Physics Faculty, Staff, Student Scholarship
This collection holds the creative and scholarly works of the Department of Physics' faculty, staff, and students. It includes scholarly content such as journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, etc.
Submissions from 2009
Disordered, Quasicrystalline and Crystalline Phases of Densely Packed Tetrahedra, Rolfe G. Petschek
Mode Dercalization in 1D Photonic Crystal Lasers, Yeheng Wu, Kenneth D. Singer, Rolfe G. Petschek, Hyunmin Song, Eric Baer, and Anne Hiltner
Submissions from 2008
Polar-Horizontal Versus Polar-Vertical Reverse-Tilt-Domain Walls: Influence of a Pretilt Angle Below the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition, Ji-Hoon Lee, Timothy J. Atherton, Daeseung Kang, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Phase Separation Induced Polar Electrooptical Effect in a Doped Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell, Ji-Hoon Lee, Daeseung Kang, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
VIMOS-VLT Integral Field Kinematics of the Giant Low Surface Brightness Galaxy ESO 323-G064, Stacy S. McGaugh
Submissions from 2007
Naturally Occurring Reverse Tilt Domains in a High-Pretilt Alignment Nematic Liquid Crystal, Ruiting Wang, Timothy J. Atherton, Minhua Zhu, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Comment on "Pushing the Hyperpolarizability to the Limit", Greg A. Wiggers and Rolfe G. Petschek
Submissions from 2006
Synthesis and Characterization of New Truxenones for Nonlinear Optical Applications, Giolin Mao, Kenneth D. Singer, Greg A. Wiggers, and Rolfe G. Petschek
High-Resolution Optical Velocity Fields of 11 Low Surface Brightness Galaxies, Stacy S. McGaugh
Defocused Orientation and Position Imaging (DOPI) of Myosin V, Rolfe G. Petschek
Bend-Induced Melting of the Smectic-�� Phase: Analogy to a Type-I Superconductor, Ruiting Wang, Ishtiaque M. Syed, Giovanni Carbone, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Submissions from 2005
Measuring Kleinman-Disallowed Hyperpolarizabilities by Time-Resolved Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering, G. Mao, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Kenneth D. Singer
Synthesis and MRS NLO Characterization of New Triarylmethyl Cations, Guilin Mao, Greg A. Wiggers, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Kenneth D. Singer
Balance of Dark and Luminous Mass in Rotating Galaxies, Stacy S. McGaugh
Effect of Flexible Bimesogen Dopant on the Stability of the Anticlinic Liquid-Crystal Phase, Min Hua Zhu, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Submissions from 2004
Twist Elasticity and Anchoring in a Lamellar Nematic Phase, Neha M. Patel, M. R. Dodge, Min Hua Zhu, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Submissions from 2003
Light Scattering Investigation Above the Nematic-Smectic-A Phase Transition in Binary Mixtures of Calamitic and Bent-Core Mesogens, Mohammad Reza Dodge, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Nonpolar Second-Order Nonlinear and Electrooptic Materials: Axially Ordered Chiral Polymers and Liquid Crystals, Kenneth D. Singer, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Victor Ostroverkhov
Submissions from 2002
A No-Buff Technique to Produce Surfaces that Induce Alignment in Liquid Crystals, Daniel Harrison, Michael R. Fisch, Rolfe G. Petschek, and J.-F. Li
Apparent Tricritical Behavior at a Nearly Second-Order Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition of a Cyclic Liquid Crystalline Trimer, Ishtiaque M. Syed, Virgil Percec, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Nematic Liquid-Crystal Polarization Gratings by Modification of Surface Alignment, Bing Wen, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Submissions from 2001
Gas Mass Fractions and the Evolution of Low Surface Brightness Dwarf Galaxies, Stacy S. McGaugh
High-Resolution Rotation Curves of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies. I. Data, Stacy S. McGaugh
High-Resolution Rotation Curves of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies. II. Mass Models, Stacy S. McGaugh
Optimization of the Nonlinear Optical Response in Chiral Media, Victor P. Ostroverkhov, Oksana Ostroverkhova, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Kenneth D. Singer
Prospects for Chiral Nonlinear Optical Media, Rolfe G. Petschek and Kenneth D. Singer
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Chiral Chromophores for Nonlinear Optical Applications, Kenneth D. Singer and Rolfe G. Petschek
Submissions from 2000
Bend Elasticity of Mixtures of V-Shaped Molecules in Ordinary Nematogens, Mohammad Reza Dodge, Charles Rosenblatt, and Rolfe G. Petschek
Star Formation and Tidal Encounters with the Low Surface Brightness Galaxy UGC 12695 and Companions, Stacy S. McGaugh
Electric Field-Induced Acoustic-Optic Mode Coupling in an Anticlinic Liquid Crystal, Shiyong Zhang, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Submissions from 1999
Pretransitional Behavior Above the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition of an Auxetic Trimer Liquid Crystal, Daeseung Kang, Milind P. Mahajan, Shiyong Zhang, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Electro-Optic Response of Surface-Induced Nematic Order Above the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition Temperature, Jong-Hyun Kim, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
The Molecular ISM in Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxies, J. Christopher Mihos and Stacy S. McGaugh
"Quadrupolar" Molecular Nonlinear Optics, V. Ostroverkhov, O. Ostroverkhova, Kenneth D. Singer, L. Sukhomlinova, and R. J. Twieg
Synthesis and Characterization of Isoregic Chiral Smectic Polyesters, Rolfe G. Petschek
Design and Optimization of Chromophores for Liquid Crystal and Photorefractive Applications, Kenneth D. Singer, V. Ostoverkhov, and Rolfe G. Petschek
Microscopic Origins of Heliclinic Phases in Smectic Liquid Crystals, Jonathan J. Stott and Rolfe G. Petschek
Twist Modulated Phases in Chiral Smectic Liquid Crystals, Jonathan J. Stott and Rolfe G. Petschek
Submissions from 1998
Routes to Self-Assembling Stable Photonic Band-Gap Phases in Emulsions of Chiral Nematics With Isotropic Fluids, Chien-Yueh Huang, Jonathan J. Stott, and Rolfe G. Petschek
Highly Anisotropic Elasticity of a Dendrimeric Liquid Crystal, A. J. Jin, Michael R. Fisch, M. P. Mahajan, Karl A. Crandall, P. Chu, C.-Y. Huang, V. Percec, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Orientational Susceptibility and Elastic Constants Near the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition for Trimers with Terminal-Lateral-Lateral-Terminal Connections, Daeseung Kang, Milind P. Mahajan, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 Imaging of UGC 12695: A Remarkably Unevolved Galaxy at Low Redshift, Stacy S. McGaugh
Erratum: Equilibrium Polymerization of Chains and Rings: A Bicritical Phenomenon, Rolfe G. Petschek
Tilted Photoalignment of a Nematic Liquid Crystal Induced by a Magnetic Field, Charles Rosenblatt and Rolfe G. Petschek
Submissions from 1997
Dephasing in Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering from Organic Materials, S. F. Hubbard, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Kenneth D. Singer
"Quadrupoled" Materials for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics, S. F. Hubbard, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Kenneth D. Singer
Submissions from 1996
Spectral Content and Dispersion of Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering, S. F. Hubbard, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Kenneth D. Singer
Dendrimeric Liquid Crystals: Isotropic-Nematic Pretransitional Behavior, Jian-feng Li, Karl A. Crandall, Peihwei Chu, Virgil Percec, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Magnetic Field-Mediated Alignment of a Nematic Liquid Crystal at a Polymer Surface Exposed to Ultraviolet Light, Rolfe G. Petschek and Charles Rosenblatt
Fluctuations and Light Scattering in a Liquid Crystal Polymer Fiber, R. A. Sones and Rolfe G. Petschek
Twisting Transition in a Fiber Composed of Chiral Smectic-C Liquid Crystal Polymer, R. A. Sones and Rolfe G. Petschek
Percus-Yevick Approximation for Fluids with Spontaneous Partial Order: Results for a Separable Model, Hua Zhong and Rolfe G. Petschek
Submissions from 1995
Galaxy Selection and the Surface Brightness Distribution, Stacy S. McGaugh
The Morphology of Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxies, Stacy S. McGaugh
Fast Relaxation Mode in a Thermotropic Uniaxial Nematic Liquid Crystal, Sanjay Tripathi, Hua Zhong, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Experimental Probes of Bond Orientational Order Models of Blue Phase III of Chiral Liquid Crystals, Hua Zhong and Rolfe G. Petschek
Percus-Yevick Approximation for Fluids with Spontaneous Partial Order, Hua Zhong and Rolfe G. Petschek
Submissions from 1994
Homeotropic, Rub-Free Liquid-Crystal Light Shutter, Karl A. Crandall, Michael R. Fisch, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Vanishing Freedericksz Transition Threshold Voltage in a Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal, Karl A. Crandall, Michael R. Fisch, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Structural Characteristics and Stellar Composition of Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxies, Stacy S. McGaugh
Nematic Ordering and Microphase Segregation in a Diblock Polymer Liquid-Crystal-Polymer, R. A. Sones and Rolfe G. Petschek
Submissions from 1993
Second-Order Flexoelectric Effect in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals, D. W. Cronin, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Eugene M. Terentjev
Weak Radiative Decay Λ→nγ and the Radiative Capture Reaction K‾p→∑(1385)γ, William J. Fickinger and D. K. Robinson
Ion-Director Coupling in a Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal, Min-Hua Lu, Charles Rosenblatt, and Rolfe G. Petschek
Star Formation Thresholds in Low Surface Brightness Galaxies, Stacy S. McGaugh
The Small Scale Environment of Low Surface Brightness Disk Galaxies, Stacy S. McGaugh
Lamellar Ordering in Symmetric Diblock Copolymers, R. A. Sones, E. M. Terentjev, and Rolfe G. Petschek
Long-Range Interactions and the Pair-Correlation Function in Dipolar Main-Chain Nematic Polymers, Eugene M. Terentjev and Rolfe G. Petschek
Submissions from 1992
Measurement of the Λ→n+γ Branching Ratio, William J. Fickinger and D. K. Robinson
A Catalog of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies. List II, Stacy S. McGaugh
Bounds on the Polymer-Length Distribution in Equilibrium Polymerization, Rolfe G. Petschek
Anomalous Dipolar Flexoelectric Effect in a Nematic Main-Chain Polymer, Rolfe G. Petschek and Eugene M. Terentjev
Molecular-Statistical Theory for Curvature Elasticity of Thermotropic Main-Chain-Polymer Liquid Crystals, Rolfe G. Petschek and Eugene M. Terentjev
Dielectric Properties and Ferroelectricity in Main-Chain Nematic Polymers, Eugene Terentjev and Rolfe G. Petschek
Electric-Field-Modulated Reflectivity at a Liquid-Crystal Substrate Interface, Sanjay Tripathi, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Submissions from 1991
Dynamics of the Nematic-Electroclinic Effect, Rajesh Ambigapathy, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
π‾p→π⁰π⁰n Near Threshold and Chiral Symmetry Breaking, William J. Fickinger and D. K. Robinson
Anomaly in the Dynamic Behavior of the Electroclinic Effect Below the Nematicsmectic-A Phase Transition, Zili Li, Robert B. Akins, Gregory A. DiLisi, Charles Rosenblatt, and Rolfe G. Petschek
Aggregation of Aqueous Suspensions of Phospholipid Tubules, Min-Hua Lu, Jerome B. Lando, J. Adin Mann Jr., Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Computer Simulations of Quasilattice Models for Novel Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals, Rolfe G. Petschek
Surface-Induced Polarization at a Chiral-Nematice Substrate Interface, Sanjay Tripathi, Min-Hua Lu, Eugene M. Terentjev, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Submissions from 1990
Radiative Kaon Capture on Deuterium and the Λn Scattering Lengths, William J. Fickinger and D. K. Robinson
Nematic Electroclinic Effect, Zili Li, Gregory A. DiLisi, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Stellar Populations in Shell Galaxies, Stacy S. McGaugh
Submissions from 1989
Static and Dynamic Scaling Relationships in the Light Scattering Properties of Polystyrenes in Good Solvents, Mamta Bhatt, Alexander M. Jamieson, and Rolfe G. Petschek
Dynamics of Dislocation-Mediated Melting in a Two-Dimensional Lattice in the Presence of an Oscillatory Applied Strain, Arnold J. Dahm, M. A. Stan, and Rolfe G. Petschek
Radiative Kaon Capture at Rest in Hydrogen, William J. Fickinger and D. K. Robinson
Critical Behavior of a Frustrated Ising System, O. Heinonen and Rolfe G. Petschek
Transitions and Modulated Phases in Chiral Tilted Smectic Liquid Crystals, George A. Hinshaw Jr. and Rolfe G. Petschek
Erratum: Linear Electroclinic Effect in a Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal, Zili Li, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Linear Electroclinic Effect in a Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystal, Zili Li, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Submissions from 1988
Modulated Phases in Thin Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystal Films, George A. Hinshaw Jr. and Rolfe G. Petschek
Transitions and Modulated Phases in Centrosymmetric Ferroelectrics: Mean-Field and Renormalization-Group Predictions, George A. Hinshaw Jr. and Rolfe G. Petschek
Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals: Realizability and Molecular Constraints, Rolfe G. Petschek
Submissions from 1987
Excitation of the Isobaric Analog State of ¹⁶⁵Ho by Pion Single-Charge Exchange, William J. Fickinger
Parametric Equation of State for the N-Vector Model and Polymers, Rolfe G. Petschek
Two-Dimensional Polymer Melts, Rolfe G. Petschek
Novel Ferroelectric Fluids, Rolfe G. Petschek and Kimberly M. Wiefling
Submissions from 1986
Evidence for a New State Produced in Antiproton Annihilations at Rest in Liquid Deuterium, R. Debbe, William J. Fickinger, R. Marino, and D. K. Robinson
Difference Spectra: Dominance of Two-Body Cascades in Antiproton-Neutron Annihilations at Rest, R. Debbe, William J. Fickinger, and D. K. Robinson