NSF Support for Liquid Crystal Research

Dates    Grant Number   
Title
Project Director   
Support awarded to individuals   
1973-74    GH34164X    Structures and Properties of Liquid Crystals    Brown   
1974-77    DMR74-13173    Structure and Properties of Liquid Crystals    Brown   
1974-76    DMR74-13174    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liquid Crystals    Doane   
1976-78     ENG76-00046    Adiabatic Calorimetry of Liquid Crystals    Andrews   
1976-79    DMR76-21363    Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Nematic Systems    Saupe   
1977-78     DMR76-21339    Orientation of Solute Molecules by Liquid Crystalline Media and the Influence of Chemical Reactions    Bacon   
1977-79    DMR76-21346    Thermal and Optical Study of Liquid Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions    Johnson   
1977-79    DMR76-21364    X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Structure of Liquid Crystals    deVries   
1977-79    DMR76-21365    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liquid Crystals     Doane   
1978-80    DMR78-09046    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Superconducting Magnet Facility (Equipment)    Doane   
1979-82    DMR79-06330    Thermal and Optical Study of Liquid Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions    Johnson   
1979-82    DMR78-26495    X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Structure of Liquid Crystals    deVries   
1979-82    DMR79-07789    Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Nematic Systems    Saupe   
1979-82    DMR79-04393    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liquid Crystals    Doane   
1980-81    DMR80-00675    High Pressure Liquid Chromatography Facility (Equipment)    Johnson   
1982-83    DMR82-03773    Thermal and Optical Study of Liquid Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions    Johnson   
1982-85    DMR82-04342    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liquid Crystals    Doane   
1982-85    DMR81-15544    Liquid Crystal Synthesis Program    Doane   
1982-85    DMR82-04340    Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Nematic Systems    Saupe   
1983-87     DMR82-44461    Thermal and Optical Study of Liquid Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions    Johnson   
1985-88    DMR85-15221    Liquid Crystal Synthesis    Neubert   
1985-88    DMR85-12253    Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Nematic Systems    Saupe   
1985-88    DMR85-03219    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liquid Crystals    Doane   
1987-91     DMR87-03524    Thermal and Optical Study of Liquid Crystal Phases and Phase Transitions    Johnson   
1988-90    DMR89-19680    X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Study of Structure and Fluctuation Phenomena in Side-Chain Liquid Crystals    Kumar   
1989-91    DMR88-17647    Basic Studies of PDLCs    Doane   
1989-92    DMR88-18561    Liquid Crystal Synthesis    Neubert   
1989-92     DMR89-03453    Physical Properties of Amphiphilic Nematic Systems    Saupe   
1991-93    DMS91-07434    Numerical Analysis of Problems in Liquid Crystals and Singular Perturbations    Gartland   
1992-94    ECS90-20420    Electric Field Response of PDLCs    Kelly   
1992-95    DMR92-20130    Basic Studies of PDLCs    Doane   
1993-96    DMS93-10733     Mathematical Analysis of Problems in Liquid Crystals    Gartland   
1997-01    DMI97-12304    Wire Grid Polarizers for LCDs    Kelly   
1998-01    DMS98-70420    Numerical Modeling of Problems in Liquid Crystals    Gartland   
1999-00    DMI99-03655    High Twisting Power Chiral Materials for Nanostructure Bragg Reflective Displays    Seed   
1999-02    DMR99-04321    Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Commensurate and Incommensurate Structure in Ferrielectric and Twist Grain Boundary Liquid Crystals    Sprunt   

Support awarded to the Science & Technology Center for
Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM)   
1991-02    DMR89-20147    NSF Science and Technology Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (consortium of 3 NE Ohio universities: Kent State, Case Western Reserve, and Akron - 34 principal investigators)    Doane/West   

Educational supplemental support to the ALCOM Center   
1992    DMR89-20147-2    Assessment and Development of ALCOM Education Program   
Palffy-Muhoray

1994-95    EHR DMR89-20147    Electronic Classroom    
Palffy-Muhoray

1995    EHR DMR89-20147    Real Physics On-line: Experiments and Telemetry via the World Wide Web   
Palffy-Muhoray

1998-99    EHR DMR89-20147-12    School Based Remote Experiments on the Web   
Palffy-Muhoray 

1997     EHR DMR89-20147    Real Physics On-Line: Interactive Learning via the World Wide Web   
Palffy-Muhoray

Supplemental support for International Exchange Programs and International Conferences   
1972-76     GF-30031     Yugoslovia/US - Molecular Diffusion in Smectic Liquid Crystals    Doane    
1976     DMR-2217    Sixth International Liquid Crystal Conference    deVries   
1976-81     GF-30032    Yugoslovia/US - NMR Studies of Liquid Crystals     Doane    
1982-84     YOR82-047    Yugoslovia/US - Chiral Liquid Crystals     Doane    
1985-88    INT85-07514    Yugoslovia/US - Composite Liquid Crystals    Doane   
1976-78     INT76-01318    Poland/US Cooperative Research    Doane   
1988-91    INT87-21016    Yugoslovia/US Composite Liquid Crystals    Doane   
1991-95     INT95-457     Slovenia-US Microconfined Liquid Crystals    Doane   
1993    DMR-9308116    Conference on Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Nonequilibrium Complex Systems    Palffy-Muhoray   
1994    INT93-11612    Japan/US - Surface Anchoring and Alignment in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals    West   
1995     DMR95-28953     Conference on Dynamics and Defects of Liquid Crystals    Palffy-Muhoray   
1996    DMR96-12505    16th International Liquid Crystal Conference    Kumar   
1996-99     PAN/NSF96-249    Poland-US Investigation of the Influence of Structure Factors on the Stability of Smectic C* and CA Phases in Compounds and Mixtures    Neubert   
1998-00    DMR89-20147-13    Brazil-US: Nonlinear Optics of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals    Palffy-Muhoray   
1998-01     INT98-15313    Orientational Phenomena in Homeotropic Liquid Crystal Films: Experiment, Theory and Applications    Finotello   
1998-01     INT97-26802    Structures and Defects in Lamellar Thermotropic and Lyotropic Soft Matter Systems    Lavrentovich   
1999-01    DMR89-20147-13     Hungary-US: Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals    Palffy-Muhoray   
1999-02     DMR89-20147-14    Ukraine/Germany/US - Photo-induced Anisotropy and Liquid Crystal Alignment Properties of Low-molecular-weight Crosslinkable Materials    Chien   

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