LIQUID CRYSTAL PUBLICATIONS

The following is a list of selected publications regarding Liquid Crystals. Several link to pdf versions of the Full Publications.

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Journal	Date	Title
SPIE	2011	Applications of liquid crystals in chemical and biological detection
Liquid Crystals Today	2011	Alignment of nematic liquid crystals at inorganic salt-liquid crystal interfaces
Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	2011	Quantitative detection of a simulant of organophosphonate chemical warfare agents using liquid crystals
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces	2010	Adsorbate-Induced Ordering Transitions of Nematic Liquid Crystals on Surfaces Decorated with Aluminum Perchlorate Salts
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Americal	2010	Chemoresponsive assemblies of microparticles at liquid crystalline interfaces
Soft Matter	2010	Flow induced deformation of defects around nanoparticles and nanodroplets suspended in liquid crystals
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	2010	Langmuir films of flexible polymers transferred to aqueous/liquid crystal interfaces induce uniform azimuthal alignment of the liquid crystal
Laser Focus World	2010	NEXT-GENERATION DETECTORS: Nematic liquid crystals move into sensing applications
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems	2009	A Sensing Device Using Liquid Crystal in a Micropillar Array Supporting Structure
Nano Letters	2009	Single Nanoparticle Tracking Reveals Influence of Chemical Functionality of Nanoparticles on Local Ordering of Liquid Crystals and Nanoparticle Diffusion Coefficients
Journal of Environmental Monitoring	2009	Detection oforganophosphatepesticides using a prototype liquid crystal monitor
Analytical Chemistry	2008	Quantitative methods based on twisted nematic liquid crystals for mapping surfaces patterned with bio/chemical functionality relevant to bioanalytical assays
Smart Materials & Structures	2008	A microstructure for the detection of vapor-phase analytes based on orientational transitions of liquid crystals
Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	2007	Detection of organophosphorous nerve agents using liquid crystals supported on chemically functionalized surfaces
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society	2007	Spectroscopic characterization of competitive coordination interactions between liquid crystals, metal salts and dimethyl methylphosphonate that lead to ordering transitions in liquid crystal thin films
Chemistry of Materials	2007	Coupling of the plasmon resonances of chemically functionalized gold nanoparticles to local order in thermotropic liquid crystals
Journal of Physical Chemistry B	2006	Infrared spectroscopy of competitive interactions between liquid crystals, metal salts, and dimethyl methylphosphonate at surfaces
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science	2006	Influence of 4-cyano-4 '-biphenylcarboxylic acid on the orientational ordering of cyanobiphenyl liquid crystals at chemically functionalized surfaces
Langmuir	2006	Measurement of the Azimuthal Anchoring Energy of Liquid Crystals in Contact with Oligo(ethylene glycol)-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers Supported on Obliquely Deposited Gold Films
Langmuir	2006	Anchoring Energies of Liquid Crystals Measured on Surfaces Presenting Oligopeptides
Chemistry of Materials	2006	Orientations of Liquid Crystals in Contact with Surfaces that Present Continuous Gradients of Chemical Functionality
Chemistry of Materials	2006	Formation of Oligopeptide-Based Polymeric Membranes at Interfaces between Aqueous Phases and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals
Advanced Functional Materials	2006	Formation of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films at Interfaces Between Thermotropic Liquid Crystals and Aqueous Phases
Advanced Functional Materials	2006	Thermotropic Liquid Crystals as Substrates for Imaging the Reorganization of Matrigel by Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Nano Letters	2006	Tailoring the Interfaces between Nematic Liquid Crystal Emulsions and Aqueous Phases via Layer-by-Layer Assembly
Nano Letters	2006	Anchoring of Nematic Liquid Crystals on Viruses with Different Envelope Structures
Langmuir	2005	Functional Monolayers for Improved Resistance to Protein Adsorption: Oligo(ethylene glycol)-Modified Silicon and Diamond Surfaces
Langmuir	2005	Orientations of Nematic Liquid Crystals on Surfaces Presenting Controlled Densities of Peptides: Amplification of Protein−Peptide Binding Events
Langmuir	2005	Antigen Binding Forces of Single Antilysozyme Fv Fragments Explored by Atomic Force Microscopy
Langmuir	2005	Formation and Characterization of Phospholipid Monolayers Spontaneously Assembled at Interfaces between Aqueous Phases and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals
Journal of American Chemical Society	2005	Using Liquid Crystals to Report Membrane Proteins Captured by Affinity Microcontact Printing from Cell Lysates and Membrane Extracts
Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical	2005	Use of self-assembled monolayers, metal ions and smectic liquid crystals to detect organophosphonates
Journal of Chemical Physics	2005	Quenched disorder in a liquid-crystal biosensor: Adsorbed nanoparticles at confining walls
Chemistry of Materials	2005	Influence of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals on the Ability of Antibodies To Bind to Surface-Immobilized Antigens
Biomaterials	2005	Compatibility of lyotropic liquid crystals with viruses and mammalian cells that support the replication of viruses
Langmuir	2004	Orientational Behavior of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals on Surfaces Presenting Electrostatically Bound Vesicular Stomatitis Virus
Langmuir	2004	Imaging of Affinity Microcontact Printed Proteins by Using Liquid Crystals
Journal of American Chemical Society	2004	Imaging the Binding Ability of Proteins Immobilized on Surfaces with Different Orientations by Using Liquid Crystals
Journal of Physical Chemistry B	2004	Mechanistic Study of the Anchoring Behavior of Liquid Crystals Supported on Metal Salts and Their Orientational Responses to Dimethyl Methylphosphonate
Liquid Crystals Today	2004	Non-toxic thermotropic liquid crystals for use with mammalian cells
Surface Science	2003	Deciphering the interactions between liquid crystals and chemically functionalized surfaces: Role of hydrogen bonding on orientations of liquid crystals
Langmuir	2003	Characterization of the molecular orientation of self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols on obliquely deposited gold films by using infrared-visible sum-frequency spectroscopy
Langmuir	2003	Active Control of the Anchoring of 4‘-Pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) at an Aqueous−Liquid Crystal Interface By Using a Redox-Active Ferrocenyl Surfactant
Langmuir	2003	Orientational Transitions of Liquid Crystals Driven by Binding of Organoamines to Carboxylic Acids Presented at Surfaces with Nanometer-Scale Topography
Langmuir	2003	Using Liquid Crystals to Amplify Protein−Receptor Interactions: Design of Surfaces with Nanometer-Scale Topography that Present Histidine-Tagged Protein Receptors
Langmuir	2003	Manipulation of the Orientational Response of Liquid Crystals to Proteins Specifically Bound to Covalently Immobilized and Mechanically Sheared Films of Functionalized Bovine Serum Albumin
Science	2003	Biomolecular Interactions at Phospholipid-Decorated Surfaces of Liquid Crystals
Science	2003	Surface-Driven Switching of Liquid Crystals Using Redox-Active Groups on Electrodes
Langmuir	2002	An Experimental System for Imaging the Reversible Adsorption of Amphiphiles at Aqueous−Liquid Crystal Interfaces
Langmuir	2002	Amplification of Specific Binding Events between Biological Species Using Lyotropic Liquid Crystals
Advanced Materials	2002	Fabrication of Polymeric Substrates with Well-Defined Nanometer-Scale Topography and Tailored Surface Chemistry
Advanced Materials	2002	Orientations of Liquid Crystals on Chemically Functionalized Surfaces That Possess Gradients in Nanometer-Scale Topography
Langmuir	2001	Influence of Nanometer-Scale Topography of Surfaces on the Orientational Response of Liquid Crystals to Proteins Specifically Bound to Surface-Immobilized Receptors
Langmuir	2001	Influence of Molecular-Level Interactions on the Orientations of Liquid Crystals Supported on Nanostructured Surfaces Presenting Specifically Bound Proteins
Science	2001	Principles for Measurement of Chemical Exposure Based on Recognition-Driven Anchoring Transitions in Liquid Crystals
Journal of Physical Chemistry B	2001	Coupling of the Orientations of Liquid Crystals to Electrical Double Layers Formed by the Dissociation of Surface-Immobilized Salts
Advanced Materials	2001	Rubbed Films of Functionalized Bovine Serum Albumin as Substrates for the Imaging of Protein–Receptor Interactions Using Liquid Crystals
Langmuir	2000	Quantitative Interpretation of the Optical Textures of Liquid Crystals Caused by Specific Binding of Immunoglobulins to Surface-Bound Antigens
Journal of American Chemical Society	1999	Using Liquid Crystals To Image Reactants and Products of Acid−Base Reactions on Surfaces with Micrometer Resolution
Science	1998	Optical Amplification of Ligand-Receptor Binding Using Liquid Crystals
Science	1997	Design of Surfaces for Patterned Alignment of Liquid Crystals on Planar and Curved Substrates
Langmuir	1996	Uniform Anchoring of Nematic Liquid Crystals on Self-Assembled Monolayers Formed from Alkanethiols on Obliquely Deposited Films of Gold