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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

1. Naturally occurring reverse tilt domains in a high-pretilt alignment nematic liquid crystal
   Physical Review E, vol. 76, no. 2, 2007
2. Comment on "Pushing the hyperpolarizability to the limit"
   Optics Letters, vol. 32, no. 8, p. 942, 2007
3. Bend-Induced Melting of the Smectic-A Phase: Analogy to a Type-I Superconductor
   Physical Review Letters, vol. 97, no. 16, 2006
4. Defocused orientation and position imaging (DOPI) of myosin V
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 103, no. 17, pp. 6495–6499, 2006
5. Chemistry of Materials, vol. 18, no. 18, pp. 4259–4269, 2006
6. Synthesis and spectral characterization of bisnaphthylmethyl and trinaphthylmethyl cations
   Tetrahedron Letters, vol. 46, no. 31, pp. 5121–5125, 2005
7. Effect of flexible bimesogen dopant on the stability of the anticlinic liquid-crystal phase
   Physical Review E, vol. 72, no. 2, 2005
8. The effect of replacing a benzene ring with a saturated six-membered ring on the mesomorphic properties of 4,4′-disubstituted diphenyldiacetylenes
   Liquid Crystals, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 175–184, 2004
9. The effect of terminal chain modifications on the mesomorphic properties of 4,4′-disubstituted diphenyldiacetylenes
   Liquid Crystals, vol. 31, no. 7, pp. 941–963, 2004
10. Nonpolar second-order nonlinear and electrooptic materials: Axially ordered chiral polymers and liquid crystals
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, vol. 41, no. 21, pp. 2744–2754, 2003
11. The effect of olefinic terminal chains on the mesomorphic properties of 4,4′-disubstituted diphenyldiacetylenes
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 711–731, 2003
12. Light scattering investigation above the nematic–smectic-A phase transition in binary mixtures of calamitic and bent-core mesogens
    Physical Review E, vol. 68, no. 3, 2003
13. Apparent tricritical behavior at a nearly second-order nematic-isotropic phase transition of a cyclic liquid crystalline trimer
    Physical Review E, vol. 67, no. 1, 2003
14. Nematic Liquid-Crystal Polarization Gratings by Modification of Surface Alignment
    Applied Optics, vol. 41, no. 7, p. 1246, 2002
15. Toward shielding improvements in MRI gradients and other systems
    Magnetic Resonance Materials in Biology, Physics, and Medicine, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 186–192, 2002
16. ?-like chromophores for chiral non-linear optical materials
    Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 340, no. 1-2, pp. 109–115, 2001
17. Second-harmonic generation in nonpolar chiral materials: relationship between molecular and macroscopic properties
    Journal of the Optical Society of America B, vol. 18, no. 12, p. 1858, 2001
18. Prospects for chiral nonlinear optical media
    IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 781–792, 2001
19. Measurements of the hyperpolarizability tensor by means of hyper-Rayleigh scattering
    Journal of the Optical Society of America B, vol. 17, no. 9, p. 1531, 2000
20. Bend elasticity of mixtures of V-shaped molecules in ordinary nematogens
    Physical Review E, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 5056–5063, 2000
21. Electric field-induced acoustic-optic mode coupling in an anticlinic liquid crystal
    Physical Review E, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. R5911–R5914, 2000
22. Optimization of the molecular hyperpolarizability for second harmonic generation in chiral media
    Chemical Physics, vol. 257, no. 2-3, pp. 263–274, 2000
23. Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of 4-alkylamino-4'-substituted diphenyldiacetylenes
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 801–812, 2000
24. Complex formation in mixtures of 4,4'-disubstituted diphenyldiacetylenes with cyanobiphenyls
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 1695–1706, 1999
25. Equilibrium statistics of irregularly branched and dendrimeric polymeric liquid crystals
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 1393–1402, 1999
26. Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of some asymmetrical pyrimidinylphenyldiacetylenes
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 241–250, 1999
27. Twist modulated phases in chiral smectic liquid crystals
    Physical Review E, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 1799–1807, 1999
28. Pretransitional behavior above the nematic-isotropic phase transition of an auxetic trimer liquid crystal
    Physical Review E, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 4980–4982, 1999
29. Electro-optic response of surface-induced nematic order above the nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature
    Physical Review E, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 5600–5606, 1999
30. Microscopic origins of heliclinic phases in smectic liquid crystals
    Physical Review E, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 6826–6830, 1999
31. Routes to Self-Assembling Stable Photonic Band-Gap Phases in Emulsions of Chiral Nematics With Isotropic Fluids
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 80, no. 25, pp. 5603–5606, 1998
32. Highly anisotropic elasticity of a dendrimeric liquid crystal
    The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 251–255, 1998
33. Tilted photoalignment of a nematic liquid crystal induced by a magnetic field
    Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 83, no. 1, p. 50, 1998
34. Orientational susceptibility and elastic constants near the nematic-isotropic phase transition for trimers with terminal-lateral-lateral-terminal connections
    Physical Review E, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 2041–2046, 1998
35. Electrooptic investigations of enantiomeric mixtures of the antiferroelectric liquid crystal TFMHPOBC
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 255–261, 1997
36. Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of some biphenyl-phenyl triesters as potential longitudinal ferroelectrics
    Liquid Crystals, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 695–706, 1996
37. Magnetic field-mediated alignment of a nematic liquid crystal at a polymer surface exposed to ultraviolet light
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 68, no. 16, p. 2201, 1996
38. Dendrimeric Liquid Crystals: Isotropic-Nematic Pretransitional Behavior
    Macromolecules, vol. 29, no. 24, pp. 7813–7819, 1996
39. Fluctuations and light scattering in a liquid crystal polymer fiber
    Physical Review E, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 1680–1691, 1996
40. Twisting transition in a fiber composed of chiral smectic-C liquid crystal polymer
    Physical Review E, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 3611–3617, 1996
41. Percus-Yevick approximation for fluids with spontaneous partial order: Results for a separable model
    Physical Review E, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 4944–4954, 1996
42. Fast relaxation mode in a thermotropic uniaxial nematic liquid crystal
    Physical Review E, vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 5004–5010, 1995
43. Percus-Yevick approximation for fluids with spontaneous partial order
    Physical Review E, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 2263–2271, 1995
44. Experimental probes of bond orientational order models of blue phase III of chiral liquid crystals
    Physical Review E, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 847–852, 1995
45. Homeotropic, rub-free liquid-crystal light shutter
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 65, no. 1, p. 118, 1994
46. Vanishing Freedericksz transition threshold voltage in a chiral nematic liquid crystal
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 64, no. 13, p. 1741, 1994
47. Nematic ordering and microphase segregation in a diblock polymer–liquid-crystal-polymer
    Physical Review E, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 2906–2912, 1994
48. Macromolecules, vol. 26, no. 13, pp. 3344–3350, 1993
49. Ion-director coupling in a ferroelectric liquid crystal
    Physical Review E, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 1139–1143, 1993
50. Long-range interactions and the pair-correlation function in dipolar main-chain nematic polymers
    Physical Review E, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 2034–2042, 1993
51. Second-order flexoelectric effect in chiral nematic liquid crystals
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 98, no. 11, p. 9199, 1993
52. Bounds on the polymer-length distribution in equilibrium polymerization
    Physical Review B, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 171–175, 1992
53. Anomalous dipolar flexoelectric effect in a nematic main-chain polymer
    Physical Review A, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 5775–5782, 1992
54. Molecular-statistical theory for curvature elasticity of thermotropic main-chain-polymer liquid crystals
    Physical Review A, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 930–938, 1992
55. Electric-field-modulated reflectivity at a liquid-crystal–substrate interface
    Physical Review A, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. R3387–R3390, 1992
56. Dielectric properties and ferroelectricity in main-chain nematic polymers
    Physical Review A, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 6564–6567, 1992
57. Computer simulations of quasilattice models for novel ferroelectric liquid crystals
    Physical Review A, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 6756–6770, 1991
58. Dynamics of the nematic-electroclinic effect
    Physical Review A, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 7109–7112, 1991
59. Anomaly in the dynamic behavior of the electroclinic effect below the nematic–smectic-A phase transition
    Physical Review A, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 852–857, 1991
60. Langmuir, vol. 7, no. 9, pp. 1988–1990, 1991
61. Phospholipid tubule suspension near a flat substrate
    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 142, no. 1, pp. 121–128, 1991
62. Surface-induced polarization at a chiral-nematic–substrate interface
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 67, no. 24, pp. 3400–3403, 1991
63. Nematic electroclinic effect
    Physical Review A, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 1997–2004, 1990
64. Transitions and modulated phases in chiral tilted smectic liquid crystals
    Physical Review A, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 5914–5926, 1989
65. Dynamics of dislocation-mediated melting in a two-dimensional lattice in the presence of an oscillatory applied strain
    Physical Review B, vol. 40, no. 13, pp. 9006–9016, 1989
66. Critical behavior of a frustrated Ising system
    Physical Review B, vol. 40, no. 13, pp. 9052–9055, 1989
67. Macromolecules, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1374–1380, 1989
68. Linear Electroclinic Effect in a Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 62, no. 7, pp. 796–799, 1989
69. Linear Electroclinic Effect in a Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 62, no. 13, pp. 1577–1577, 1989
70. Modulated phases in thin ferroelectric liquid-crystal films
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 60, no. 18, pp. 1864–1867, 1988
71. Erratum: Equilibrium polymerization of chains and rings: A bicritical phenomenon
    Physical Review A, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 1040–1040, 1988
72. Transitions and modulated phases in centrosymmetric ferroelectrics: Mean-field and renormalization-group predictions
    Physical Review B, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 2133–2155, 1988
73. Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals: Realizability and Molecular Constraints
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 60, no. 22, pp. 2303–2306, 1988
74. Novel ferroelectric fluids
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 343–346, 1987
75. Parametric equation of state for the n-vector model and polymers
    Physical Review B, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 284–296, 1987
76. Two-dimensional polymer melts
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 1096–1099, 1987
77. Comment on "Role of Long-Wavelength Degrees of Freedom in the Rod-to-Coil Transition in Polymers"
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 56, no. 12, pp. 1314–1314, 1986
78. Comment on "Universality of the Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition in ^{4}He Films as a Function of Thickness"
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 501–501, 1986
79. Universality classes for the isotropic-to-nematic transition in systems of interacting, semiflexible polymers
    Physical Review A, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 1338–1354, 1986
80. Equilibrium polymerization of chains and rings: A bicritical phenomenon
    Physical Review A, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 2391–2421, 1986
81. Macromolecules, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 124–133, 1986
82. Crossover from the O(2) to O(1) universality class in equilibrium polymerization
    Physical Review A, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 1943–1945, 1985
83. Semiflexible self-avoiding polymers: Low-temperature expansions for models
    Physical Review B, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 474–476, 1985
84. Comment on "Pyroelectric Materials as Electronic Pulse Detectors of Ultraheavy Nuclei"
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 1089–1089, 1985
85. Nonlinear Effects in Supercritical Quenches of a Binary Fluid
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 52, no. 15, pp. 1329–1332, 1984
86. Configuration of long chains in equilibrium with rings
    Journal de Physique Lettres, vol. 45, no. 24, pp. 1183–1187, 1984
87. Semiflexible self-avoiding polymers
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 81, no. 11, p. 5210, 1984
88. Anomalies in chemical equilibria near critical points of dilute solutions
    Physical Review A, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 2442–2448, 1983
89. A computer simulation of the time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau model for spinodal decomposition
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 79, no. 7, p. 3443, 1983
90. The simulation of spinodal decomposition in two dimensions: A comparison of Monte Carlo and Langevin dynamics
    The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 79, no. 4, p. 1948, 1983
91. Bicriticality in the Polymerization of Chains and Rings
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 50, no. 21, pp. 1633–1636, 1983