Science and Engineering Lecturer, New University Regional Innovation (NURI) Korea liquid crystal course, “Introduction of Basic Liquid Crystals and Their Electro-optical Applications,” held at Kent State University, July 17 – August 11, 2006



Co-Editor, electronic document server, Electronic Liquid Crystal Communications (e-lc.org); Regional Editor, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals (1994-present); editorial board, Liquid Crystals Today (1997-present)


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Chair, March Meeting of the APS, Denver, CO, March 5-9, 2007

Chair, “Lasing and Photonics in Liquid Crystals”, 44th Course Quantum Electronics, School on Nanophotonics, Erice, Italy, June 25, 2007

Organizer, Negative Index Materials Workshop, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, October 2-4, 2006

Committee, National Academies Committee on Nanophotonics Accessibility and Applicability, 2006-07

Jonathan Selinger

University LCI Seminar Chair Faculty Search Committee, Chair CPIP Curriculum Committee, Chair Faculty Advisory Committee, Member Samsung Scholarship Committee, Member College Curriculum Committee, Member Faculty Senate, Senator-elect Library and Media Services Advisory Committee, Member Regional/National/International Associate Editor (liquid crystal section), Physical Review E Member, Committee on Meetings, American Physical Society National Science Foundation, Site Visit Panelist, May 2007 International Liquid Crystal Society, Member of Board of Directors Scientific Committee, 21st International Liquid Crystal Conference held July 2-7, 2006 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 27 – December 1, 2006, Co-Organizer of Symposium on “Fibrillar Aggregates as Materials – Assembly, Properties, and Applications,” Chair of Session on “Amyloid Fibrils and Other Helical Fibrillar Aggregates”

Reviewer for Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Langmuir, and European Physical Journal E

Reviewed proposal for the Department of Energy

Robin Selinger

University Served as CPIP representative to the Collegy Advisory Council (CAC), Academic year 2006-7

Member, A&S Strategic Advisory Committee, organized by Assoc. Dean John Stalvey, Spring 2007; Participated in faculty meeting visits to MCLS, English, Math, and History departments.


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Regional/National/International Outreach day at Hudson Middle School, May 14, 2007 (see Highlights, pg. 8)

Co-chair, Planning Committee, LC Day, October 12, 2007

Dissertation committee at Catholic University, Weidong Luo – Defense, April 17, 2007

Session Chair for Session H30, Liquid Crystals: Experiments and Theory, APS 2007 March Meeting – (Denver, CO, March 2007)

Referee/reviewer for international journals: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Langmuir, Physical Review B, Physical Review Letters

Reviewed 4 proposals for the National Science Foundation; reviewed 10 proposals for the European Commission

Consulting—Composed and reviewed exam items for the Graduate Record Exam Physics Subject Test.

Qi-Huo Wei

University Developed new multidisciplinary class, “Nanobiotechnology”, focusing on state-of-the-art applications of nanoscience and nanotechnology in biological analysis such as molecular diagnostics, therapeutics, and biomimetics

PhD candidacy exam committee and advisory committee of Bogna Grabicka (Chemistry)

Regional/National/International Reviewer: Nature Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology, Journal of Optics A, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Journal of Physics B, Measurement Science and Technology

Deng-Ke Yang

University Dissertation Committees: Oksana Olkhovyk (Chemistry), December 8, 2006; Sunil Sharma (Physics), June 8, 2007. Faculty advisor committee, Space committee, Curriculum committee Regional/National/International April 24-25, 2007, session chair, Ohio Nanotechnology Summit, Akron, Ohio

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LCI Seminar Program 2006-2007

2006 (Wednesdays unless noted otherwise) September 27 Dr. Zvonimir Dogic, Rowland Institute, Harvard University,

Cambridge, MA

October 4 Prof. Xiaoyu Zheng, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH Effective Property Characterization of Nano-Composites from Homogenization and Percolation Theory

October 11 Dr. Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Defect Structures in Nematic Liquid Crystal Shells

October 18 Prof. Roger Quinn, Biologically Inspired Robotics Laboratory, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Running, Jumping, Climbing and Flying Robots Inspired by Animals

October 25 Prof. Mark Robbins, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Deformation of Glassy Materials: Yield, Strain Hardening, Crazing and Fracture

November 1 Prof. Alex Levine, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA The Mechanics of Semiflexible Networks: Implications for the Cytoskeleton

November 8 Prof. Alex Travesset, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA The Hydrophobic Effect and the Phase Diagram of Non-ionic Multiblock Polymers in Water

November 15 Joint Seminar: College of Arts & Sciences and Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematical Sciences, Computer Science Prof. Jearl Walker, Department of Physics, Cleveland State University The Flying Circus of Physics

December 1 Prof. Dirk Broer, Philips Research Laboratories and Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Polymers in Motion: From Painted Displays to Artificial Muscles

December 6 Dr. Jawad Naciri and Dr. Christopher Spillmann, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC Electrical Actuation on an Electroclinic Liquid Crystal Elastomer

LCI Seminars, 2006-2007

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2007

January 17 Prof. Coleen Pugh, Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH. Architectural Effects in Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers

January 24 Dr. Eric Sirota, Corporate Strategic Research, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, Annandale, NJ The Physics of Asphaltenes

January 31 Prof. Royce Zia, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VAAmerican Football, Barber Poles, and Clouds: Pattern Formation in Biased Diffusion of Two Species

February 21 Prof. Noel Clark, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Living Polymerization and Liquid Crystal Condensation of Nanoscale DNA

February 28 Dr. Ronald Pindak, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY Using Synchrotron X-Ray Techniques to Determine the Complex Structures Exhibited by Liquid Crystal Molecules and Explore their Rich Phase Behavior

April 4 Joint Seminar with Department of Philosophy Prof. Caroline Whitbeck, Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science, departments of Philosophy and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH Research Conduct and Misconduct: Stories from Online Ethics Center

April 11 Prof. Evgenii Narimanov, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Recent Progress in Negative Index Materials and Subwavelength Imaging

April 25 Prof. Greg Huber, Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT The Soft Geometry of Phospholipid Membranes: From Tethers to the Endoplasmic Reticulum

May 2 Prof. Timothy Sluckin, Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Theories of Biaxial Liquid Crystals

Liquid Crystal Research Seminars (Mondays)

February 26 Christopher Bailey, CPIP Graduate Student Structure and stability of bent core liquid crystal fibers

February 26 Enkh-Amgalan Dorjgotov, CPIP Graduate Student Viscosity of Calamitic and Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystals Probed by Electro-rotation

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LCI Industrial Partnership Program and Liquid Crystal Display Research Facility

Philip J. Bos, Director

ADS Transicoil Collegeville PA

Eastman Kodak Rochester NY

Advantech U.S. Pittsburgh PA

Hana Microdisplay Technologies Twinsburg OH

AlphaMicron Kent OH

Hewlett Packard Corvallis OR

Anonymous Company Flight Specialities Highland Heights OH

Cambrios Technologies Corporation Mountain View CA

Kent Displays Kent OH

CoAdna Photonics Stow OH

Liquid Crystal Technologies Cleveland OH

Corning Corning NY

Live Technologies Mt. Lawley, Australia

Display Plastique Aurora OH

LXD Cleveland OH

Dow Corning Midland MI

NASA Langley Research Center Hampton VA

Dynamic Eye Amherst NY

Sarnoff Princeton NJ

Eastman Chemical Kingsport TN

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre North York, Ontario, Canada

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Research Facility Services

Invoice Date Service Client 7/26/06 Cleanroom use and training; spacer spheres Dynamic Eye 7/26/06 Cell fabrication Dow Corning 8/18/06 Use of laser system Dynamic Eye 8/23/06 Measurement of pretilt angles (6 hrs.) Displaytech 8/23/06 Measurement of pretilt angles (10 hrs.) Displaytech 10/3/06 Cleanroom use; research carrel rental, (3

months); BosLab rental, (11 days) Dynamic Eye

10/3/06 Cleanroom use and training, (September 2006); Research Carrel Rental, (September 2006); BosLab rental (2 days)

Dynamic Eye

11/1/06 Cleanroom use, (687.5 hrs.) CoAdna Photonics 11/2/06 Cleanroom use, deposition, manager time

(118 hrs.) Advantech

11/13/06 Consultation and cleanroom tour, training Sarnoff Corporation 11/13/06 Cleanroom use, (12.4 hrs.); Brewer

Spincoater rental; Laser Repair use AlphaMicron

11/13/06 Cleanroom use, manager time (20 hrs.) Dow Corning 11/17/06 BosLab and office rental; Cleanroom use,

Manager time (13.5 hrs.) Dynamic Eye

11/21/06 Cleanroom use (248.5 hrs.); cleanroom manager time (3 hrs.

CoAdna Photonics

11/27/06 Measurement of pretilt angles (10 hrs.) Displaytech 11/28/06 Ledge, Dye, XPS Projects ADS/Transicoil 11/28/06 Bonding, Bonder rental Advantech 11/28/06 Meeting, Analysis and Characterization of

LCDS, reporting Intertial Aerospace Services

12/22/06 Cleanroom use, (138 hrs.); manager time, (2 hrs.); other charges

CoAdna Photonics

12/29/06 Use of Westlab Spectrometer, (112 hrs.), use of BosLab, (8 hrs.)

Company C

12/31/06 Cleanroom use,(165.5 hrs.); manager time CoAdna Photonics 12/31/06 Cleanroom use, (71 hrs.); manager time (1

hr.); research carrel rental Sarnoff Corporation

12/31/06 Cleanroom use, (34 hrs.); manager time (5 hrs.); office rental; BosLab use; materials

Dynamic Eye

12/31/06 Cleanroom use, (22 hrs.); manager time Dynamic Eye 1/29/07 Cleanroom use, manager time, (118 hrs.) Advantech 1/29/07 Rental fee ORC Optibeam Advantech 1/29/07 Bonding, Bonder Rental Advantech

Resource Facility Services, 2006-2007

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Invoice Date Service Client 2/6/07 Cleanroom use, (350 hrs.) Kent Displays 2/15/07 Cleanroom use, (35 hrs.) Advantech 2/15/07 Cleanroom use, (126.5 hrs.); manager time CoAdna Photonics 2/15/07 Cleanroom use, (16 hrs.); Research carrel

rental (3 days); manager time (1 hr.) Sarnoff Corporation

2/15/07 Use of Test Equity Environmental Chamber, (1500 hrs.)

Liquid Crystal Technologies

2/16/07 Cleanroom use, (.5 hrs.); Brewer Spincoater rental, (2 days); Laser Repair use (1 hr.)

AlphaMicron

2/16/07 Use of glass scriber, (6 hrs.); use of cleanroom equipment, (4.5 hrs.)

Kent Displays

2/16/07 Bonding; Bonding rental Advantech 2/20/07 Use of cleanroom, (98.5 hrs.); manager time

(2 hrs.) Dynamic Eye

3/19/07 Bonding, (2 months) Advantech 3/19/07 Use of cleanroom, (97 hrs.); scanning electron

microscope, manager time CoAdna Photonics

3/19/07 Use of cleanroom, (33.5 hrs.); Research Carrel rental, manager time

Sarnoff Corporation

3/19/07 Use of Cleanroom, (92.5 hrs.); manager time (3 hrs.)

Dynamic Eye

3/19/07 Rental 2 laminar flow benches Xinghua Wang 3/19/07 Cell fabrication, process tests Dow Corning Corp. 3/19/07 Use of glass scriber Kent Displays 3/19/07 Brewer Spincoat rental; use of cleanroom (.5

hrs.) AlphaMicron

3/19/07 Use of cleanroom, (6 hrs.); manager time Advantech 4/9/07 Use of cleanroom, (23.5 hrs.); manager time CoAdna Photonics 4/9/07 Use of cleanroom, (23 hrs.); Research Carrel

rental; manager time Sarnoff Corporation

4/9/07 Use of cleanroom equipment Kent Displays 4/9/07 Use of cleanroom, (79.5 hrs.); manager time,

(8 hrs.); Office rental; laser repair station, (26.5 hrs.); BosLab usage (2 days)

Dynamic Eye

4/9/07 Use of cleanroom, (.5 hrs.) AlphaMicron 4/9/07 Use of cleanroom, manager; materials costs;

emultion on film photomask; office rental Cambrios

4/9/07 FilmMast pixel test cells Dow Corning 4/25/07 Bonding Dynamic Eye 4/25/07 Bonding/Laser, (22 hrs.); laser repair, (2 hrs.) Advantech 4/27/07 Preparation of lyotropic mixtures for tests Liquid Icon 5/7/07 Part design and bonding Dynamic Eye

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Invoice Date Service Client 5/7/07 Bonding and laser repair Advantech 5/7/07 GCMS; VHR ADS/Transicoil 5/23/07 Use of cleanroom, (65.5 hrs.); manager time;

office rental; BosLab (3.5 days) Dynamic Eye

5/7/07 Use of cleanroom, (55 hrs.); manager time CoAdna Photonics 5/7/07 Chrome on glass photomasks Dow Corning 5/7/07 Cell fabrication Dow Corning 5/7/07 Use of cleanroom, (.5 hrs.); laser repair AlphaMicron 5/7/07 Use of inkjet printer Kent Displays 5/7/07 Assembly of LC cells Cambrios 5/7/07 Use of cleanroom; manager time; materials;

office rental Corning

6/6/07 Cell fabrication and process tests Dow Corning 6/6/07 Use of inkjet printer Kent Displays 6/6/07 Use of cleanroom, (24 hrs.); office rental;

manager time, (4 hrs.); BosLab use Dynamic Eye

6/6/07 Use of cleanroom, (10 hrs.); manager time CoAdna Photonics 6/7/07 Bonding Dynamic Eye 6/7/07 Bonding, (15.5 hrs.); laser repair Advantech

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Education and Public Service

Recruiting Graduate Recruiting (Robin Selinger) Recruiting presentation for OSU chapter of the Society of Physics Students, Columbus, OH Research presentation for KSU chapter of Society of Physics Students Prepared CPIP listing for American Institute of Physics Guide to Graduate Programs Sent email to prospective students and planned campus visits by prospective students Recruited students at PASI meeting in Argentina; resulted in the admission of two students from Venezuela. Outreach

Date Group Participants

K-12 11/8/06 Brunswick High School Advanced Placement

Chemistry Class 35

12/5/06 Kent Area Soccer Team (10 yr. age group) 17 4/17/07 Coventry High School 20 4/25/07 Twinsburg Junior High, 8th grade students 40 5/18/07 Operation Physics (area high school teachers) 20 5/24/07 Field Science Club (junior high students) 7

Professional Societies 10/7/06 American Association of Physics Teachers 30

Summer Student Intern Program High School or Undergraduate Students Mark Murphy, 2006 and 2007, Ohio State University Freshman (Jakli) Undergraduate Students: NSF REU Program – June-August 2007

Elaine Augustin, 2006 (Lavrentovich) Anna Bice-Baum, University of South Alabama, Chemistry major (Jakli) Jia Nin Chen, Kent State University, Physics (Chien) Joshua Houpt, 2007 (Lavrentovich) Andrew Konya, Kent State University, Physics major (R. Selinger) Rochelle Teeling, Kent State University, Physics major (Jakli)

Short Courses and Workshops Ferroelectric workshop, June 19-28, 2007, Kent State University

NURI, Korea Liquid Crystal Course, July 17 – August 11, 2006, Kent State University

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APPENDICES

I. Outreach Activities

• Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program

• Industrial Partnership Program and Liquid Crystal Display Research Facility

• Technology Transfer

II. Historical List of Grant Funding

1982-2007

III. Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals 1967 – 2006

Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program http://www.lci.kent.edu/cpip.html

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(CPIP brochure attached here)

Industrial Partnership Program and Liquid Crystal Display Research Facility http://www.lci.kent.edu/ipp/07/index.htm

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(IPP brochure attached here)

Technology Transfer http://www.techtrans.kent.edu/

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(Tech Transfer brochure attached here)

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Historical Data - Grants Awarded to LCI Scientists 1982-2007

Inception

Year Grant # Category Agency Total award Grant Period Project Title

1982 NSF NSF International 1/82-12/84 Chiral Liquid Crystals (distribution in foreign currency)

1983 NSF DMR82-44461

NSF 142,500 6/83-5/85 NMR Studies of Liquid Crystals

1983 NSF DMR83-09739

NSF 233,700 6/83-10/85 Liquid Crystal Synthesis

1983 Ind/Other Exxon Educ. Fndn. 10,000 6/83-5/84 Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

1984 DAAKp20-84-0224

Other Fed US Army, Electronic R&D

200,000 9/84-8/86 Nonlinear Optical Processing in LC Materials: Combined Theoretical and Synthesis Program

1984 NIH 1R01 GM27127-05

Other Fed Nat. Inst. Health 40,516 1/84-12/85 DMR Studies of Protein-Phosopholipid Bilayer Membranes

1984 Ind/Other Hughes Research Labs 33,500 11/84-6/86 Research Support

1984 Other Fed US Army/Battelle Research

27,000 5/84-11/84 Study of Nonlinear Optical Data

1984 Ind/Other Exxon Educational Foundation

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

1985 NSF DMR85-03219

NSF 313,000 6/85-11/88 NMR Studies of Liquid Crystals

1985 Other Fed US Army, Metallurgy and Materials

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

1986 488,000 6/86-5/89 Electrically Controlled Light Scattering from microdroplets of Nematic LC Dispersed in Solid Matrix

1986 Ind/Other 81,000 10/86-04/88 Industrial Research Support Agreement 1986 Ind/Other Ford Glass Division 13,500 10/86-10/88 Liquid Crystal Research 1986 Ind/Other Soho Research Ctr 10,000 6/86-12/86 Deuterium NMR of LC/Polymer Composites 1987 Other Fed DARPA/URI/Navy/

Univ. Penn 350,000 10/87-6/92 Science and Application of Polymer LCs and Related Materials

1987 Ohio Ohio Bd.Regents 80,000 1987 Display Prototyping Unit (equipment grant)

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Inception Year

Grant # Category Agency Total award Grant Period Project Title

1987 Ind/Other Natural Sci. & Eng. Res. Co. Canada

30,200 1987 Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals

1987 Ind/Other Tektronix Corporation 15,000 10/87-10/88 Microdroplet Technology Research 1988 Other Fed US Army

Communications 1,050,000 8/88-8/92 Optical Power Limiting LC Composites

1988 Ohio Ohio Dept. Dev./ Edison Program

50,000 7/88-10/89 Development of PDLCs for Aircraft Window Shades

1989 NSF DMR88-17647

NSF 285,740 1/89-1/91 Basic Studies of Polymer Dispersed LCs

1989 NSF DMR88-18561

NSF 273,200 1/89-12/92 Liquid Crystal Synthesis

1989 NSF 174,240 1/89-12/91 Basic Studies of Polymer Dispersed LCs 1989 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 100,000 1989 Polymer Liquid Crystal Synthesis Program 1989 Ind/Other Tektronix Corporation 47,740 3/89-3/90 Active Substrate Projection Microdroplet Materials 1989 Ind/Other Honeywell 20,000 6/89-5/90 Modeling of Optical Fibers with LC Cores

1990 444239/444207 Ohio Ohio Dept. Dev. 5,776,199 1990-2002 ALCOM Support

1990 Other Fed DARPA 1,197,240 3/90-6/93 National Center for Integrated Photonic Technology (NCIPT); (consortium USC, UCLA, KSU, MIT, Columbia U.)

1991 442129 NSF 22,000,000 02/91-01/02 ALCOM Center for Advanced LC Optical Materials (KSU 54%; CWRU 34%; U Akron 12%)

1991 MDA972-91-J-1020

Other Fed DARPA HDDT Program

1,147,000 9/91-8/94 PDLCs for High Definition Display Technologies

1991 N00014-90-J-1559

Other Fed DARPA, U Penn subaward

227,000 1/91-6/92 High Definition Displays

1991 Ind/Other Edison Polymer Innov. Corp (EPIC)

180,000 1991 ALCOM Administrative Support (total $180,000; 54% KSU)

1991 Ind/Other Hughes Aircraft 147,000 1991 Hughes Aircraft Company Research Project 1991 Ind/Other Vari-Lite 75,000 1991 Liquid Crystal Research 1991 Ind/Other Magnascreen 69,675 1991 Magnascreen Research 1991 Ind/Other Ajinomoto Corporation 50,000 1991 Feasibility Study for Ferroelectric Smectic C LCs and Polymer

Dispersions

81

Inception Year


1992 NSF DMR92-20130

NSF 256,500 4/92-6/95 Basic Studies of Polymer Dispersed LCs

1992 NSF ECS90-20420

NSF 199,507 2/92-2/94 Electric Field Response of PDLCs

1992 Ind/Other Keck Foundation 370,000 1992 XPS Analysis of LC Alignment Layers 1992 Ind/Other Univ. So. California 17,671 3/92-3/93 Optically Controlled Phased Array Radar 1992 Ind/Other Tektronix Corporation 16,992 1992 Tektronix Fellowship 1993 Ind/Other GAR Foundation 500,000 1993 Display Prototyping Unit (equipment grant) 1993 Other Fed NASA 77,918 6/93-5/94 Experimental Testing of Twisted Nematic and Super Twisted

Nematic LC Displays 1993 Ind/Other Hewlett-Packard 30,374 4/93-3/94 Materials Synthesis and Fabrication of Thin Film Polarizers 1993 Ind/Other Korea Institute of Sci. &

Tech. 15,000 5/93-5/94 Visiting Scientist (Young Chul Kim)

1993 Other Fed National Research Council

11,100 6/93-3/94 Structures in Large Surface-to-Volume Ratio Nematic Systems

1993 NSF NSF-NATO 3/93-9/93 NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Nonequilibrium Complex Systems

1994 440131 Other Fed DARPA 1,150,264 6/94-6/98 Reflective Polymer Stabilized LCD 1994 440213 Ind/Other Imax Corporation 81,342 8/94-5/96 Liquid Crystal Light Valve 1994 440232 Ind/Other 3M Company 18,000 1994-1997 3M Fellowship 1994 440264 Ohio OBR Eisenhower

Program 47,985 9/94-12/95 Science and Math on the Net (SAM-Net)

1994 440648 NSF 112,640 9/94-9/95 Science and Math on the Net (SAM-Net) 1994 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 1,000,000 7/94-6/97 ALCOM Equipment 1994 Other Fed ARPA 952,212 6/94-6/97 Reflective polymer Stabilized LC Displays 1994 Ind/Other Image Quest 25,273 8/94-12/94 Optical modeling of Active Matrix Displays 1994 NSF 20,117 1/94-3/95 Surface Anchoring and Alignment in PDLCs 1994 Other Fed ARPA/ Florida Atlantic

Univ 20,000 5/94-11/94 Optically Active Device

1994 Ind/Other Portage County Schools 7,700 1994 Portage County SAM-Net (computer equipment)

1995 440222 Ind/Other Hughes Research 40,000 3/95-3/97 LC Materials and Devices 1995 442161 NSF NSF; Gordon, Breach 6,000 1/95-4/96 Conference on Dynamics and Defects in LCs

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Inception Year


1995 442600 NSF NSF; Gordon, Breach 5,000 1/95-4/96 Conference on Dynamics and Defects in LCs 1995 444306 Other Fed Off. Naval Research 125,000 8/95-7/97 LCD Devices from Conducting Polymer Substrates 1995 444404 Ind/Other Image Quest 69,797 1/95-12/95 Development of Wide Viewing Angle LCD 1995 444423 Ind/Other Samsung 67,086 8/95-11/96 Comparison of Four Domain Alignment Techniques 1995 444424 Ind/Other Meadowlark Optics 12,800 8/95-8/96 Switchable Cholesteric Polarizer 1995 444430 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents

Eisenhower Prgm. 47,254 9/95-12/96 Science and Math on the Net (SAM-Net)

1995 444434 Ind/Other nChip 58,214 10/95-9/96 Liquid Crystals on Silicon 1995 444435 Ind/Other Planar 28,218 7/95-7/96 Active Compensation Cell Research 1995 Ind/Other Vari-Lite 68,721 3/95-4/96 Passive Projection Display 1995 Ind/Other U.S.-Slovene Sci &

Tech 33,000 1995-1997 LC Polymer Dispersions and Related Microconfined Systems

1995 Other Fed NASA 12,000 2/95-2/96 Evaluation of NASA Polymers 1996 440217 Other Fed DARPA/Fla. Atlantic

Univ. 15,867 1996 Diffractive Device Investigation

1996 442221 NSF 5,000 5/96-9/96 16th International Liquid Crystal Conference Support 1996 444109 Other Fed NASA 10,000 10/96-3/97 Alignment Properties 1996 444310 Other Fed Off. Naval Research 5,000 5/96-9/96 16th International Liquid Crystal Conference Support 1996 444321 Other Fed DARPA 137,700 6/96-5/00 Reflective Cholesteric Displays: Dynamic Drive and Surface

Topography Issues 1996 444327 Other Fed DARPA/Kent Displays 615,074 7/96-6/99 Power Efficient Reflective Cholesteric Displays

1996 444328 Other Fed AFOSR MURI/CalTech 423,756 11/96-10/01 Alignment and Packiing Behavior of LC and LCP….

1996 444329 Other Fed Off. Naval Research 50,000 12/96-5/98 Optical Study of Structure and Dynamics in Advanced Polymer Stabilized LC

1996 444451 Other Fed Wright Patterson AFB 47,592 5/96-9/96 Systran Visiting Scientist (Wiff)

1996 444456 Ind/Other Rockwell Sci. Ctr. 118,399 6/96-6/97 Synthesis of Chiral LC Diacrylates 1996 444608 Ind/Other Gov't. of Korea 10,000 8/96-7/97 Polyimide Alignment Films 1996 444615 Ind/Other IMAX Corp. 134,000 9/96-12/99 LC Glasses Improvements 1996 444621 Ind/Other Ministry of Education,

Taiwan 13,751 8/96-7/98 PDLC for Holographic Recording Applications

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Inception Year


1996 444641 Ind/Other S-VISION 60,000 10/96-9/97 Liquid Crystals on Silicon 1996 Fndn Ind/Other W.M. Keck Fndn. 500,000 1996 Cleanroom construction 1996 Foundation Ind/Other M. Holden Jennings

Fndn. 3,450 2/96-2/97 Project LCs for Elementary Teachers

1996 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 2,578,000 1996 LC Display Research Center 1996 NSF NS, Shlodowska Fndn. 23,000 1996-1999 Investigation of the Influence of Structure Factors on Stability of

Smectic C* and CA Phases in Compounds and Mixtures 1996 Foundation Ind/Other Dai Nippon 250,000 1996 Teaching Lab Equipment 1996 Foundation Ind/Other Wintek 250,000 1996 LCI/Materials Science Building 1996 Foundation Ind/Other Nitto Denko 100,000 1996 LCI Support 1997 220232 Ind/Other Japan Synthetic Rubber 20,000 4/97-10/98 Visiting Scientist, Japan Synthetic Rubber

1997 442102 NSF NSF/Moxtek sub 34,804 10/97-10/98 Wire Grid Polarizers for LCD 1997 442231 NSF 18,867 2/97-1/98 Real Physics On-line 1997 444114 Other Fed NASA 1,500 1/97-12/97 Studies on Dynamics and Optics of 0-360 Twist Bistable LCD 1997 444115 Other Fed NASA 20,000 5/97-5/98 Evaluation of NASA Polymers 1997 444331 Other Fed Off. Naval Research 20,900 6/97-11/97 Conductive Polymer Displays 1997 444618 Ind/Other Vari-Lite 71,416 9/97-9/98 PSCT Materials for Projection Displays 1997 444635 Ind/Other George Mason Univ. 10,000 1/97-1/98 Surface Alignment of Nematic LC

1997 444636 Ind/Other Dai Nippon 110,176 4/97-8/98 Optimizatio of Smectic A PDLC Films 1997 444644 Ind/Other Optical Imaging Sys. 27,975 7/97-12/97 Photo-curable LC Monomers 1997 444647 Ind/Other Civilian R&D

Foundation 11,000 7/97-12/99 Surface Properties and Effects in LCs

1997 444648 Ind/Other Civilian R&D Foundation

15,212 7/97-12/99 Photo-alignment of Nematic LCs on Polyimide Polymer Layers

1997 444650 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 64,000 7/97-6/00 Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering Facility at APS 1997 444652 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 64,000 7/97-6/99 Viewing Angle Improving Films for LC Displays 1997 444664 Other Fed NIST/Colorlink sub 200,000 5/97-6/00 Color Sequential Imaging 1997 444112/444120 Other Fed NASA Goddard Ctr. 99,100 3/97-5/99 Development of LC Devices for Astronomy

1997 Other Fed NIST 100,000 7/97-7/99 Information Dynamics in ALCOM/NIST Phase Separation Project

1997 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 64,000 7/97-6/99 Biological Lyotropic LCs

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Inception Year


1997 Other Fed NASA 20,000 5/97-5/98 Evaluation of NASA Polymers 1998 442106 NSF NSF/CNRS (France) 19,500 5/98-4/01 Structure and Defects in Lamellar Thermotropic and Lyotropic Soft

Matter Systems 1998 442117 NSF NSF EHR 160,000 10/98-9/00 School Based Remote Experiments on Web 1998 444122 Ind/Other Cal Tech-Jet Propulsion 20,000 9/98-8/99 High Performance LCs for Laser Communications 1998 444210 Other Fed NATO - Slovenia 29,300 12/98-12/01 LCD Optical Shutter for Eye Protection Devices 1998 444324 Other Fed AFOSR 362,000 3/98-9/99 LC Blazed Gratings for Laser Beam Steering 1998 444325 Other Fed Wright Patterson AFB 125,000 5/98-9/99 WPAFB IPA Visiting Scientist (Wiff) 1998 444332 Other Fed U.S. DOD/ BNL sub 150,000 6/98-5/00 Broadband Beam Steering 1998 444629 Other Fed NATO Intnl. Sci. Exch. 9,607 9/98-9/00 Computational, Experimental and Theoretical Studies of 1D

Confined LCs 1998 444672 Ind/Other Hitachi 20,000 3/98-3/99 Dynamics of Twisted Nematic Devices (Hitachi Visiting Scientist)

1998 444673 Ind/Other 3M Company 89,000 2/98-2/99 Alignment and Defects of 3M Lyotropic LCs 1998 444676 Ind/Other Philippines DOST 8,200 3/98-3/99 Synthesis/Characterization of Anti-FE LCs and Polymers 1998 444694 Other Fed DARPA/Sarnoff Sub 226,712 8/98-9/01 Fabrication of PDLC Test Displays 1998 444699 Ind/Other Motorola 51,225 9/98-5/01 Optimization and Modeling of Full-Color Displays for Portable

Applications 1998 445269 Ind/Other Kent Displays 137,338 10/98-4/00 Conductive Polymer Displays 1998 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 750,000 02/98-01/00 ALCOM Support (equipment) 1998 Ind/Other Hughes Research Labs 20,000 3/98-3/99 High Performance LCs for Laser Communications

1999 440602 Other Fed Off. Naval Research 265,000 7/99-6/01 Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric LC Diffraction Gratings 1999 442124 NSF 28,440 02/99-01/02 Photoalignment of LCs 1999 442125 NSF 28,600 02/99-01/02 Nonlinear Optics of Lyotropic LCs 1999 442126 NSF NSF International 28,440 2/99-1/00 Photoalignment of LCs 1999 442135 NSF 14,600 10/99-01/02 Photoalignment of Low-Weight Photo-Crosslinking Materials 1999 442150 NSF NSF EHR 51,228 10/99-1/02 Remote Experiments in Science Curriculum 1999 444208 Ind/Other Kent Displays 59,140 7/99-3/00 High Twisting Power Chiral Materials 1999 444209 Other Fed AFOSR/DAGSI 126,340 8/99-12/01 Active/Passive Optical Sensor Research 1999 444211 Ind/Other Dimensional Media 80,315 7/99-6/00 PSCT for Multiplanar Displays 1999 444212 Other Fed Wright Patterson AFB 21,850 9/99-11/99 WPAFB IPA Visiting Scientist (Wiff) (previously #444325)

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Inception Year


1999 444213 Ind/Other Tutco 28,500 5/99-5/00 PDLC for Oventop Applications 1999 444215 Ohio OBR Eisenhower Prgm. 61,293 9/99-12/00 Integrating School Based Experiments into Science Curriculum 1999 444216 NSF NSF/Moxtex sub 34,804 8/99-7/01 Wire Grid Polarizers for LCD 1999 444217 Ind/Other Horn Labs 10,000 11/99-11/00 Adaptive Eye Protection 1999 444222 Ind/Other Nitto Denko 74,000 12/99-6/01 Viewing Angle Enhancements with Compensating Films 1999 444223 Ind/Other Santec Systems 60,000 12/99-11/01 LC Ultrasonic Transducer 1999 444224 Other Fed AFOSR 23,000 6/99-6/00 Polymeric E-O Modulators 1999 444412 Ind/Other Vari-Lite 30,000 3/99-8/99 PSCT Materials for Projection Displays (contine #444618)

1999 444710 Ind/Other Garland Floor Co. 13,032 2/99-6/00 Feasibility Study of Transparent Conductive Coatings 1999 NSF NSF/KDI subaward 36,140 1/99-6/99 Chiral Materials Chemistry 1999 444214 Other Fed AFOSR 5/99-11/01 Visiting Scientist (Don Wiff) (previously # 444212; 444325) 2000 440810 Ohio Ohio Board of Regents 197,600 7/00-9/02 Basic Clean Room Techniques 2000 442147 NSF 28,200 09/00-01/02 Cholesteric LC Laser Sensors in Optical Fibers 2000 444218 Ind/Other ACS Petroleum Res. 60,000 1/1/00-8/31/02 Coalescence of LC Lens 2000 444220 Ind/Other Dupont 120,000 1/00-1/03 Optical Properties of Holographic Elements in Display Applications

2000 444221 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 100,000 1/00-6/01 Chromonic LCs 2000 444225 Ind/Other Boulder Nonlinear 33,000 3/00-12/00 Development of LC Materials for Direct Energy Contact 2000 444226 Other Fed DARPA 2,423,208 6/00 - 6/03 LC Based Optical Phase Array for Steering Lasers 2000 444227 Other Fed DARPA 3,501 Aug-00 Rockwell Grant Travel 2000 444228 Ind/Other Displaytech 99,000 9/00 - 8/03 C1 SSFLC Bistable Device Optimization Project 2000 444230 Other Fed DARPA (Rockwell sub) 637,057 9/00-8/04 LC Agile Beam Steering

2000 444231 Ind/Other Boulder Nonlinear 112,500 8/00-1/02 Steered Agile Beams 2000 444263 Other Fed DARPA 341,000 6/00-8/04 LC Based Optical Phased Arrays for Steering Lasers 2000 444715 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 143,810 1/00-6/01 Equipment - Microcalorimetry System 2001 444102 Other Fed NASA 654,066 1/01-7/05 LC Based Beam Steering Device and Optical Telescopes 2001 444232 NSF NSF/KDI sub 60,000 01/01-06/02 High Twisting Power Chiral Materials 2001 444233 Ohio Ohio Board of Regents 70,000 3/01-12/02 Electro-optical Devices from Banana-Shaped LCs 2001 444234 Ind/Other Matsushita Electric 50,000 4/01-3/03 Trans-reflective LCD 2001 444235 Ind/Other Boulder Nonlinear 156,370 3/01-2/03 Development of Polymer and Chiral Materials for FE-LCD 2001 444236 Other Fed DARPA/Hughes Sub 35,000 2/01-6/01 High Birefringence LCs for Optical Beam Steering

86

Inception Year


2001 444237 Other Fed DARPA/Hughes Sub 15,000 2/01-6/01 Custom Synthesis LC Compounds 2001 444238 Other Fed AFRL/DAGSI 46,951 7/01 - 12/03 Carbon nanotube-Reinforced LC Structural Composites by Electron

Beam Curing 2001 444240 Ind/Other Samsung 89,940 04/01-01/02 Novel LC Materials with High Birefringence and Low Rotational

Viscosity for Field Sequential Color Reflective LCDs 2001 444241 Ind/Other Samsung 143,641 3/01-5/03 Modeling and Improvements to Pi-Cell type Devices for AMLCD

applications 2001 444242 Ind/Other Intel 142,151 6/01-5/04 Research Project for Intel Corporation 2001 444243 Ind/Other Chromalux 6,248 07/01-09/01 Resolution of Electron Beam Addressed LC Displays 2001 444244 Ind/Other Nitto Denko 62,054 9/01-8/02 Polymer Walls for Ruggedized LCDs using Plastic Substrates 2001 444245 Ind/Other CoAdna 96,189 10/01-10/02 Tunable Filters for Telecommunications Applications 2002 440636 Other Fed AFRL/Anteon 52,592 5/02-6/04 Numerical and Experimental Studies on Isotropic LC Binary

Mixtures 2002 442232 NSF 480,000 6/02-5/06 Tunable Mirrorless Lasing in Cholesteric LC Elastomers 2002 442234 NSF 29,840 9/02-8/05 US-Hungary Materials Research: Investigation of Liquid Crystalline

Mesophases of Bent Core Molecules 2002 444247 Other Fed USAF/Univ. Ctrl. Fla.

/Ratheon 90,000 1/02-12/03 Development of High Birefringence LCs for Opticla Beam Steering

2002 444248 Other Fed USAF/Univ. Ctrl. Florida sub

20,000 1/02-6/02 Development of High Birefringence LCs for Optical Beam Steering

2002 444249 Ohio Ohio Dept. Dev. 282,000 5/02-7/03 ALCOM Support 2002 444251 Other Fed ONR/KDI 28,500 6/02-5/03 Black & White Cholesteric Displays 2002 444252 Ind/Other Cubic Defense Sys. 13,467 7/02-11/02 Polymer Dispersed LC Shutters Research Project 2002 444253 Other Fed USAF 379,998 7/02-9/03 Prism Rotator Beam-steering Component and 2D Optical Phased

Array Wavefront Corrector (THOR) 2002 444521 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 80,000 2/02 - 12/03 Pathogen Detection by Lyotropic LCs 2002 Fndn Ind/Other Ohio Eminent Scholar 750,000 2002 Ohio Eminent Scholars Program (endowment)

2002 Other Fed AFOSR/BNL 78,185 7/02-2/03 Polymer-Stabilized Ferroelectric LC for Analog Switching 2003 440218 Ohio ODOD/Ohio Dept. Dev. 400,000 11/03-6/08 Wright Center of Innovation for Advanced Data Management and

Analysis 2003 441149 Other Fed Congressional 471,913 9/03-9/05 Center for LC Science and Education

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Inception Year


2003 442235 NSF 190,000 8/03 - 7/05 Acquisition and Development of Fast Confocal Polarizing Microscopy for Liquid Crystal Materials Research and Education

2003 442236 NSF 100,000 9/03 - 8/04 ACT/SGER: LC Materials for Biosensor Development 2003 444254 Ind/Other Viztec 29,159 1/03-12/03 Commercialization of Plastic LC Displays 2003 444255 Ohio Ohio Dept. Dev.

AlphaMicron sub 196,253 1/03-9/04 LC Eyewear

2003 444257 Ind/Other Hana 100,000 6/03-5/06 Inorganic Alignment Layer Project 2003 444258 Ind/Other SAIC-Army/KDI sub 50,000 7/203-6/04 Encapsulated Cholesteric Displays 2003 444259 Other Fed AFOSR/ Cornerstone 240,000 9/03-5/06 Conductive LC Elastomers for Aircraft Wing Structures 2003 444260 Ind/Other Samsung 340,000 8/03-7/10 Sponsored Research Agreement 2003 444262 Ind/Other Photon-X 82,000 12/03-11/04 Sponsored Research Agreement 2003 771203 Ohio 1,640,000 7/03-7/06 Flexible Optical and Electronic Device Manufacturing Facility 2004 440644 Ohio Ohio Bd, Regents 64,167 1/04-12/05 Theoretical Study of Domains in Membranes 2004 442244 NSF 63,433 4/04-3/07 2004 444256 Ind/Other Polydisplay (sub?) 153,355 1/04-12/04 Ultra-thin Flexible Full Color LC Displays 2004 444264 Ind/Other Hanna 2,000 3/04-3/05 Hana Characterization Project 2004 444265 Other Fed US Army/UCF sub 150,000 5/04-5/07 Foveated, Wide Field-of-View Imaging Sensor for Misslle

Warning/Tracking Using Adaptive Optics 2004 444266 Ind/Other US CRDF 12,400 11/04-10//06 Lyotropic Chromonic LCs: A New Material for

AdvancedBiosensing and Optical Applications 2004 444267 Other Fed SAIC-Army/KDI sub 44,000 5/04-12/04 Sponsored Research Agreement 2004 444268 Ind/Other Samsung 120,000 1/04-12/05 Sponsored Research Agreement 2004 444269 Ind/Other Steridian Corp. 47,000 10/04-6/05 Sponsored Research Agreement 2004 444270 NSF NYU/Courant sub 100,000 9/04-8/06 SGER: Modeling the Dynamics of Shape Change in LC Elastomer

Systems 2004 444272 Ind/Other US CRDF 16,000 6/04-6/06 Insight in the Physical Phenomena Behind Light Absorption Induced

Surface Anchoring 2004 444539 Other Fed Homeland

Sec/NEOUCOM 30,000 2/04-2/05 Rapid Detection of Fluid-borne Pathogens using LCs

2004 444755 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 58,941 1/04-12/05 Fluorothiophenes - A New Class of Chevron-free Ferroelectric Materials with Promising Electrooptic Device and Semiconductor Applications

88

Inception Year


2005 440442 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 59,948 1/05-12/06 Nanotechnology, LCs and Drug Delivery 2005 440447 Ind/Other Samsung 40,000 4/05-4/06 Stressed LC Materials: Electro-optics and Use in Displays 2005 440650 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 60,000 1//05-12//06 Biaxial Nematic and Smectic Phases andCritical Phenomena in Bent-

Core and Tetrapodic Mesogens 2005 442191 NSF 313,978 8/05-7/08 Collaborative Research FRG: Ferroelectric Phenomena in Soft

Matter Systems 2005 442198 NSF 375,000 11/05-12/06 Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy of 3D Director

Configurations in LCs 2005 442242 NSF 258,199 4/05 - 7/05 Acquisition of an Imaging Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR)

Spectrometer 2005 444271 Ind/Other IICAM 20,000 7/05-6/06 3D Structures and Defects in LC Biopolymers 2005 444273 Ind/Other Samsung 45,932 3/05-6/05 Sponsored Research Agreement 2005 444274 Other Fed AFRL/Displaytech 55,000 4/05-7/06 Sponsored Research Agreement 2005 444275 Other Fed USAF/Anteon sub 7,497 1/05-3/05 Support Expertise for Sensor Directorate 2005 444276 Other Fed AFRL/Cornerstone 225,000 5/05-5/07 STTR Phase II: Conductive LC Elastomer for Aircraft Gap

Treatment 2005 444277 Other Fed NIST 351,813 9/05-8/07 Finite Element Modeling of Projectiles and Indentation 2005 444278 Other Fed AFOSR/Cornerstone 40,000 8/05-4/06 Development of High Birefringence LCs for Infrared Applications 2005 444279 Other Fed Off. Naval Res. 294,003 10/05-9//08 Tracking Nanoparticle Motion to Elucidate Mechanisms for

Anomalous thermal Transport in Nanofluids 2005 444280 Ohio Ohio Dept. Dev./ Wright

Ctr. 365,235 6/05-6/08 Wright Center for Multifunctional Polymer Nanomaterials and

Devices (CMPND) 2005 444284 Ind/Other ACS Petroleum Fund 56,603 9/05-8//07 Simulation Studies of Shape Selection in Chiral Molecular Self-

Assembly 2005 444547 Foundation W.M. Keck Fndn. 385,934 6/05-6/06 Laboratory Equipment Proposal 2005 Fndn Ind/Other Intel 189,000 10/05-9/08 Polarization Independent Etalon Based LC Devices 2006 440462 Ind/Other Samsung 100,000 11/06-10/07 Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic LCs for Internal Compensators and

Polarizers 2006 440464 Ind/Other Samsung 100,000 11/06-10//07 Studies of Lyotropic Chromonic LCs for Internal Compensators and

Polarizers 2006 440465 Ind/Other Samsung 100,000 11/06-10/07 Bent Core LCs for Fast Switching Electric Field Induced Biaxial

(EFIB) Displays 2006 440466 Ind/Other Samsung 100,000 11/06-10/07 LC Displays doped with Ferroelectric Nanoparticles

89

Inception Year


2006 440467 Ind/Other Samsung 67,000 11/1/06-10/07 Advanced OCB2 2006 440468 Ind/Other Samsung 50,000 11/06-10/07 OCB Transreflective Mobile LCD 2006 440606 Other Fed US Dept Energy 322,526 8/06-8/10 Electric Field Effects in LCs with Dielectric Disperson 2006 440623 Other Fed Off. Naval Res. 122,262 12/06-12/07 Energy Conversion Based on Giant Flexoelectric Effect in Bent-Core

Nematic LCs 2006 442216 NSF 599,235 6/06-5//09 New LC Materials Facility 2006 442218 NSF 172,998 7/06-6/09 Fluid Phases of Bent-Core Molecules-Novel Physics and

Applications 2006 442220 NSF 200,000 8/06-7//09 Modeling Actuation and Shape Selection in Soft Materials 2006 442222 NSF 499,926 9/06-8/11 S-STEM Scholarships for Broadening Participation Sciences 2006 444201 NSF NSF/KDI sub 150,000 7/06-12/07 STTR Phase II: Photochemically Switched Chiral Materials for

Chiral Nematic Displays 2006 444204 Other Fed AFOSR 10,430 4/06-11/06 Workshop on Negative Index Materials 2006 444281 Ind/Other Comex-Pic 46,000 1/06-11/06 LC Elastomers as Smart Pigments in Paints 2006 444282 Ohio OBR Res. Chall. 60,000 1/06-1//08 Tracking Nanoparticle Motion to Elucidate Mechanisms for

Anomalous thermal Transport in Nanofluids 2006 444283 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 60,000 1//06-1/07 Light-harvesting Semiconducting Discotic LCs for Organic

Nanostructured Photovoltaics: New Opportunity and New Challenge

2006 444285 Other Fed AFRL 451,450 3/06-6//08 Extension Proposal (LC Based Optical Phases Array for Steering Lasers)

2006 444286 Other Fed AFOSR 2,736,983 5/06-9/09 MURI on Self-Assembled Soft Optical NIMS (67% shared among 5 other universities)

2006 444287 Ohio Ohio Dept. Dev. 200,000 7/06-6/07 New LC Materials Facility 2006 444288 Other Fed USAF/Dynamic Eye sub 98,057 9/06-8/08 Segmented Flash Blindness Lenses

2006 444289 Ind/Other Displaytech 59,998 11/06-12/07 Sponsored Research Agreement 2006 Foundation Ind/Other Dupont 160,000 6/06-1/09 Fluorinated Polyimide Alignment Layer Research 2006 Other Fed ONR/KDI subaward 140,000 8/06-7/98 Conducting Polymer Substrates 2007 440621 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 50,000 1/07-12/08 Chromonic LCs as New System for Controlled Drug Delivery 2007 440624 Other Fed Off. Naval Res. 138,000 3/07-3/08 Integrated Instrumentation Suite for Exploring Enhanced Thermal

Conductivity in Nanofluids (equipment) 2007 444202 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 50,000 1/07-1/08 Nanofluidic Lab on Chip for Low Abundance Protein Isolation

90

Inception Year


2007 444203 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 50,000 6/07-12/08 Energy-Saving Switchable LC Architectural Window 2007 444205 Ohio Ohio Dept. Dev./ KDI

sub 930,000 2/07-2/10 Flexible LC Film Manufacturing Alliance

2007 444291 Ind/Other NorTech 200,000 5/07-5/08 FLEX Matters 2007 444292 Ohio Ohio Dept. Dev./ U

Akron sub 300,000 2/07-2/10 Commercialiation of Functional Polyimide Films and

Nanocomposites 2007 444293 Ind/Other Gen Dynamics 70,000 6/07-6/08 Electrically and Optically Turnable Chiral Molecules for Optical

Applications 2007 444771 Ohio Ohio Bd. Regents 50,000 1/07-1/08 Creating Nanophotonic Meta-atoms by Programmable Bottom-up

DNA Self-Assembly and Metallization Total Awards $ 74,554,474

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Doctoral Dissertations on Liquid Crystals Date Name, Title of Dissertation Advisor/Department

1967 GULRICH, LESLIE Brown Chemistry X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Nematic Structure of p-methoxybenzylidene p'-cyanoaniline

* DuPont 1970 WILLEY, DAVID Brown Chemistry The Thermodynamics of Dilute Solutions using Selected Liquid Crystalline Solvents * Industry, Akron 1972 LEE, Y.S. Brown Chemistry An Ultrasonic Shear Wave Study of the Mechanical Properties of a Nematic Liquid Crystal * Industry, Taiwan 1972 LESSER, DAVID Brown Chemistry Crystal Structure Analysis of X-Ray of 2,2'-Dibromo-4,4'-bis-(p- methoxybenzylideneamino) Biphenyl * August 1972 HSU, Y.Y. Fishel Chemistry Studies of Liquid Crystals: Part I - Synthesis and Characterization of Selectively Deuterated Compounds with Mesomorphic Properties; Part II - Synthesis of Novel Schiffs Bore Compounds and the Investigation of Binary Systems with Nemorphic Properties * Consultant, California December 1972 WILSON, JACK Uhrich Physics Mossbauer Effect in a Smectic Liquid Crystal * Retired March 1973 VISINTAINER, JAMES Doane Physics Spin-Lattice Relaxation in the Nematic Liquid Crystalline Phase * Research Scientist, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio March 1973 WISE, RAYMOND Doane Physics A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Smectic C Liquid Crystals * Retired June 1973 FELLNER, HANS G. Franklin/Christensen Physics Light Scattering from Liquid Crystals * Professor, Slippery Rock University, PA August 1973 DETJEN, ROBERT E. Uhrich Physics A Mossbauer Investigation of the Lattice Dynamics of the Smectic Liquid Crystalline State * August 1973 KESS, SHARON Franklin Physics The Photostatistics of Brillouin Scattering by a Liquid Crystal * IBM Corp., R&D, Vermont


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August 1973 MURPHY, JOHN A. Doane Physics NMR Pulsed Gradient Studies of Diffusion in Liquid Crystals * Keithley Instruments, Solon, Ohio December 1973 NANDY, PAPIYA Saupe Physics Theoretical Studies of the Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities in Nematic Liquid Crystals * Instructor of Physics, Jadavpur University March 1974 SCHENZ, ANNE FILLER Neff Chemistry Optical and Faraday Studies of Liquid Crystals * General Foods, White Plains, NY June 1974 CHU, KWO-SUN Moroi Physics Theories of Intermolecular Potential and Molecular Diffusion in the Mesophases of Liquid Crystalline Systems * Retired (NY) June 1974 CHUNG, DAVID BUU-VINH Brown Chemistry An X-Ray Study of the Crystal Structure and the Smectic E Structure of a Smectogenic Liquid Crystal -- Di-n-Propyl-p-terphenyl-4,4"-carboxylate * Research Scientist, Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA December 1974 CHIN, JOHN S.H. Neff Chemistry The Effect of Compressibility on the Thermodynamic Properties of Liquid Crystals * June 1975 PHOTINOS, PANAGIOTIS J. Saupe Physics Mean Field Study of the Formation of Uniaxial Smectic Liquid Crystals with Polarized Layers * Professor and Chair, Dept. of Physics, Southern Oregon State University, Ashland, OR

December 1975 BERMAN, ARTHUR L. Gelerinter Physics Optical Studies of Electric Field Effects in Nematic Liquid Crystals That Have Some Smectic Ordering * Optical Shields Corp., Menlo Park CA June 1976 AIMIUWU, VICTOR Q. Uhrich Physics Fe-57 Mossbauer Study of Four Ferrocene Derivatives in a Smectic B Liquid Crystalline Glass * August 1976 MORITZ, ELAN Franklin Physics A Class of Nonlinear Electrohydrodynamic Effects in a Nematic Liquid Crystal * Research Scientist, US Naval Coastal Systems, Panama City FL December 1976 FLICK, CATHERINE M. Gelerinter Physics An Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of the Action of Selected Polyene Antibiotics on Lipid Planar Multibilayers (Model Membranes) * John Wollman Enterprises, Indiana December 1976 UKLEJA, PAUL Doane Physics Spin-Lattice Relaxation and Director Fluctuations in Nematic Liquid Crystals * Professor, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth


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June 1978 BOS, PHILIP J. Doane Physics NMR Studies of Orientational Order in the Smectic C Liquid Crystalline Phase * Professor, Chemical Physics Program, Kent State University June 1978 DSIDOCKY, RICHARD Fishel Chemistry Investigations of Liquid Crystals: Part I. The Effect of Terminal Substitutent Branching on Mesogenic Behavior of Phenyl Benzoates. Part II. Synthesis of Novel Organotin Compounds Exhibiting Liquid Crystalline Behavior * Resarch Scientist, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio August 1978 LAPRICE, WALTER J. Uhrich Physics Iron-57 Mossbauer Temperature Study of Nematic, Smectic B and Smectic H Liquid Crystalline Glasses * Materials Engineer, Westinghouse, Pittsburgh, PA December 1978 BRISBIN, DOUGLAS J. Johnson Physics Divergence of the Bend Curvature Coefficient above the Nematic-Smectic A Phase Transition: Freedericksz Transition * Research Scientist, General Dynamics Corp., Los Angeles, CA December 1978 MAJOROS, STEPHEN J. Johnson Physics A Test of Curvature Elasticity Above the Nematic-Smectic A Phase Transition * Lorrain Co. Community College, Elyria OH June 1979 GRADDICK, WILLIAM Spielberg Physics The Effect of Calcium on the Thermotropic Phase Behavior of Dipalmitol Phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) Multilayers * June 1980 NAIKSATAM, PRAKASH Fishel Chemistry Structure-Property Relationships of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

* Brookhaven National Lab

August 1980 BAGINSKI, GERARD H. Saupe Physics Proton Magnetic Resonance Study on Iron bis(cyclopentadienyl) in Nematic Solutions * August 1980 EKACHAI, ARUN Spielbertg/deVries Physics X-Ray and Optical Studies of Several Smectic Phases * Lecturer, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand August 1980 SETHNA, VIJAY N. Spielberg/deVries Physics X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Skewed Cybotactic Nematic Phases * Industrial Scientist, Kaiser Electronics, San Jose, CA August 1980 VAZ, NUNO A. Doane Physics Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Orientational Order in Lyotropic Liquid Crystals * Research Scientist, General Motors, Warren, Michigan December 1980 DEHOFF, RICHARD J. Johnson Physics Specific Heat in the Vicinity of a Nematic-Smectic A-Smectic C Multicritical * Research Scientist, Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton OR


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December 1980 HAVEN, THOMAS J. Saupe Physics Elastic and Viscous Properties of Nematic Systems in Aqueous Decylammonium Chloride Solutions * Research Scientist, Sarif, Vancouver, Washington December 1980 RICHARDS, BERNARD L. Moroi Physics Rotational Diffusion in Nematic Liquid Crystals * Assistant Professor, Stark Campus, Kent State University May 1981 LOCKHART, THOMAS E. Gelerinter Physics Indices of Refraction at Smectic A-Smectic C Phase Transitions * Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire August 1981 KTORIDES, PETROS Uhrich Physics Mossbauer Study of the Smectic Liquid Crystalline Glass Phase Using Sn-bearing Molecules * Teaching, Cyprus December 1981 KUZMA, MICHAEL R. Allender/Johnson Physics Mean Field Study of Molecular Tilt in Uniaxial Liquid Crystalline Phases * Real Estate, Philadelphia December 1981 VAZ, MARIA J. Doane Physics Orientational Order in Phospholipid, Cholesterol-Phospholipid, and Protein- Phospholipid Bilayer Membranes: A DMR Study * Professor, Lawrence Technical University, Detroit MI June 1982 SHARMA, BRIJ B. Saupe Physics Proton Magnetic Resonance in Nematic Solvents: Orientation and Structure of Anthaquinone Derivatives and a Linewidth Analysis of Benzene Spectrum * Research Scientist, Bell Communications, Piscataway, NJ June 1982 SHETTY, ANIL N. Doane Physics Molecular and Segmental Orientational Order in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals: An NMR Study * Scientist, Imaging Center, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI June 1982 SHIH, LIH-BIN Brown Chemistry Laser Light Scattering of Surface Fluctuations of Liquid Crystals * Research Scientist, S.C. Johnson, Racine, WI December 1982 YANIV, ZVI Doane Physics A Deuterium Magnetic Resonance Study of Biaxial Ordering and Self-Diffusion in Chiral Nematic and Smectic Phases * President, SI Diamond Technology, Austin TX May 1983 TODOROFF, DOUGLAS G. Uhrich Physics Sn-119 Mossbauer Investigation of Different Sn-Bearing Molecules in Nematic and Smectic Glasses * Research Scientist, US Naval Coastal Systems, Panama City FL August 1983 BENIGNI, SAMUEL P. Spielberg Physics An X-Ray Study on the Thermal Behavior of Potassium-Palmitate-Water Mixtures * Staff Scientist, RCA, Inc., Lancaster PA December 1983 BIGGERS, RAND R. Johnson Physics Thermal Properties Near the Nematic-Smectic A Tricritical Point * Research Scientist, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio


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December 1983 BOONBRAHM, POONPONG Saupe Physics Optical Studies on Micellar Nematics and on Phase Transitions Between Nematic States * Lecturer, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand December 1983 GOODEN, CLARENCE E. Johnson Physics Light Scattering and Magnetic Deformation Study of the Nematic-Smectic A Transition * Research Scientist, Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach, FL

December 1983 MAHMOOD, RIZWAN Johnson Physics Director Elasticity Above the Nematic-Smectic A Transition * Associate Professor, Slippery Rock University, PA December 1983 ROTH, ROBERT A. Saupe Physics Theoretical Studies on the Dielectric Permittivity of Liquid Crystals with Application to Alkylazoxybenzene Derivatives * Research Scientist, US Air Force, Dayton, OH December 1983 STEFANOV, MICHAEL E. Saupe Physics Physical Properties of Nematic Decylammonium Chloride/Ammonium Chloride/Water Systems * May 1984 STRENK, LAWRENCE M. Doane Physics A Deuterium NMR Study of Orientational Order and Spatial Modulation in Phosphatidyl Choline Bilayers Including Those Containing Cholesterol and Protein

* President and CEO, Strenk Scientific Consultants, Inc., Middleburg Heights OH

August 1984 MARANDE, ROBERT P. Uhrich Physics Iron-57 Mossbauer Temperature Study of Smectic A., Smectic B and Smectic C Liquid Crystalline Glasses * Assistant Professor, Behrend College, Erie, PA December 1984 HAFIZ, NAJMA Allender/Doane Physics Nematic Phases in Liquid Crystals: Theory of Uniaxiality and Biaxiality and an NMR Study of Reetrants * May 1985 RAHMAN, JOLLY A. deVries/Spielberg Physics The Development of Some Molecular Models for Smectic A Phases * Research Scientist, Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR May 1985 SPIELBERG, JOHANAN Gelerinter Physics An EPR Study of Glass-Forming Liquids and Liquid Crystals * August 1985 HENDERSON, GIRARDEAU Allender Physics Phenomena at the Isotropic - Nematic Transition Induced by Surface Order * Research Scientist, US Naval Coastal Systems, Panama City, FL August 1985 LIU, HSING-CHUNG deVries/Spielberg Physics Analysis of the X-Ray Diffraction Pattern of the Skewed Cybotactic Nematic Phase of p-n-Octyloxybenzoic Acid *


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August 1985 VLACHOPOULOS, PETROS Lee Physics Theoretical Studies of Local Orientational Order in Cholesterics and Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Mixtures * December 1985 MOTTAKABBIR, KAZI A. Lee Physics Quantum Simulations of the Ground State of the One-Dimensional Hubbard Model * Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas, Austin May 1986 WU, BAO-GANG Doane Physics Deuterium NMR of Asymmetric Motion and Molecular Ordering in Liquid Crystals and Microdroplet Controlled Scattering in Display Applications * R&D Scientist, Advanced Display Systems, Amarillo, TX August 1986 LEE, YOUNG-HEE Lee Physics Classical and Quantum Computer Simulation Studies: Molecular Dynamics of the Kerr Effect in Carbon di-sulfide in Green's Function Monte Carlo Calculations of the Electronic Correlation Energy in Atoms * Assistant Professor, Physics, Jeonbug National University, Korea December 1986 CUNNINGHAM, BETH A. Lis/Doane Physics The Influence of Monovalent Ions on Dipalmitoylphosphatidyl-choline Bilayer Structure and Packing * Assistant Professor of Physics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA May 1987 KHAN, IQBAL Johnson Physics Director Dynamics Above Nematic-Smectic (A,C) Transitions * Scientist, Textile Institute of Pakistan August 1987 FIGUEIRINHAS, JOAO Doane Physics A Deuterium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of the SF Phase * Scientist, Centro de Fisica da Materia Condensada, Lisbon, Portugal August 1987 LEWIS, MICHAEL E. Johnson Physics A Mode 1 Light Scattering Study of the Smectic-A Phase Near the NA Transition: Critical Behavior of the Layer Dilation Elastic Coefficient * Lewis Consulting, Akron, Ohio August 1987 ZHOU, E Saupe Physics Curvature Elasticity of the Micellar Nematics * Lecturer, Beijing University, China December 1987 GOLEMME, ATTILIO Doane Chemical Physics Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals * Research Scientist, Dept. of Chemistry, Unviersity of Calabria, Rende, December 1987 KLEMM, STEFAN Lee Physics Quantum Simulation of Polyene Ground States * Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN December 1987 MELNIK, GEORGE Saupe Physics Critical Properties of Phase Transitions in Micellar Nematics in Microscopic Textures of Micellar Cholesterics * North American Phillips Corp., Briarcliff Manor, NY


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August 1988 PHONPHOK, NASON Westerman/Doane Physics Effects of Anesthetic Membrane Solutes on Orientational Order in Lecithin Bilayer Membranes: An NMR Study * Lecturer, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand May 1989 FRISKEN, BARBARA J. Palffy-Muhoray Physics/UBC Nematic Liquid Crystals in Electric and Nematic Fields * Professor & Chair of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

May 1989 RISSER, STEVEN Lee Physics Model Hamiltonian Calculations of the Nonlinear Polarizabilities of Conjugated Molecules * Texas A&M, Commerce, TX August 1989 WHITEHEAD JR., JOE B. Doane Physics Light Scattering from Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals * Associate Professor of Physics, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

December 1989 VITHANA, HEMASIRI Johnson Physics Light Scattering and Magnetic Field Deformation Study Near the Nematic- Smectic A Phase Transition: Critical Behavior of Twist and Bend Elastic * Research Scientist, Reveo, Hawthorne, NY May 1990 ERDMANN, JOHN H. Doane Physics Electro-Optic Response of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals * Hana Microdisplay Technologies, Inc., Twinsburg, OH May 1990 LEE, JONG-CHEON Allender/Neff Physics Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Homeotropic Surface Effect on the Cholesteric-Nematic Phase Transition of a Compensated Mixture * Research Scientist, Samsung Corporation, Seoul, Korea May 1990 PLUMLEY, SULAKSHANA Saupe Physics Elasticity and Dynamic Properties of Ionic Micellar Mixtures * December 1990 SUBRAMANIAM, RAVI Lee Physics Quantum Simulations of the Ground State Electronic Structure of Diatomic Molecules * Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh December 1990 SUBRAMANYAM, SUNDAR Fishel Chemistry Liquid Crystals Containing the Dibenzopyran Nucleus: Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properties of 3-(4-n-Alkoxybenzylidene-amino) Dibenzo[b,d]Pyran * Research Fellow, Unviersity of Lowell May 1991 BOYD, DARWIN Uhrich Physics Mossbauer Studies of Some 1. Iron(III) Spin Crossover Systems and 2. A Cold Cholesteric Liquid Crystal * Assistant Professor of Technology, Kent State University, Kent, OH May 1991 GLEESON, JAMES L. Palffy-Muhoray Physics Instabilities During Directional Solidification of a Transparent Material * Professor & Asst. Chair, Dept. of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio


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August 1991 SARKAR, MOINUDDIN Spielberg Physics X-Ray Study of Some Columnar Thermotropic Mesophases * Assistant Profesor of Physics, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN August 1991 SU, WEN-CHEN Fishel Chemistry Part 1. Novel Syntheses of Substituted 6H-D(b,d) Pyrans by Pschorr Cyclization; Part 2. Synthesis and Studies of Mesomorphic Compounds Derived from 3- Amino and 3-Hydroxy-6H-D(b,d) Pyrans * Avery Dennison, Pasadena, CA December 1991 CHEN, LI Kumar Physics High-Resolution X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Nematic to Smectic-A Phase Transition and the Frustrated Smectic A Phase * December 1991 CRAWFORD, GREGORY P. Doane Chemical Physics Nematic Liquid Crystals Confined to Cylindrical Cavities: A 2H-NMR Study * Dean 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 YUAN, HAIJI (JIM) Palffy-Muhoray Physics Nonlinear Optical Properties of Liquid Crystals * CoAdna Photonics, Inc., San Jose, CA May 1992 KIM, JAE YON Palffy-Muhoray Physics Phase Separation Kinetics of Binary Liquid Crystal Polymer Mixtures * Research Scientist, Samsung Corp., Seoul, Korea August 1992 SEEKOLA, DESMOND Kelly Physics Dielectric Response of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystalline Films * SpectraSwitch, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA December 1992 LIN, HEFEN Palffy-Muhoray Physics Optical Fibers with Liquid Crystalline Cores * Philips Flat Displays, San Jose, CA December 1992 NAGVEKHAR, DEVDATT Fishel Chemistry Novel Mesomorphic Systems Based on Heteromethylene Bridged Biphenyls * Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA May 1993 KIM, DU RIM Saupe Physics Effects of Polymers in the Rotational Viscosity of Nematic Liquid Crystals and Dynamics of Field Alignment * Instructor, Kangwon National University, Korea May 1993 PATEL, PREM L. Kumar Physics High-Resolution X-Ray Diffraction Study of Frustrated Smectics * Private Enterprise, Philadelphia, PA August 1993 AMARASINGHE, NANDANA Moroi Physics Iterative Solutions to Nonlinear Wave Equation in a X(2) Medium and Permittivity Gradient Induced Polaration and Second Harmonic Generation in Inhomogeneous Media * Staff Scientist, SpectraSwitch, Santa Rosa CA


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August 1993 ONDRIS-CRAWFORD, 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 *


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May 1995 KOTHEKAR, NATASHA Allender Physics Modeling and Numerical Analysis of Surface Effects and Critical Phenomena in Nematic Liquid Crystals * May 1995 MANG, JOSEPH T. Kumar Physics High Resolution X-Ray and Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Liquid Crystal Structure * Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Lab, NM August 1995 DAI, SONG Spielberg Physics X-ray Studies of Phase Transitions and Structures of Some Columnar Liquid * Research Specialist, Alltristar Corp., Mogadore OH August 1995 FRITZ, WILLIAM Doane Physics Reflection from Imperfect Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Basic Properties and Applications * Gelcore, Cleveland OH August 1995 HUANG, JING Johnson Physics Critical Behavior of Heat Capacity Near a Nematic-Smectic A Tricritical Point * Computer Specialist, Cray Computer, NJ August 1995 JI, YIMIN Kelly Physics Surface Anchoring at a Polymer/Liquid Crystal Interface in the Neighborhood of the Glass Transition * Research Scientist, Corning, Inc., NY December 1995 CHEN, JIANMIN Johnson Physics Nonrubbing Techniques for Alignment of Nematic Liquid Crystals: Fundamentals and Applications * Colorlink, Inc., Boulder, CO December 1995 FOLKS, RAYMOND Lavrentovich Physics Light Induced Instabilities in Smectics * Research Scientist, CREOL, Univ. Central Florida December 1995 LU, ZHIJIAN Doane Physics Reflective Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays * Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ May 1996 HUANG, XIAO-YANG Doane Physics Field-Induced Transitions in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals: Dynamics and Applications in Displays * Senior Scientist, Kent Displays, Inc. May 1996 JAMAL, SYED H. Kelly Physics Characterization and Optimization of Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystals: Dynamics and Applications in Displays * Senior Project Engineer, Honeywell, Phoenix, AZ August 1996 DING, HONG Kelly Physics The Study of Dielectric and Electro-Optic Response of Liquid Crystals in Confined Systems * Staff Scientist, Meadowlark Optics, Longmont, CO


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December 1996 QIAN, SIHAI Finotello Physics Liquid Crystal Phase Transitions in Porous Media * Digilens, Sunnyvale, CA May 1997 BRETT, MARTIN West Chemical Physics * Five Star Technologies

May 1997 HU, GONGJIAN Palffy-Muhoray Physics Laser Induced Configurational Transition in Liquid Crystals * Staff Scientist, dpiX, A Xerox Co., Palo Alto, CA May 1998 GALABOVA, HRISTINA Allender Physics A Theoretical Study of Surface Induced Phenomena in nematic Liquid Crystals * Staff Scientist, Reveo Corp., Hawthorne, NY May 1998 WANG, XIAO-DING West/Allender Physics Polarized Ultraviolet Light Induced Alignment for Liquid Crystal Displays on well- Defined Polyimide Films * Staff Scientist, Micro Display Corp., San Pablo, CA August 1998 LIU, HONG Allender Physics Theory of Liquid Crystal Static Distortions in Uniaxial and Biaxial Nematics * Lecturer, Nanjing University, China May 1999 HOKE, CHARLES D. Bos Chemical Physics Multi-Dimensional Alignment of Liquid Crystals and its Application to the Bistable Twist Cell * Staff Scientist, Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, CA August 1999 LI, KUO-YUIN Kelly Chemical Physics * Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation

August 1999 LI, SHUXIN Bos Chemical Physics * Densitron, Santa Fe Springs, CA August 1999 MORI, HIROYUKI Bos Chemical Physics Fabrication and Optical Effects of a Discotic Negative Birefringence Film for Liquid Crystal Displays * Staff Scientist, Fuji Photo Film Company, Japan August 1999 WU, WEI Kelly Physics Single and Multiple Light Scattering Studies of PDLC Films in the presence of Electric Field * Research Scientist, Monsanto Corp., St. Louis, MO December 1999 ZENG, HUAIREN Finotello Physics Liquid Crystal Orientational Order in Confined Geometries: An NMR * Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University May 2000 ISHIKAWA, TOMOHIRO Lavrentovich Chemical Physics Elasticity of Defects and Structures in Uniaxial Liquid Crystals * Postdoctoral Fellow, Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute May 2000 MA, RUI-QING Yang Chemical Physics Polymer Networks Formed in Liquid Crystals and Their Applications * Research Scientist, Corning, Inc., NY


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May 2000 PARK, EUI-YEUL West Chemical Physics * AlphaMicron, Inc. May 2000 WATSON, PHILIP E. Bos Chemical Physics The Homeotropic to Planar Transition in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals * Research Scientist, 3M Company, Minneapolis MN May 2000 XU, MING Yang Chemical Physics Electro-Optical Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Devices and Applications of Dual Frequency Cholesterics * Research Scientist, Chorum Technologies, Richardson TX August 2000 COLEGROVE, JENNIFER Kelly Chemical Physics Optimization of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Device * Kaiser Electronics, San Jose CA August 2000 CUI, MINGJI Kelly Physics Temperature Dependency of Viscoelastic Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystals * CoAdna Photonics August 2000 DUNN, PATRICK Yang Chemical Physics * Sr. Technical Program Manager, Samsung America December 2000 ANDERSON, JAMES E. Bos Chemical Physics Transitions from the Homeotropic in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals * Hana Microdisplay Technologies December 2000 KONOVALOV, DMITRI A. Sprunt Physics A Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Ferrielectric Phases of Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals * Postdoctoral Fellow, Brandeis University December 2000 MI, XIANG-DONG Yang Chemical Physics Dynamics of the Transitions Among Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Textures * Research Scientist, Eastman Kodak December 2000 TANG, ANLUN Sprunt Physics Dynamics of Chiral Smectic-A and Twist Grain Boundary Phases of Liquid * KLA-Tencor, California December 2000 TITUS, CHARLES M. Bos Chemical Physics Diffractive and Refractive Liquid Crystal Beam Steering Devices * Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute December 2000 YUAN, HAIJUN Palffy-Muhoray Chemical Physics Light Propagation in Complex Liquid Crystal Structure * Mgr., LC Technologies, LambdaFlex, Inc. May 2001 LIU, WEIMIN Yang Chemical Physics Characterization of Some Wide Viewing Angle Liquid Crystal Displays * Kaiser August 2001 ACHARYA, BHARAT RAJ Kumar Physics Correlation Between the Surface Properties and Liquid Crystal Anchoring on Polymer Films * Bell Lab/Lucent Technologies, Inc.


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August 2001 ASFAW, LETEMESKEL Sprunt Physics Coherent Backscattering from Complex Liquids * Alcorn State University, Mississippi December 2001 HEINEMAN, DAVID West Chemical Physics Kinetics of Patterned Electric Field Induced Polymer Segregation in Liquid Crystal Solutions * CoAdna Photonics, Inc. December 2001 VOLOSHCHENKO, DMITRY Laventovich Chemical Physics Photoinduced Aggregation in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals * Motorola, Inc. December 2001 ZHANG, FANG Yang Chemical Physics Physical Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Displays * Dimensional Media, Inc. May 2002 WANG, BIN Bos Chemical Physics Two Dimensional Liquid Crystal Devices and their Computer Simulations * Agilent Technologies, Inc. August 2002 SAEED, SALMAN Bos Chemical Physics Electro-optical Polarization Interference Filters * Three Five Systems, Inc. December 2002 SU, LINLI West Chemistry Studies on Non-Contact Alignment of Liquid Crystals * May 2003 KANG, SHIN-WOONG Chien Chemical Physics Spatio-Orientationally Organized Polymer Microstructures Obtained on Self- Assembled Pattern-Forming States of LiquidCrystals: Morphology, Phase Separation and Potential Applications * Sr. Research Scientist, Physics, Kent State University May 2003 KHAN, ASAD Doane Chemical Physics Chiral Materials and Cell Designs for the Cholesteric Display Technology * Kent Displays, Inc. August 2003 MONTBACH, ERICA Bos Chemical Physics Studies of Optical Systems Containing Liquid Crystals and Holographic Optical Elements * August 2003 SMALYUKH, IVAN Lavrentovich Chemical Physics Three-Dimensional Director Fields Studied by Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy * Postdoctoral Fellow, Kent State University December 2003 WANG, CHENHUI Bos Chemical Physics Control of Layer Defects in Smectic C* Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Devices * LXD, Inc. May 2004 ENNIS, ROLAND Palffy-Muhoray Chemical Physics Pattern Formation in Liquid Crystals: The Dynamics of Phase Separation and the Saffman-Taylor Instability * Pressco Technology, Inc., Solon OH


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May 2004 HUANG, YUANMING Jákli Chemical Physics Electro-optical and Dielectric properties of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Formed by Banana-shaped Molecules * Unknown December 2004 KIM, SANG-HWA Chien Chemical Physics Fast Switching Polymer Stabilized Liquid Crystal Devices Morphology and Electro-Optical Properties * Samsung Electromechanics Ltc December 2004 STOJADINOVIC, Sprunt, Jákli Physics Light Scattering Studies of Dynamics of Bent-core Liquid Crystals * May 2005 CAO, WENYI Palffy-Muhoray Chemical Physics Fluorescence and Lasing in Liquid Crystalline Band Gap Materials * Central Academy of Research of SVA, Taiwan August 2005 SCHNEIDER, TOD Lavrentovich Chemical Physics Nanostructuring Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals * Kent Displays, Inc. August 2005 SHI, JIANRU Bos Chemical Physics Liquid Crystal Based Beam Steering * Dynamic Eye, Inc. August 2005 WANG, XINGHUA Bos Chemical Physics Liquid Crystal Diffractive Optical Elements: Applications and Limitations * Optical and Materials Research Scientist, ChemImage, Inc. December 2005 BODNAR, VLADIMIR West Chemical Physics Optical Properties and Polymer Wall Formation in Cholesteric Displays * AlphaMicron, Inc. December 2005 LIAO, GUANGXUN Jákli Chemical Physics Mechanic and Electro-Optical Properties of Non-conventional Liquid Crystal Systems * Coadna Photonics, Inc. December 2005 ZHANG, YANLI Bos Chemical Physics Control of Disclinations and Walls in New Types of Display Devices * Intel, Inc. December 2005 ZHOU, FUSHAN Yang Chemical Physics Reflective and Transreflective Displays * Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University May 2006 ZHANG, KE West Chemistry Microparticles as a New Analytical Method to Study Liquid Crystal Colloids * Postdoctoral Fellow, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University May 2006 SEMYONOV, ALEXANDER Twieg Chemical Physics Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Fluorescent Dyes and Liquid Crystal Semiconductors * Sales Engineer, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham MA


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August 2006 TANG, SHOUPING Kelly Chemical Physics Multidimensional Optics and Dynamics of Liquid Crystals * August 2006 ZHANG, GUOQIANG West Chemical Physics Stressed Liquid Crystals: Properties and Applications * December 2006 CHEN, CHENG Bos Chemical Physics Anchoring Transitions on Large-Angle-Deposited SiOx Thin Films *Apple, Cupertino CA May 2007 JANG, YONG-KYU Bos Chemical Physics Optical Properties of Compensated Liquid Crystal Displays *Samsung Electronics company, Korea

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