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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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2009

  • Detection of Organophosphate Pesticides Using a Prototype Liquid Crystal Monitor.

    • Acharya, et al
    Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2009, 11, 49-55 | 49

    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.

    • Clare BH, Guzman O, de Pablo JJ, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2006, 22, 4654-4659

  • Anchoring Energies of Liquid Crystals Measured on Surfaces Presenting Oligopeptides.

    • Clare BH, Guzman O, de Pablo JJ, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2006, 22, 7776-7782

  • Anchoring of Nematic Liquid Crystals on Viruses with Different Envelope Structures.

    • Jang CH, Cheng LL, Olsen CW, and Abbott NL
    NANO LETTERS, 2006, Vol. 6, No. 5 1053-1058

  • Tailoring the Interfaces between Nematic Liquid Crystal Emulsions and Aqueous Phases via Layer-by-Layer Assembly.

    • Tjipto E, Cadwell KD, Quinn JF, Johnston APR, Caruso F, and Abbott NL
    NANO LETTERS, 2006, Vol. 6, No. 10, 2243-2248

  • Formation of Oligopeptide-Based Polymeric Membranes at Interfaces between Aqueous Phases and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals.

    • Park JS, Teren S, Tepp WH, Beebe DJ, Johnson EA, and Abbott NL
    Chemistry of Materials, 2006, 18, 6147-6151

  • Orientations of Liquid Crystals in Contact with Surfaces that Present Continuous Gradients of Chemical Functionality.

    • Clare BH, Effimenko K, Fischer DA, Genzer J, and Abbott NL
    Chemistry of Materials, 2006, 18, 2357-2363

  • Thermotropic Liquid Crystals as Substrates for Imaging the Reorganization of Matrigel by Human Embryonic Stem Cells.

    • Lockwood NA, Mohr JC, Ji L, Murphy CJ, Palecek SP, de Pablo JJ, and Abbott NL
    Advanced Functional Materials, 2006

  • Formation of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films at Interfaces Between Thermotropic Liquid Crystals and Aqueous Phases.

    • Lockwood NA, Cadwell KD, Caruso F, and Abbott NL
    Advanced Functional Materials, 2006

    2005

  • Nanoscale Mapping and Functional Analysis of Individual Adhesins on Living Bacteria.

    • Dupres V, Menozzi FD, Locht C, Clare BH, Cuenot S, Bompard C, Raze D, Dufrene YF, and Abbott NL
    Nature Methods, 2005, 2 (7), 515-520

  • Functional Monolayers for Improved Resistance to Protein Adsorption: Oligo(Ethylene Glycol)-Modified Silicon and Diamond Surfaces.

    • Clare TL, Clare BH, Nichols BM, Hamers RJ, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2005, 21 (14): 6344-6355

  • Compatibility of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals with Viruses and Mammalian Cells that Support the Replication of Viruses.

    • Cheng LL, Luk YY, Murphy CJ, Israel BA, and Abbott NL
    Biomaterials, 2005, 26 (34): 7173-7182

  • Orientations of Nematic Liquid Crystals on Surfaces Presenting Controlled Densities of Peptides: Amplification of Protein-Peptide Binding Events.

    • Clare BH, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2005, 21 (14): 6451-6461

  • Influence of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals on the Ability of Antibodies to Bind to Surface-Immobilized Antigens.

    • Luk YY, Jang CH, Cheng LL, Israel BA, and Abbott NL
    Chemistry of Materials, 2005, 17 (19): 4774-4782

  • Using Liquid Crystals to Report Membrane Proteins Captured by Affinity Microcontact Printing from Cell Lysates and Membrane Extracts.

    • Jang CH, Tingey ML, Korpi NL, Wiepz GJ, Schiller JH, Bertics PJ, and Abbott NL
    Journal of American Chemical Society, 2005, 25: 8912-8913

  • Antigen Binding Forces of Single Anti-Lysozyme Fv Fragments Explored by Atomic Force Microscopy.

    • Berquand A, Xia N, Castner DG, Clare BH, Dupres V, Adriaensen Y, Dufrene YF, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2005, 21 (12): 5517-5523

  • Quenched Disorder in a Liquid-Crystal Biosensor: Adsorbed Nanoparticles at Confining Walls.

    • Guzman O, de Pablo JJ, and Abbott NL
    Journal of Chemical Physics, 2005, 122 (18): Art. No. 184711

  • Formation and Characterization of Phospholipid Monolayers Spontaneously Assembled at Interfaces Between Aqueous Phases and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals.

    • Brake JM, Daschner MK, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2005, 21(6), 2218-2228

  • Use of Self-Assembled Monolayers, Metal Ions and Smectic Liquid Crystals to Detect Organophosphonates.

    • Yang KL, Cadwell KD, and Abbott NL
    Sensors and Actuators B, 2005, B104(1), 50-56

    2004

  • Orientational Behavior of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals on Surfaces Presenting Electrostatically Bound Vesicular Stomatitis Virus.

    • Tercero Espinoza LA, Schumann KR, Luk YY, Israel BA, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2004, 20, 2375-2385

  • A Mechanistic Study of the Anchoring Behavior of Liquid Crystals Supported on Metal Salts and Their Orientational Responses to Dimethyl Methylphosphonate.

    • Yang KL, Cadwell KD, and Abbott NL
    A Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2004, 108(52), 20180-20186

  • Imaging of Affinity Microcontact Printed Proteins by Using Liquid Crystals.

    • Tingey ML, Wilyana S, Snodgrass EJ, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2004, 20(16), 6818-6826

  • Non-Toxic Thermotropic Liquid Crystals for Use with Mammalian Cells.

    • Luk YY, Campbell SF, Murphy CJ, and Abbott NL
    Liquid Crystals, 2004, 31, 611

  • Imaging the Binding Ability of Proteins Immobilized on Surfaces with Different Orientations by Using Liquid Crystals.

    • Luk YY, Tingey ML, Dickson KA, Raines RT, and Abbott NL
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004, 126(29), 9024-9032

    2003

  • Biomolecular Interactions at Phospholipid-Decorated Surfaces of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals.

    • Brake J, Daschner M, and Abbott NL
    Science (Washington, DC United States), 2003, 302, 2094-2098

  • Active Control of the Anchoring of 4�-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) at an Aqueous-Liquid Crystal Interface using a Redox-Active Ferrocenyl Surfactant.

    • Brake JM, Mezera AD, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2003, 19(21), 8629-8637

  • Surface-Driven Switching of Liquid Crystals Using Redox- Active Groups on Electrodes.

    • Luk YY, and Abbott NL
    Science (Washington, DC, United States), 2003, 301(5633), 623-626

  • Orientational Transitions of Liquid Crystals Driven by Binding of Organoamines to Carboxylic Acids Presented at Surfaces with Nano-Scale Topography.

    • Shah RR, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2003, 19, 275-284

  • Using Liquid Crystals to Amplify Protein-Receptor Interactions: Design of Surfaces with Nanometer-Scale Topography that Present Histidine-Tagged Protein Receptors.

    • Luk YY, Tingey ML, Hall DJ, Israel BA, Murphy CJ, Bertics PJ, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2003, 19(5), 1671-1680

    2002

  • Orientations of Liquid Crystals on Chemically Functionalized Surfaces that Possess Gradients in Nanometer-Scale Topography.

    • Tingey ML, Luk YY, and Abbott NL
    Advanced Materials, 2002, 14, 1224

  • Fabrication of Polymeric Substrates with Well-Defined Nanometer-Scale Topography and Tailored Surface Chemistry.

    • Kim SR, Teixeira AI, Nealey PF, Wendt AE, and Abbott NL
    Advanced Materials, 2002, 14, 1468-1472

  • Manipulation of the Orientational Response of Liquid Crystals to Proteins Specifically Bound to Covalently Immobilized and Mechanically Sheared Films of Functionalized Bovine Serum Albumin.

    • Kim SR, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2002, 18, 5269-5276

  • An Experimental System for Imaging the Reversible Adsorption of Amphiphiles at Aqueous-Liquid Crystals Interfaces.

    • Brake JM, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2002, 18, 6101-6109

  • Amplification of Specific Binding Events between Biological Species using Lyotropic Liquid Crystals.

    • Van Nelson JA, Kim SR, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2002, 18, 5031-5035

    2001

  • Principles for Measurement of Chemical Exposure Based on Recognition-Driven Anchoring Transitions in Liquid Crystals.

    • Shah R, and Abbott NL
    Science, 2001, 293, 1296-1299

  • Rubbed Films of Functionalized BSA as Substrates for the Imaging of Protein-Receptor Interactions using Liquid Crystals.

    • Kim SR, and Abbott NL
    Advanced Materials, 2001, 13, 1445-1448

  • Influence of Nanometer-Scale Topography of Surfaces on the Orientational Response of Liquid Crystals to Proteins Specifically Bound to Surface-Immobilized Receptors.

    • Skaife JJ, Brake JM, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2001, 17, 5448-5457

  • Influence of Molecular-Level Interactions on the Orientations of Liquid Crystals Supported on Surfaces Presenting Specifically Bound Proteins.

    • Skaife JJ, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2001, 17, 5595

  • Coupling of the Orientations of Liquid Crystals and Electrical Double Layers Formed by the Dissociation of Surface-Immobilized Salts.

    • Shah RR, and Abbott NL
    Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2001, 105, 4936-4950

    2000

  • Quantitative Interpretation of the Optical Textures of Liquid Crystals Caused by Binding of Immunoglobulins to Surface-Bound Antigens.

    • Skaife JJ, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 2000, 16, 3529-3536

    1999

  • Using Liquid Crystals to Image Reactants and Products of Acid-Base Reactions on Surfaces with Micrometer Resolution.

    • Shah RR, and Abbott NL
    Journal of American Chemical Society, 1999, 49, 11300-11310

    1998
  • Optical Amplification of Ligand-Receptor Binding Using Liquid Crystals.

    • Gupta VK, Dubrovsky TB, and Abbott NL
    Science, 1998, 279, 2077-2080

    1997

  • Design of Surfaces for Patterned Alignment of Liquid Crystals on Planar and Curved Substrates.

    • Gupta VK, and Abbott NL
    Science, 1997, 276, 1533-1536

    1996

  • Uniform Anchoring of Nematic Liquid Crystals on Self-Assembled Monolayers formed from Alkanethiols on Obliquely Deposited Films of Gold.

    • Gupta VK, and Abbott NL
    Langmuir, 1996, 12, 2587-2593