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33.  Maclennan, J.E.; Muller, D.; Shao, R.-F.; Coleman, D.; Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M.; Clark, N.A.  Field-Control of the Surface Electroclinic Effect in Chiral Smectic A Liquid Crystals, E. Liq. Cryst. Comm. 2004, Jan/12, 10:55:15.32.

 

32.  Dyer, D.J. Patterning of Gold Substrates by Surface Initiated Polymerization, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2003, 13, 667-670. (Invited)

 

31.   Dyer, D.J.; Feng, J. Responsive Polymer Substrates by Nanoengineering with Surface Initiated Polymerization, Polymer Preprints  2003, 44(2), 230-231.

 

30.  Cao, Y.; Ge, Q.; Dyer, D.J.; Wang, L.  Steric Effects on the Adsorption of Alkylthiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111), J. Phys. Chem. B  2003, 107, 3803-3807.

 

29.  Dyer, D.J.; Feng, J.; Paul, R.; Schmidt, R.; Zhao, T. Photoinitiated Polymerization of Styrene from Alkylthiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers: Kinetics and Grafting Density, Polymer Preprints  2003, 44(1), 433-434.

 

28.  Feng, J.; Dyer, D.J. Effect of Initiator Structure on Photochemical Polymerization of Styrene from Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold, Polymer Preprints  2003, 44(1), 516-517.

 

27.  Dyer, D.J.; Wolf, J.; Li, C.; Landorf, C.; Brown, B.; Maas, J.; Conlin, E.; Zhao, T. Design and Synthesis of Noncentrosymmetric Hydrogen Bonded Main Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Towards Polar Order in Organic Thin Films, Polymer Preprints  2003, 44(1), 578-579.

 

26.  Dyer, D.J.; Li, C.; Wolf, J.; Landorf, C.; Zhao, T. Surface Alignment of Hydrogen Bonded Main Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers, Polymer Preprints  2003, 44(1), 713-714.

 

25. Paul, R.; Schmidt, R.; Dyer, D.J.  Synthesis of Ultrathin Films of Polyacrylonitrile by Photoinitiated Polymerization from Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold, Langmuir., 2002, 18, 8719-8723.

 

24. Paul, R.; Schmidt, R.; Feng, J.; Dyer, D.J.  Photoinitiated Polymerization of Styrene from Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold. II. Grafting Rates and Extraction, J. Polym. Sci; Part A: Polym. Chem.  2002, 40, 3284-3291.

 

23. Chen, S.; Pei, R.; Zhao, T.; Dyer, D.J.  Nanoparticle Assemblies By Metal Ion-Pyridine Chelation and Their Rectified Quantized Charging in Aqueous Solutions, J. Phys. Chem. B  2002, 106, 1903-1908.

 

22. Schmidt, R.; Zhao, T.; Green, J.B.; Dyer, D. J.  Photoinitiated Polymerization of Styrene from Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold, Langmuir 2002, 18, 1281-1287.

 

21. Dyer, D.J.; Zhao, T.; Green, J.B. Surface Initiated Photopolymerization from Gold, Polymer  Preprints , 2001, 42(2), 178.

 

20. Shao, R.-F.; Maclennan, J.E.; Clark, N.A.; Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M. "Giant surface electroclinic effect in a chiral smectic A liquid crystal," Liq. Cryst. 2001, 28, 117-123. 

 

19. Landorf, C.; Simpson, J.; Jacobsen, J.; Dyer, D.J.  Design and Synthesis of Noncentrosymmetric Organic Thin Films with Hydrogen Bonded Main Chain Polymers.  Poly. Mat. Sci. - Preprints 2000, 83, 172-173.

 

18. You, E; Twieg, R.J.; Dyer, D.J.; Lee, V.Y. "Synthesis and Properties of Liquid Crystals Containing the 4-Pyridone and Methylene-1,4-Dihydropyridine Structure Unit", Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Sci. Technol. Sect. A-Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1999, 332, 2909-2916.

 

17. Cumpston, B. H.; Ananthavel, S. P.; Barlow, S.; Dyer, D. J.; Ehrlich, J. E.; Erskine, L. L.; Heikal, A. A.; Kuebler, S. M.; Lee, I.-Y.; McCord-Maughon, D.; Qin, J.; Rckel, H.; Rumi, M.; Wu, X.-L.; Marder, S. R.; Perry, J. W.  Two-Photon Polymerization Initiators for Three-Dimensional Optical Data Storage and Microfabrication, Nature  1999, 398, 51-54.

 

16. Dyer, D.J.; Lee, V.Y.; Twieg, R.J.  A New Class of Liquid Crystals: Methylene-1,4-Dihydropyridines, Liq. Cryst. 1998, 24, 271-281.

 

15. Dyer, D.J.; Lee, V.; Twieg, R.J.  The Forgotten Liquid Crystals of Daniel Vrlander: A New Look at Mesogenic 4-Pyridones, Liq. Cryst. 1997, 23, 551-560.

 

14. Dyer, D.J.; Schrder, U.P.; Chan, K.-P.; Twieg, R.J.  Polymer Stabilized Reflective Cholesteric Displays: Effects of Chiral Polymer Networks on Reflectance Properties, Chem. Mater. 1997, 9, 1665-1669.

 

13. Prtre, Ph.; Sidick, E.; Knoesen, A.; Dyer, D.J.; Twieg, R.J.  Optical Dispersion Properties of Tricyanovinylaniline Polymer Thin Films for Ultrashort Optical Pulse Diagnosis, Poly. Prep. 1997, 38, 969-970.

 

12. Stevens, F.; Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A. Dynamics of Vacency Defects in 2-D Crystalline Monolayers Under Chiral Smectic Thin Films Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Liq. Cryst. 1997, 22, 531-532.

 

11. Walba, D.M.; Stevens, F.; Dyer, D.J.; Parks, D.C.; Clark, N.A.; Wand, M.D.  Imaging Chiral Molecules by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Enantiomer  1996, Vol. 1, 267-280.

 

10. Stevens, F.; Dyer, D.J.; Mller, U; Walba, D.M. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Images of a Novel Dimeric Liquid Crystal on Graphite, Langmuir  1996, 12, 5625-5629.

 

9.   Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Chen, X-H.; Mller, U.; Cobben, P.L.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A. Design and Synthesis of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 25. An Approach to New Materials For Ultra-Fast Electronic Electro-Optic Modulators, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., Section A  1996, 288, 83-91.

 

8.   Stevens, F.; Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M. Direct Observation of Enantiomorphous Monolayer Crystals from Enantiomers by STM, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.  1996, 35, 900-901.

 

7.   Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Cobben, P.L.; Sierra, T.; Rego, J.A.; Liberko, C.A.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A. Design and Synthesis of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 22. Side-by-Side Dimers for Nonlinear Optics, Ferroelectrics  1996, Vol. 179, 211-220.

 

6.   Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Sierra, T.; Cobben. P.L.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A.  Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals for Nonlinear Optics: Orientation of the Disperse Red-1 Chromophore Along the Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Polar Axis, J. Am. Chem. Soc.  1996, 118, 1211-1212.

 

5.   Stevens, F.; Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M.  Domain Formation and Annealing in an Adsorbed Liquid Crystal Monolayer Observed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B  1996, 14(1), 38-41.

 

4.   Stevens, F.; Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.  Formation of 2-D Mixed Crystals on Graphite Observed by STM, Langmuir  1996, 12, 436-440.

 

3.   Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Cobben, P.L.; Sierra, T.; Rego, J.A.; Liberko, C.A.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A.  Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals for Nonlinear Optics: Can We Really Do It?, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 1995, Vol. 392, 157-161.

 

2.   Dyer, D.J.; Walba, D.M.  Improvement of Thermotropic Liquid Crystallinity by Incorporation of Unsaturated Fatty Alcohol Tail Units, Chem. Mater. 1994, 6, 1096-1098.

 

1.   Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A.; Vohra, R.T.; More, K.; Thurmes, W.N.; Wand, M.D.  "High Performance Electroclinic Materials", Ferroelectrics  1993, Vol. 148, 435-442.

 

Chapters and Articles in Professional Books.

 

4.  Dyer, D.J.; Feng, J.; Fivelson, C.; Paul, R.; Schmidt, R.; Zhao, T. Photoinitiated Polymerization from Self-Assembled Monolayers, in Polymer Brushes, Brittain, W.; Caster, K.; Rhe, J., Eds., Wiley-VCH, 2004, In Press.

 

3.  Landorf, C.; Wolf, J.; Li, C.; Xie, W.; Jacobsen, J.; Simpson, J.; Dyer, D.J.  "Design of Polar Organic Liquid Crystalline Thin Films"; In Organic Thin Films for Photonic Applications; Trends in Optics and Photonics Series; Optical Society of America: Washington, D.C. 2002, Vol. 64; 145-152.

 

2.  Prtre, Ph; Sidick, E.; Wu, L.-M.; Knoesen, A.; Dyer, D.J.; Twieg, R.J.  Optical Dispersion Properties of Tricyanovinylaniline Polymer Thin Films for Ultrashort Optical Pulse Diagnostics, ACS Symposium Series (San Fransisco Conference) 1998, Vol. 695, 328-341.

 

1.  Dyer, D.J.; Shao, R.; Clark, N.A.; Walba, D.M. Design and Synthesis of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. 24. Incorporation of the Disperse Red-1 Chromophore into Side-by-Side Dimers for Nonlinear Optics, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.  1996, Vol. 413, 357-362.

 

Patents.

 

2.  Walba, D.M.; Dyer, D.J.; Mller, U.; Cobben, P.; Chen, X.-H.; Thurmes, W.; Wand, M. Mesogenic Materials with Anomalous Birefringence Dispersion and High Second Order Susceptibility (c(2)), U.S. Patent 6,139,771, Displaytech Inc., 2000.

 

1.  Dyer, D.J.; Twieg, R.J.  Liquid Crystal Display, U.S. Patent 5783114, IBM Corporation, 1998.

 

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