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Dear Colleagues:
With 28 faculty members working across multiple departments within the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology, Kent State University has considerable strength in advanced materials research areas including: applications, characterization and modeling, biomaterials and liquid crystals.
In the liquid crystal area, for example, Kent State's Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute is one of the world's most comprehensive research, technology and education programs of its kind. Building on their extensive research in displays, electro-optics and flexible electronics, Kent State researchers have continually expanded the frontiers of liquid crystal science and technology.
Please consider this directory as a valuable resource for current information about our advanced materials research initiatives. I encourage you to contact the
researchers profiled here directly for further details on their important work.
If you would like additional information about other research programs or for partnering opportunities with us, please contact me at 330-672-0717, and visit www.kent.edu/research.
Grant McGimpsey, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research Kent State University
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Yanhai Du, Ph.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, COLLEGE OF APPLIED ENGINEERING, SUSTAINABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY
Education: Ph.D . , The University of Waikato
Research Keywords: Fuel Cel ls; Batteries; Clean Energy; Ceramic Materials; Desulfurization
Research Area: Du's research focuses on clean energy technology development, including fuel cel ls , energy storage and advanced ceramics. He has developed numerous sol id oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), portable power systems operated on propane, natural gas or JP-8. Du has recently developed a m iniature JP-8 desulfurizer that can effectively remove sulfur from Army JP-8 to less than 1 ppmw.
Publications:
Du, Y.; Reifsnider, K. "M in iature Liquid Fuel Desulfurizer." US Utility Patent Application, serial no. 13/603,834, March 2014.
Du, Y. "Super-high volumetric power density SOFC module." Fuel Cell Seminar and Exposition. Mohegan Sun , Connecticut, Nov. 6 , 2012. http://www.fue lcel lseminar.com/media/51029/mot23-3.pdf
Du, Y.; F innerty, C. "Tubular Electrochemical Cel l ." US Patent# 8,182,959, 2012.
Du, Y.; Cui , C. ; Reifsnider, K. ; Chen, C. "Start-up characteristics of propane-fueled sol id oxide fuel cel l hot zones." Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 2012, 159(6), pp. 8723-8728.
Du, Y.; Cui , C . ; Reifsnider, K. "Characterization of propane-fueled SOFC portable power systems." Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters. 2012, 15(5), pp. 81-85.
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D. PROFESSOR, CHEMISTRY
Education: Ph.D . , M. Curie-Sklodowska Un iversity, Poland
Research Keywords: Adsorption; Advanced Nanomaterials; Interfacial Chemistry; Nanoporous Materials; Ordered Mesostructures; Photocatalysts
Research Area: Jaroniec's research focuses on interfacial chemistry, especially adsorption at the gas/solid and liquid/sol id interfaces; synthesis , modi fication and characterization of nanoparticles and nanoporous materials for environmental, catalytic, photocatalytic, and energy-related appl ications such as adsorption of heavy metal ions, carbon d ioxide capture, gas storage, hydrogen production, and supercapacitors; self-assembly, surfactant-, b lock copolymer- and colloidal-templating synthesis of ordered mesoporous materials such as carbons, s i l ica, alumina, titania and related inorganic oxides and composite nanomaterials.
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Wickramaratne, N . ; Jaroniec, M. "Importance of small micropores in C02 capture by phenolic resin-based activated carbon spheres." J. Mater. Chem. A. 2013, 1, pp. 112-116.
Marszewski, M . ; Jaroniec, M . "Toward tunable adsorption properties, structure, and crystal l in ity of titania obtained by b lock copolymer and scaffold-assisted templating." Langmuir. 2013, 29, pp. 12549-12559.
Xiang, Q. ; Yu , J . ; Jaroniec, M. "Graphene-based semiconductor photocatalysts." Chem. Soc. Reviews. 2012, 41, pp. 782-796.
Jankiewicz, 8. J . ; Jamiola, D. ; Choma, J . ; Jaroniec, M. "Si l ica-metal core-shell nanostructures." Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 2012, 170, pp. 28-47.
Grant, S. M. ; Jaroniec, M. "Effect of acid concentration on pore size in polymer-templated mesoporous alumina." J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, pp. 86-92.
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Quan Li, Ph.D. SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AND ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND
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Education: Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai
Research Keywords: Molecular Design and Synthesis; Self-Assembly; Advanced Functional Materials; Liquid Crystals; Isotropic and Anisotropic Metal Nanoparticles; Functionalized Carbon Materials; Characterization; Device Fabrication.
Research Areas: Bio-inspired, l ight-harvesting materials, fast-switching optoelectronic response materials, l ight-driven chiral molecular motors, 1D and 3D photonic crystals, functionalized isotropic and anisotropic metal nanoparticles, metal nanocomposites, organogels, l iquid crystall ine monomers and their networks, functionalized carbon materials, functional supramolecular polymers, and biologically active synthetic and natural compounds for renewable energy, photo display, dynamic photonics, energy saving devices, sensors, drug del ivery, etc.
Publications:
Li, Q. (Ed), Nanoscience with Liquid Crystals: From Self-Organized Nanostructures to Applications. Springer, 2014 (ISBN 978-3-319-04866-6).
Li, Q. (Ed.), Intelligent Stimuli Responsive Materials: From We/I-defined Nanostructures to Applications. John Wiley & Sons, 2013 ( ISBN 978-1-118-45200-4).
Li, Q. (Ed.), Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications. John Wiley & Sons, 2012 (ISBN 978-1-118-07861-7).
L i , Q. (Ed.), Self-Organized Organic Semiconductors: From Materials to Device Applications. John Wiley & Sons, 2011 (ISBN 978-0-470-55973-4).
Bjorn Lussem, Ph.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PHYSICS
Education: Dr. - Ing . , RWTH Aachen, Dresden. Habilitation, TU Dresden
Research Keywords: Organic Electronics; F lexib le Electronics; Organic Transistors; Organic Light-Emitting Diodes; Organic Photovoltaic; Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors; Organic Doping
Research Areas: U.issem's research focuses on flexible devices such as organic transistors, organic l ight-emitting d iodes and organic solar cells. His research spans from fundamental studies and development of novel device concepts to appl ication-driven research. In particular, he models the charge transport in organic semiconductors and the optical behavior of organic cavities. He develops novel organic transistors with improved performance and proposes potential applications of h is technology.
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Lussem, B.; Tietze, M .L.; Kleemann, H . ; Hossbach, C . ; Bartha, J .W.; Zakhidov, A.; Leo, K. "Doped organic transistors operating in the inversion and depletion regime." Nature Communications. 2013, 4, 2775.
Lussem, B.; Kleemann, H . ; Kasemann, D.; Ventsch, F.; Leo, K. "Organic junction field effect transistor." Advanced Functional Materials. 2014 (in press), doi: 10.1002/adfm.201301417.
Mesta, M . ; Carve Iii, M.; de Vries, R.J . ; van Eersel, H.; van der Holst, J .J .M . ; Schober, M.; Furno, M .; Lussem, B.; Leo, K.; Loebl , P.; Coehoorn, R . ; Bobbert, P.A. "Molecular-scale s imulation of electroluminescence in a mult i layer white organic l ight-emitting d iode." Nature Materials. 2013, 12, 652.
Lussem, B. ; Riede, M.; Leo, K. "Doping of organic semiconductors." Physical Status Solidi A. 2013, 210, 9.
Reineke, S.; L indner, F.; Schwartz, G . ; Seid ler, N . ; Walzer, K.; Lussem, B.; Leo, K. "White organic l ight-emitting d iodes with fluorescent tube efficiency." Nature. 2009, 459, 234.
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Grant McGimpsey, Ph.D. PROFESSOR, CHEMISTRY
Education: Ph.D., Queen's University, Canada
Research Keywords: Surface Chemistry; Biosensors; Cell-Surface Interactions
Research Area: McGimpsey's research focuses on the chemical and physical modification of surfaces in order to influence or control the growth of tissues and microbial systems. This work is funded by the U .S. Army Medical Research and Material Command's mi litary amputee research program.
Publications:
H uang, F.; Bladon, J .; Lagoy, R. C.; Shorrock, P. N . ; Hronik, Tupaj, M. ; Zoto, C. A.; Connors, R. E.; McGimpsey, W. G . ; Molnar, P.; Lambert, S.; Rittenhouse, A. R. ; Lambert, C. R. "A photosensitive surface capable of inducing electrophysiological changes in NG108-15 neurons." Acta Biomateriala. 2014 (in press).
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Stanton, M. ; Parrillo, A.; Thomas, G. ; McGimpsey, W. G. ; Qi , W.; Bel l in, R. ; Lambert, C. R. "F ibroblast extracel lular matrix and adhesion on microtextured polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) scaffolds." J. Biomed. Mat. Res Part B: Applied Materials. 2014 (in press).
Wickramaratne, N . ; Perera, V.; Park, 8.-W.; Gao, M. ; McGimpsey, W.G.; Huang, S.; Jaroniec, M. "Graphitic mesoporous carbons with embedded Prussian blue-derived iron oxide nanoparticles synthesized by soft-templating and low temperature graphitization." Chemistry of Materials. 2013, 25, 2803.
Stanton, M. M. ; Ducker, R. F.; MacDonald, J. C.; Lambert, C. R.; McGimpsey, W. G. "Super-Hydrophobic, h ighly adhesive, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces." J. Colloid and Interfacia/ Science. 2012, 367, 502.
M ilkani, E. ; Lambert, C. R.; McGimpsey, W. G. "Direct detection of Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors with an enzymebased SPR sensor." Analytical Biochemistry. 2011, 408, 212.
Qi-Huo Wei, Ph.D. PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D., Nanjing U niversity
Research Keywords: Plasmonics Nanophotonics; Soft Matter Physics; M icro/Nanofluidics; Nano-Sensors; Nanofabrication
Research Areas: Wei's research is aimed at a fundamental understanding of soft materials and fields confined in low d imensions and new devices for appl ications in a variety of fields. Current research interests include l iquid crystals confined in micro- and nano-environments, diffusion/self-assembly of anisotropic colloids, plasmonic nanoantennas and nanocavities, chemical and biological sensing, defect engineering for l iquid crystal materials and devices, micro and nanofabrication.
Publications:
Chakrabarty, A.; Konya, A.; Wang, F.; Sel inger, J.; Sun, K.; Wei, Q. H. "Brownian motion of boomerang colloidal particles." Phys. Rev. Lett. 2013, 111, 160603.
Wang, F.; Chakrabarty, A.; M inkowski, F.; Sun, K.; Wei, Q. H. "Polarization conversion with ell iptical patch nanoantennas." Appl. Phys. Lett. 2012, 101, 023101.
Zhou, F. S. ; Wei, Q. H . "Scaling laws for nanoFET sensors." Nanotechnology. 2008, 19, 015504.
Liu, Z. W.; Wei , Q. H . ; Zhang, X. "Surface plasmon interference nanolithography (SPIN)." Nano Lett. 2005, 5, 957.
Wei, Q. H . ; Bechinger, C.; Leiderer, P. "Single-file d iffusion of colloids in one-dimensional channels." Science. 2000, 287, 625.
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Laura Bartolo, MILS PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR MATERIALS INFORMATICS
Education: MILS, State University of New York Buffalo
Research Keywords: Materials Informatics; Materials Data Management; Materials Databases; Materials Data Repositories; Materials Taxonomies and Ontologies
Research Areas: Bartolo's research is focused on the high-speed and robust acquisition, management, analysis and dissemination of diverse materials data. Her recent projects have involved the exchange of computational and experimental materials data through shared onl ine repositories; standardized community-based formats and terminologies and open-programming interfaces. Bartolo partners with national labs and industry on the development of networked infrastructures for materials research data to fuel discovery and innovation.
Publications:
Warren, J.A.; Bartolo, L.M. "Materials data, infrastructure, and interoperabil ity as part of international initiatives in science and technology." Data Science Journal. 2014. (In press.)
Campbell, C.E.; Searles, T.; Bartolo, L,M.; Henry, S.; Hunt, W. "Structural materials data demonstration project: Resource for thermal process model ing." Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Thermal Process Modeling and Computer Simulation." 2014. (In press.)
Kattner, U.R.; Campbell , C.E.; Di ma, A.A.; Bartolo, L.M. "Calphad data and file repositories for the development of design tools for magnesium al loys." Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion. 2014. (In press.)
Bartolo, L.M.; Li, L. (eds.). "Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): Energy and informatics." [Special Issue]. Crystals. 2014. (In press.)
Scott Bunge, Ph.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Education: Ph.D., Georgia Institute ofTechnology
Research Keywords: Inorganic Chemistry; X-Ray Crystallography; Catalysis; Organometal lics; Nanomaterials
Research Area: Bunge's research focuses on the molecular design of inorganic precursors to contribute to the fields of inorganic chemistry, nanoscale science and technology and materials science. Standard Schlenk and glovebox techniques are employed to generate low-coordinate air and moisture-sensitive complexes that are subsequently characterized using a multitude of analytical techniques.
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Ng, J. J.; Durr, C. B . ; Lance J. M . ; Bunge, S. D. "A fami ly ofl,1,3,3-tetraalkylguanidine (H-TAG) solvated zinc aryloxide pre-catalysts for the ring-opening polymerization of rac-Lactide." European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2010, 9, pp. 1424-1430.
Janin i , T. E. ; Rakosi, R.; Durr, C. B.; Bertke, J. A.; Bunge, S. D. "1,1,3,3-Tetramethylguanidine solvated lanthanide aryloxides: Pre-catalysts for intramolecular hydroalkoxylation." Dalton Transactions. 2009, 47, pp.10601-10608.
Bunge, S. D. ; Bertke, J. A.; Cleland, T. L. "Synthesis, structure and reactivity of low-coordinate 1,1,3,3-tetraethylguanidinate (TEG) complexes." Inorganic Chemistry. 2009, 48, pp. 8037-8043.
Bunge, S. D.; Ocana, J. A.; Cleland, T. L.; Steele, J. L. "Synthetic, structural and theoretical investigation of guanidinate complexes containing planar Cu6 Cores." Inorganic Chemistry. 2009, 48, pp. 4619-4621.
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Barry Dunietz, Ph.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CHEMISTRY
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University
Research Keywords: Electronic Structure; Modeling; Organic Semiconductors; Photovoltaic
Research Area: We analyze complex chemical systems, which requ ire an e lectronic structure-based approach. We study excited-state processes that take a role in photovoltaic processes using organic semiconducting molecules.
Publications:
Lee, M.; Geva, E. ; Dunietz, B. D. "Calculation from first principles of golden-rule rate constants for photo-induced subphthalocyanine/ful lerene i nterfacial charge transfer and recombination in organic photovoltaic cells." J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 9780-9789.
Phi l l ips, H . ; Zheng, Z.; Geva, E.; Dunietz B. D. "Orbital gap predictions for rational design of organic photovoltaic materials." Org. Elect. 2014, 15, 1509-1520.
Phi l l ips, H . ; Geva, E.; Dunietz, B. D. "Calculating off-site excitations in symmetric donor-acceptor systems via timedependent density functional theory with range-separated density functionals." J. Chem. Theo. Comp. 2012, 8, 2661-2668.
Balachandran, J.; Reddy, P.; Dunietz, B. D.; Gavini, V. "End group induced charge transfer i n molecular junctions: Effect on thermopower." J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 1962-1967.
Zheng, S. ; Phi l l ips, H.; Geva, E.; Dunietz, B. D. "Ab-in itio study of the emissive charge-transfer states of solvated chromophore-functionalized silsesquioxanes." J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 6944-47.
Eugene C. Gartland, Jr., Ph.D. PROFESSOR, MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D., Purdue University
Research Keywords: Applied Mathematics; Numerical Analysis
Research Area: Gartland 's research focuses on numerical modeling of l iquid crystal systems (devices, experiments) at the macroscopic, continuum level.
Publications:
Gartland, Jr., E.C.; Huang, H . ; Lavrentovich, O.D.; Palffy-Muhoray, P.; Smalyukh, I.I.; Kosa, T.; Taheri, B. "Electric-field induced transitions in a cholesteric l iquid-crystal f i lm with negative dielectric anisotropy." Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience. 2010, 7, pp. 709-725.
Gartland, Jr. , Eugene C.; Virga, Epifania G. "Min imum principle for indefinite mean-field free energies." Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 2010, 196, pp. 143-189.
Ramage, Alison; Gartland, Jr., Eugene C. "A preconditioned nullspace method for l iquid crystal d irector modeling." SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 2013, 35, pp. B226-B247.
Gartland, Jr. , Eugene C.; Virga, Epifania, G. "An analytic mean-field model for the magnetic response of a ferrofluid monolayer." Soft Matter. 2013, 9, pp. 5591-6008.
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Robin L. B. Selinger, Ph.D. PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University
Research Keywords: Soft Matter Theory/Simulation
Research Areas: Selinger's research focuses on fundamental mechanisms of pattern formation and material behavior in soft materials such as liquid crystal elastorners, lipids and liquid crystals. Modeling techniques cover a broad range of length scales, from classical molecular dynamics to coarse-grained and mesoscale models to continuum/finite element methods.
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de Haan, L.T.; Gimenez-Pinto, V.; Konya, A.; Nguyen, T.-S.; Verjans, J. M. N.; Sanchez-Somolinos, C.; Selinger, J.V.; Selinger, R.L.B.; Broer, D.J.; Schenning, A.P.H.J. "Accordion-like actuators of mu ltiple 30 patterned liquid crystal polymer films." Advanced Functional Materials, 2013. DOI:l0.1002/adfm.201302568/abstract
Nguyen, T.-S., Geng, J.; Selinger, R.L.B.; Selinger, J.V. "Nematic order on a deformable vesicle: Theory and simulation." Soft Matter. 2013, 9, pp. 8314-8326. DOI:10.1039/C3SM50489A
Sawa, Y.; Urayama, K.; Takigawa, T.; Gimenez-Pinto, V; Mbanga, B.L. ; Ye, F.; Se linger, J.V.; Selinger, R.L.B. "Shape and chirality transitions in off-axis twist nematic elastomer ribbons." Phys. Rev. E. 2013, 88, pp. 022502. DOI:10.1103/ PhysRevE.88.022502
Hirst, L.S.; Ossowski, A.; Fraser, M.; Geng, · Selinger, J.V., Selinger, R.L.B. "Morphology transition in lipid vesicles due to in-plane order and topological defects." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2013, 110, pp. 3242-3247. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1213994110
Selinger, R.L.B.; Kanya, A.; Travesset, ·and Sel inger, J.V. "Monte Carlo studies of the XY model on two dimensional curved surfaces." J. Phys. Chem B. 2011, 115, pp. 13989-13993. doi:10.1021/jp205128g
Roberto Uribe, Ph.D. COLLEGE OF APPLIED ENGINEERING, SUSTAINABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY
Education: P h.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico
Research Keywords: Electron Beams; Dosimetry; Radiation Processing; Gamma and X-Rays
Research Area: Uribe's research focuses on the effect of high-energy electron beams on materials and the measurement of absorbed energy when a material is irradiated with electrons.
Publications:
Sanglay, Gabriel C.; Li, Jianrong; Uribe, R.M.; Lee, Ken. "Electron beam inactivation of a norovirus surrogate in fresh produce and model systems." Journal of Food Protection. 2011, Jul, Vol. 74, Iss. 7 ; p. 1155.
Fi ester, S. E.; Helfinstein, S. L.; Redfearn, J. C.; Uribe, R. M.; Woolverton, C. J. "Electron beam irradiation dose dependently damages the Bacillus spore coat and spore membrane." Int. J. Microbial. 2012, ID 579593.
Negron-Mendoza, Alicia ; Uribe, R. M.; Ramos-Bernal, Sergio; Camargo-Raya, Claudia; Gomez-Vidales, Virginia. "The gamma ray response of alanine film dosimeters at low temperatures." Appl. Radiat. Isot. 2012, 71, 61-65.
BioMaterials
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Chanjoong Kim, Ph.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D., Un iversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Keywords: Complex Fluids Dynamics; Liquid Crystals; Polymers; Colloid and Interface Science; Biomaterials; Nanomaterials; Rheology; Microrheology; Microfluidics
Research Areas: Kim's research focuses on soft- and bio-materials such as colloid-LC composites, dynamics of dense colloidal suspensions, novel imaging agents and stimuli-responsive drug del ivery. He recently developed novel, autofluorescent magnetic nanoparticles, a biodegradable active drug delivery system.
Publications:
Yan, H.; Kim, C. "Formation of monodisperse si l ica particles with different shapes and surface morphologies using oil/ water/oi l double emulsions." Colloids Surfaces A, Colloids and Surfaces A. 2014, 443, pp. 88-95.
Zou, L.; Hwang, J . ; Kim, C. "Dynamic Arrest of Nematic Liquid Crystal Colloid Networks." Phys. Rev. E. 2013, 88, 042505.
Kim, C.; Mukherjee, S . ; Luchette, P.; Palffy-Muhoray, P. "Director Orientation in Uni axially Compressed Liquid Crystal E lastomer Microparticles." Soft Matter. 2013. DOI:10.1080/1539445X.2013.831358.
Jeong W.-W.; Kim, C. "One-step method for monodisperse microbiogels by glass capillary microfluidics." Colloid Surface A. 2011, 384, pp. 268-273.
Eisenmann, C.; Kim, C.; Masson, J.; Weitz, D. A. "Shear melting of a colloidal glass." Phys. Rev. Lett. 2010, 104, 035502.
Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Education: Ph.D. , Pennsylvania State University
Research Keywords: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering; Wound Healing and Infection; Immunobiology
Research Area: Kim's research focuses on developing therapeutics to promote the resolution of non-heal ing chronic wounds based on precise understanding of the inflammatory response to tissue injury and infection. For this, his research applies bioengineering strategies to tune micro-environmental cues toward tissue regeneration by using micro/nanoengineered biomaterials that enable spatio-temporal control of inflammatory response.
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Kim, M.; Gorouhi, F.; Ramirez, S.; Granick, J.L.; Byrne, B.A.; Soulika, A.M.; Simon, S.I.; Isseroff, R .R . "Catecholamine stress alters neutrophi l trafficking and impairs wound heal ing via 2 adrenergic receptor mediated upregulation of IL-6." Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2014, 134, pp. 809-817.
Kim, M.; Yamayoshi, I.; Mathew, S. ; Lin, H.; Nayfach, J .; Simon , S.I. "Magnetic nanoparticle targeted hyperthermia of cutaneous S. aureus infection." Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2013, 41, pp. 598-609.
Kim, M . ; Granick, J.; Kwok, C.; Walker, N.; Borjesson, D. L.; Curry, F-E.: Mi l ler, L.S.; Simon, S.I. "Neutrophi l survival and c-kit+ progenitor prol iferation in Stappylococcus aureus infected skin wounds promote resolution." Blood. 2011, 117, pp. 3343-3352.
Bio Materials
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Edgar E. Kooijman, Ph.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D., Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Research Keywords: Lipid Physical Chemistry; Lipid Biophysics; Membrane Structure and Function; Protein-Lipid Interactions; Lipid Phosphomonoesters; Electrostatic-Hydrogen Bond Switch; Lipid Droplets; Lipoproteins
Research Areas: Kooijman's research focuses on two distinct aspects of lipid physical chemistry, namely, the role of lip ids in plant stress responses. In another effort, the interaction of lip id droplet-specific proteins with model lipid interfaces is investigated. The main techniques used in the Kooijman group are nuclear magnetic resonance, Langmuir monolayers, liposome binding studies, surface plasm on resonance, X-ray diffraction and general wet l ip id chemistry.
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Graber, Z.; Gericke, A.; Kooijman, E.E. "Interaction of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate with potential clustering agents Ca2+, Mg2+ and cholesterol." Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 2014, 182, pp. 62-72.
Gh imire, C.; Koirala, D. ; Mathis, M .B . ; Kooijman, E.E.; Mao, H. "Controlled particle collision leads to direct observation of docking and fusion of lip id droplets in an optical trap." Langmuir. 2014, 30, pp. 1370-1375.
Rathnayake, S.; M irheydari, M . ; Schulte, A.; G i llihan, J . ; Gentit, T.; Phillips, A. ; Burger, K.N .J . ; Mann, E.K.; Vaknin, D.; Bu, W.; Agra-Kooijman, D.M.; Kooijman, E.E. "Unfolding and insertion of a model exchangeable apolipoprotein , apoLp-III, at lip id interfaces." Biophysica Biochimica Acta-Biomembranes. 2014, 1838, pp. 482-492.
Loew, S. ; Kooijman, E.E.; May, S. "Increased pH-sensitivity of protein binding to lip id membranes through the electrostatic-hydrogen bond switch." Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 2013, 169, pp. 9-18.
Christopher Malcuit, Ph.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Education: Ph.D. , Un iversity of Massachusetts
Research Keywords: Stem Cells; Tissue Engineering; Mechanotransduction; Skeletal Muscle; Fibrosis; Muscular Dystrophy; Sarcopenia
Research Area: The overall focus of Malcuit's research is to study the mechanisms by which discrete components and properties of the extracellular matrix regulate stem cell migration, proliferation and fate-switching in diseased and damaged tissues of the musculoskeletal system . Malcuit's group utilizes tissue engineering-based approaches for therapeutic reconstruction of damaged skeletal muscle as well as for in vitro models to aid in the identification of proregenerative compounds.
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Stanton, M.M. ; Rankenberg, J.M . ; Park, B.W.; McGimpsey, W.G.; Lambert, C.R.; Malcuit, C. "Cell behavior on surface modified polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)." Macromo/ Biosci. 2014, Jul , 14(7):953-64.
Malcuit, C.; Page, R.L.; Vilner, L.; Vojtic, I.; Shaw, S. ; Hedblom, E.; Hu, J.; Pins, G .D.; Rolle, M .W.; Dominko, T. "Restoration of skeletal muscle defects with adult human cells delivered on fibrin microthreads." Tissue Eng Part A. 2011, Nov, 17(21-22):2629-40.
Malcuit, C. ; Lu, B . ; Wang , S . ; G irman, S . ; Francis, P.; Lemieux, L.; Lanza, R.; Lund, R. "Long-term safety and function of RPE from human embryonic stem cells in preclinical models of macular degeneration." Stem Cells. 2009, Sep, 27(9):2126-35.
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330-672-2511
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330-672-3827
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Philip Bos, Ph.D. PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D., Kent State University
Research Keywords: Appl ications of Liquid Crystals; Liquid Crystal Technology
Research Area: Bos's research area is applications of liquid crystals, with focus on optical applications such as displays, lenses and optical wavefront controllers.
Publications:
Li , L.W.; Bryant, D. ; Van Heugten, T.; Bos, P.J . "Physical limitations and fundamental factors affecting performance of liquid crystal tunable lenses with concentric electrode rings." Applied Optics. 2013, March 20, Volume: 52,Issue: 9, pp. 1978-1986.
Lu, L. ; Sergan, V.; Bos, P.J. "Mechanism of electric-field-induced segregation of additives in a liquid-crystal host." Physical Review E. 2012, Nov. 27, Volume: 86, Issue: 5. Article Number: 051706 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.051706 Part: 1.
Sh i , L . ; McManamon, P.F.; Bryant, D. ; Zhang, K.; Bos, P.J . "Dynamics of a liquid-crystal variable optical prism based on Pancharatnam phase." Applied Optics. 2010, Feb. , 20, 49 (6): 976-985.
L.C. Chien, Ph.D. PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D., Un iversity of Southern Mississippi
Research Keywords: Liquid Crystals; Photoalignment; Compensation Films; Electro-Optics; Spatial Light Modulators; Inkjet Printing; Thermoelectrics
Research Area: Chien's research focuses on experiments in multifunctional liquid crystal, nano-structured and polymer materials by design, self-assembled materials and composites, and display, optoelectronic and photonic devices.
Publications:
Lu, S.-Y.; Chien, L.-C. "Carbon nanotube doped liquid crystal OCB cells: physical and electro-optical properties." Optics Express. 2008, 16, 12777-12785.
Lu, S.-Y.; Chien, L.-C. "A polymer-stabilized single-layer color cholesteric liquid crystal display with anisotropic reflection." Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007, 91, 131119-131119-3. Lu, S .-Y.; Chien, L.-C. "Electrically switched color with polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystals." Optics Lett. 2010, 35, 562-564.
Wong, J.-M.; Hwang, J.-Y.; Chien, L.-C. "Electrically reconfigurable and thermally sensitive optical properties of gold nanorods dispersed liquid crystal blue phase." Soft Matter. 2011, 7, 7956-7959.
Hwang, J . -Y.; Borshch, V.; Chien, L.-C. "Fast switching surface-polymer-assisted vertically aligned displays." Chapter 14 in Progress in Liquid Crystal (LC) Science and Technology. H.-S. Kwok, S. Nemur, and H.-L. Ong, eds., World Scientific. 2013.
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330-672-1584
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www.lcinet.kent.edu/users/ ehegmann173/Welcome. html
Elda Hegmann, Ph.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Education: Ph.D., Universite Laval, Quebec (Canada)
Research Keywords: Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry; Biopolymers; Polymer Liquid Crystals; Scaffolds, Tissue Regeneration; Regenerative Medicine; Elastomers; Biodegradabi lity; Stem Cells
Research Areas: Hegmann's research focuses on the use of l iquid crystals for biological appl ications. Her main areas of interest are: a) l iquid crystals that are able to mimic biological materials and b) biosensors for optical imaging and diagnostics. The materials created in her lab include materials with predictable and controllable/tunable properties for the use of drug delivery systems and therapeutic purposes. Another research area is the imaging of b iological cells and their behavior on modified substrates and scaffolds.
Publications:
Some under maiden name Bravo Grimaldo:
Sharma, A.; Neshat, A. ; Mahnen, C.J.; N ielsen, A. D. ; Snyder, J.; Stankovich, T.L.; Daum, B.G.; LaSpina, E .M. ; Beltrano, G . ; Gao, Y.; Li, S.; Park, B.-W.; Clements, R.J. ; Freeman, E.J. ; Malcuit, C.; McDonough, J.A.; Karley, L.T.J. ; Hegmann, T.; Hegmann, E . "Biocompatible, biodegradable and porous l iquid crystal elastomer scaffolds for spatial cell cultures." Macromol. Biosci. 2014, DOI:10.1002/mabi201400325.
Jang, K.-S. ; Johnson, J.C. ; Hegmann, E. ; Hegmann, T.; Karley, L.T.J . "Biphenyl-based liquid crystals for elevated temperature processing of polymers." Liq. Cryst. 2014, 41, 1473-1482.
Bravo-Grimaldo, E; Hachey, S; Cameron, C.G. ; Freund, M.S. "Metastable reaction mixtures for the in situ polymerization of conducting polymers." Macromolecules. 2007, 40, pp.7166-7170.
Benouazzane, M. ; Bravo-Grimaldo, E.; Bissessur, R.; Bazuin, C.G. "Zinc coordination of carboxyl ic acid surfactomesogens to poly(4-vinylpyridine)." Macromolecules. 2006, 39, pp. 5364-5370.
Younes, H .M . ; Bravo-Grimaldo, E . ; Amsden, B.G. "Synthesis, characterization and in vitro degradation of a biodegradable elastomer." Biomaterials. 2004, 25, pp. 5261-5269.
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330-672-7770
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www.lcinet.kent.edu/users/ thegmann174/Site/Intro. html
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330-672-4886
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http:/ /jakligroup.com
Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D. OHIO RESEARCH SCHOLAR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND THE LIQUID
CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D. , Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany
Research Keywords: Organic Synthesis; Nanomaterial Synthesis; Liquid Crystals; Nanocomposites; Soft Matter; SelfAssembly; Nanomaterial Printing; Chirality; Magnetic Nanoparticle Drug Convection
Research Areas: Our research focuses on the synthesis, characterization, self-assembly and application of liquid crystal nanocomposites and on the shape and surface-controlled synthesis of metal oxide nano materials for brain drug delivery. Recent liquid crystal-based nanomaterial research examples focus on printing of unique, nanoparticle alignment layers for liquid crystals and their use in optical devices ano sensing. The research team has particular strength in the synthesis and functionalization of nanomaterials for applications including metamaterials, pseudocapacitors, chirality sensors and nanoparticle theranostics.
Publications:
Reznikov, M.; Sharma, A.; Hegmann, T. "Ink-jet printed nanoparticle alignment layers: Easy design and fabrication of patterned alignment layers for nematic liquid crystals." Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 2014, 31, 257-265 .
Yathindranath, V.; Sun, Z.; Worden, M.; Donald, L.J.; Thliveris, J.A.; Miller, D.W.; Hegmann, T. "One-pot synthesis o f iron oxide nanoparticles with functional silane shell: A versatile general precursor for conjugations and biomedical applications." Langmuir. 2013, 29, 10850-10858.
Umadevi, S.; Feng, X.; Hegmann, T. "Large area self-assembly of nematic liqwd crystal-functionalized gold nano rods." Adv. Funct.
Mater. 2013, 23, 1393-1403.
Yathindranath, V.; Rebbough, L.; Moore, D.F.; Miller, D.W.; van Lierop, J.; Hegmann, T. "A versatile, one-step, low-temperature, reductive synthesis to bare, hydrophilic or hydrophobic magnetite nanoparticles." Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011, 21, 1457-1464.
Antal Jakli, Ph.D. PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D .. Eotvos U niversity, Budapest, Hungary
Research Keywords: Liquid Crystals; Ferroelectrics; Piezoelectrics; Dielectrics, Electro-Optics; TEM; Magneto-Optics.
Research Area: Jakli's research focuses on bent-core and other unconventional shape liquid crystals. He also works on responsive fiber mats contain ing ferroelectric particles and liquid crystals d ispersed in polymer fibers.
Publications:
Jakli, A. "Liquid Crystals of the 21st century - Nematic Phase of Bent-core Molecules." Liquid Crystals Reviews. 2013, 1:1, 65-82.
Eremin , A.; Jakli, A. "Polar Bent-shape Liquid Crystals - From Molecular Bend to Layer Splay and Chirality." Soft Matter. 2013, 9 (3), 615- 637.
Borshch, V.; Kim, Y.K.; Xiang, J . ; Gao, M. ; Jakli , A.; Panov, V. P., Vij, J . K.; Imrie, C. T.; Tamba, M . G.; Mehl, G. H.; Lavrentovich, O.D. "Nematic Twist-bend Phase with Nanoscale Modulation of Molecular Orientation." Nature Communications. 2013, 4:2635-1-8.
Chambers, M.; Verduzco, R. ; Gleeson, J . T.; Sprunt, S. ; Jakli, A. "Calamitic Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Swollen in Bent-core Liquid Crystal Solvents." Advanced Materials 2009, 21, (16), 1622-1626.
Jakli, A. ; Saupe, A."One- and Two-Dimensional Fluids- Physical Properties of Smectic Lamel lar and Columnar Liquid Crystals." Taylor and Francis. 2006, ISBN 0 7503 0969 5.
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330-672-4844
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www.kent.edu/research/ findaresearcher/ -olavrent/
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330-672-2604
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Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Ph.D. , Doctor of Sciences TRUSTEES RESEA RCH PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Doctor of Sciences, USSR Academy of Sciences
Research Keywords: Electro-optical Effects in Liquid Crystals; Electrophoresis and Electro-osmosis; Microfluidics; Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals; Twist-Bend Nematics; Chirality; Living Liquid Crystals
Research Areas: Lavrentovich's research focuses on various aspects of liquid crystals and their applications. It ranges from the exploration of fundamental issues such as liquid crystal-enabled electrophoresis and electro-osmosis to fast (nanosecond and microsecond) electro-optic switching and optical response of the liquid crystal. The research embraces both thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals, as well as the liquid crystal systems with internal sources of energy (the so-called living liquid crystals).
Publications:
Lazo, I.; Peng, C.; Xiang, J. ; Shiyanovskii , S.V.; Lavrentovich O.D. "Liquid crystal-enabled electro-osmosis through spatial charge separation in d istorted regions as a novel mechanism of electrokinetics." Nature Communications. 2014, 5, 5033.
Borshch, V.; Kim, Y.K. ; Xiang, J.; Gao, M.; Jakli, A.; Panov, V.P ; Vij, J .K.; Imrie, C.T.; Tamba, M.G.; Mehl, G.H. ; Lavrentovich, O.D. "Nematic twist-bend phase with nanoscale modulation of molecular orientation." Nature Communications. 2013, 4, 2635.
T uriv, T.; Lazo, I.; Brodin, A. ; Lev, B.I . ; Reiffenrath, V.; Nazarenko, V.G.; Lavrentovich, O.D. "Effect of collective molecular reorientations on Brownian motion of colloids in nematic liquid crystal." Science. 2013, 342, pp. 1351-1354.
Borshch, V.; Shiyanovski i , S.V.; Lavrentovich, O.D. "Nanosecond electro-optic switching of a liquid crystal." Phys. Rev. Lett. 2013, 111, 107802.
Lavrentovich, O.D. ; Lazo, I.; Pishnyak, O.P. "Nonlinear electrophoresis of dielectric and metal spheres in nematic liquid crystals." Nature. 2010, 467, pp. 947-950.
Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Ph.D. PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Research Keywords: Liqu id Crystals; Active Materials; Nonlinear Optics; Colloids; Mathematical Modeling
Research Area: Palffy-Muhoray's research focuses on light-matter interactions in liquid crystals and other complex fluids and soft matter.
Publications:
Wenzlik, D. ; Varanytsia, A. ; Munoz, A. ; Kosa T.; Taheri, B . ; Zentel, R. ; Palffy-Muhoray, P. ; "Distributed feedback lasing in cellulose films." Opt. Mater. Exp. 2014, 162 pp .
Geng , Y.; Almeida, P. L.; Fernandes, S. N . ; Cheng, C. ; Palffy-Muhoray, P.; Godinho, M . H. "A cellulose liquid crystal motor: a steam engine of the second kind." Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, p. 1028.
Agrawal, A.; Luchette, P.; Palffy-Muhoray, P.; et al. "Surface wrinkling in l iquid crystal elastomers." Soft Matter. 2012, 8, pp. 7138-7142.
H iscock, T.; Warner, M. ; Palffy-Muhoray, P. "Solar to electrical conversion via liquid crystal elastomers." J. App. Phys.
2011, 109, pp. 104506.
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330-672-4875
Website
www.kent.edu/cas/ cpip/-jselinge/
Phone
330-672-2581
Jonathan Selinger, Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND OHIO EMINENT SCHOLAR, THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D. , H arvard University
Research Keywords: L iqu id Crystals; Soft Materials; Statistical M echanics; L ip id Membranes; Polymers; Elastomers; Topological Defects; Ch ira l ity; Flexoelectricity; D iffus ion
Research Area: Seli nger's research focuses on the theory of l iqu id crystals, l i p id m icrostructures, nano particle suspensions and other soft mate ri als and seeks to make connections between fundamental statistical mechanics and technolog ical appl ications.
Publications:
Chakrabarty, A.; Konya, A.; Wang, F.; Se l inger, JV; S u n , K.; Wei, Q.-H. "Brownian motion of boomerang col lo ida l particles." Phys. Rev. Lett. 2013, 1 1 1 , p. 1 60603.
H i rst, L.S. ; Ossowski , A. ; Fraser, M.; Geng, J .; Se l inger, J .V.; Se l inger, R.L. B . "Morphology transition in l ipid vesicles due to i n-plane order and topological defects." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S . A. 2013, 110, pp. 3242-3247.
Sawa, Y. ; Ye, F.; U rayama, K. ; Takigawa, T.; Gi m enez-Pinto, V.; Se l inger, R. L .B. ; Se l inger, J.V "Shape selectio n of twistnematic-elastom e r r ibbons." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S . A. 2011 , 1 08 , pp. 6364-6368.
Lo patin a, L .M . ; Se l inger, J.V. "Theory of ferroelectric nanoparticles i n n ematic l iqu id crystals." Phys. Rev. Lett. 2009, 1 02, p . 1 97802.
T imofeeva, E.V.; Gavri lov, A.N. ; McCloskey, J . M . , Tol m achev, · S prunt, S . ; Lopatina, L .M. ; Se l inger, J.V. "Thermal conductivity and particle agglomeration in a lumina nanoflu ids: Experiment and theory." Phys. Rev. E. 2007, 76, p. 061203.
John L. West, Ph.D. TRUSTEES RESEARCH PROFESSOR, CHEMISTRY AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D., Carnegie Mel lon
Research Keywords: Liqu id Crystals; Po lym e r Dispersions; Flexible Electro-Optic Devices
Research Area: West's research focuses on the development o f l iqu id crystal polymer d ispersi ons and their appl ications, with a recent focus on electrosp u n fibers . West is also deve lop ing flexib le e lectro-optic devices. H is stud ies inc lude the i nvestigation of the molecular basis of chiral ity transfer i n l iqu id crystals hosts.
Publications:
West, J . L . ; Zhao, L. "Conformation and chirality i n l iqu id crystals ." Proc. SPIE 8828, Liquid Crystals XVII, 882800. 2013 . d oi :10 .1117/12 . 2024022.
West J. L.; Cakmak, Huang, T. M . and Lee, D.-W. "Un i-axial cracking of ITO to form row and column electrodes for rol l-to-roll p roduction of flexib le d isplays and e lectronics." MRS Proceedings. 2013, 1529, m rsf12-1529-ww04-02 do i : 10 .1557/opl .2013 .288.
Varg a, M ; Morvan, M . J . ; D ior io, · Buyuktanir, E . ; Harden, J . ; West, J .L . ; Jakl i , A. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2013, 102, 1 53903.
West, J . L .; Cakmak, M. ; Huang, T.-M . , Lee, D.-W. "Uniaxial ly cracked ITO o n PET substrate and its app l ication i n flexible d isp lays." SID Digest of Technical Papers. 2012, 43, 1 368.
Morvan, J . ; Buyuktan ir, E . ; West, J . L. ; Jakl i , A. "High ly p iezoelectric biocompatible and soft composite fibers." Appl. Phys. Lett. 2012, 100 , 63901.
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330-672-2565
Phone
330-672-2633
Website
www.lcinet.kent.edu/users/ hyokoyam30/index.html
Deng-Ke Yang, Ph.D. PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D. , Un iversity of Hawaii
Research Keywords: Liquid Crystal; Liquid Crystal Display; Switchable Window; Liquid Crystal Optics; Polymer Stabilization; Cholesteric Liquid Crystal
Research Area: Yang's research focuses on l iquid crystal devices, polymer stabilized l iqu id crystals and tunable cholesteric l iquid crystals.
Publications:
Yang, D.-K.; Wu, S.-T. Fundamentals of liquid crystal devices. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2006 .
Yang, D.-K.; Chien, L.C.; Doane, J .W. "Cholesteric l iquid crystal/polymer gel dispersion for haze-free l ight shutter." Appl. Phys. Lett. 1992, 60, 3102-3104.
Yang, D.-K.; West. J .L . ; Chien, L.C.; Doane, J .W. "Control of the reflectivity and bistabil ity in displays based on cholesteric l iqu id crystals." J. Appl. Phys. 1 994, 76, 1331-1333.
Yang, D.-K. "Reflective cholesteric l iquid crystal d isplays" in Mobile Displays. Eds., A. Bhowmik, Z. Li and P. J. Bos. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008, Chapter 1 6, 443-466.
D.-K. Yang, "Polymer stabilized cholesteric l iquid crystal for switchable windows." Liquid Crystals Beyond Displays. Ed. , Q. Li, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2012, Chapter 16, 505-523.
Hiroshi Yokoyama, Doctor of Engineering DIRECTOR AND OHIO RESEARCH SCHOLAR, THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
PROFESSOR, CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Education: Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Research Keywords: Surface Science of Liquid Crystal and Soft Matter; Nanostructured Surfaces and Applied Devices; Organic Thin Fi lms; Scanning Probe Microscopy; M icro-and Nano-Fabrication.
Research Areas: Characterization, physics and device applications of surface and thin films of liquid crystals, polymers, and biological materials. Development of novel methods of surface analysis and fabrication utilizing scanned probes and photo-induced molecular processes. Development of new adaptive and responsive composite materials using l iquid crystals.
Publications:
Yamamoto, J . ; N ishiyama, I.; Inoue, M. ; Yokoyama, H. "Optical isotropy and iridescence in a smectic 'blue phase." Nature. 2005, 437 (7058), 525-528.
Kim, J .H . ; Yoneya, M.; Yokoyama, H. "Tristable nematic l iqu id-crystal device using micropatterned surface alignment." Nature. 2002, 420 (6912) , 1 59-162.
Yokoyama, H . ; Inoue, T. "Scanning Maxwell stress microscope for nanometre-scale surface electrostatic imaging of thin fi lms." Thin Solid Films. 1994, 242 (1) , 33-39.
Tabe, Y.; Yokoyama, H. "Two-dimensional dynamic patterns in i l luminated Langmuir monolayers." Langmuir. 1995, 11 (12), 4609-4613 .
Yokoyama, H . ; Van Sprang, H .A . "A novel method for determining the anchoring energy function at a nematic l iquid crystal wall interface from director distortions at h igh fields." Journal of Applied Physics. 1985, 57 (10), 4520-4526.
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330-672-9089
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www.math.kent.edu/-zheng
Xiaoyu Zheng, Ph.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MATHEMAT ICAL SCIENCES AND THE LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE
Education: Ph.D .. Un iversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hi l l
Research Keywords: Model ing of Liquid Crystal Related Systems
Research Area: Zhen g's research focuses on mathematical model ing and numerical simulations of dynamics of liquid crystals systems.
Publications:
Palffy-Muhoray, P.; Virga, E .G. ; Zheng, X. "The minimum excluded volume of convex shapes." J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 2014, 47, 415205.
Zheng, X.; Fontana, J ; Pevnyi, M; Ignatenko, M; Wang, S; Vaia, V; Palffy-Muhoray, P. "The effects of nanoparticle shape and orientation on the low frequency die lectric properties of nanocomposites." Journal of Materials Science. 2012, 47, pp. 4914-4920.
Zheng, X.; Palffy-Muhoray, P. "Maier-Saupe theory in four dimensions." Phys. Rev.E. 2011, 83, 041702 .
Zheng, X ; Palffy-Muhoray, P. "One order parameter tensor mean field theory for biaxial l iqu id crystals." Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B. 2010, 15 (2), pp. 475-490 .
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