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 2024
Geospatial Analysis of Precipitation Data and River Networks Using Satellite Imagery, Vibha S. Mandayam, Olatunde D. Akanbi, Ethan Tobey, Adaezeogo Ezeogo-Enwo, Hyangmok Baek, Atharva Gupta, Laura S. Bruckman, Erika I. Barcelos, and Roger H. French
Knowledge Management of Historical Data: Ontology Development for Chemical Reactions, Quynh D. Tran, Alexander Harding Bradley, Balashanmuga Priyan Rajamohan, Jonathan E. Gordon, Van D. Tran, Kiefer Lin, Erika I. Barcelos, Laura S. Bruckman, and Roger H. French
Knowledge Management and Semantic Reasoning: Ontology and Information Theory Enable the Construction of Knowledge Bases and Knowledge Graphs, Quynh D. Tran, Ozan Dernek, Erika I. Barcelos, Laura S. Bruckman, and Roger H. French
Materials Data Science Ontology (MDS-Onto): Unifying Domain Knowledge in Materials and Applied Data Science, Van D. Tran, Jonathan E. Gordon, Alexander Harding Bradley, Balashanmuga Priyan Rajamohan, Quynh D. Tran, Gabriel Ponón, Yinghui Wu, Laura S. Bruckman, Erika I. Barcelos, and Roger H. French
Submissions from 2022
Catch Bonds in Sickle Cell Disease: Shear-Enhanced Adhesion of Red Blood Cells to Laminin, Utku Goreke, Shamreen Iram, Gundeep Singh, Sergio Domínguez-Medina, Yuncheng Man, Allison Bode, Ran An, Jane A. Little, Christopher L. Wirth, Michael Hinczewski, and Umut A. Gurkan
Submissions from 2020
Hydrogen Gas Sensing Using Aluminum Doped ZnO Metasurfaces, Sharmistha Chatterjee, Adam Fisher, Arwa Fraiwan, Umut A. Gurkan, and Giuseppe Strangi
Submissions from 2017
Hyperbolic Metamaterials-Based Plasmonic Biosensor for Fluid Biopsy with Single Molecule Sensitivity, Kandammathe Valiyaveedu Sreekanth, Mohamed ElKabbash, Yunus Alapan, Efe Ilker Ilker, Michael Hinczewski, Umut A. Gurkan, and Giuseppe Strangi
Submissions from 2016
X-Ray Characterization of Mesophases of Human Telomeric G-Quadruplexes and Other DNA Analogues, Jacob B. Schimelman, Nicole F. Steinmetz, and Roger H. French
Submissions from 2015
Degradation Science: Mesoscopic Evolution and Temporal Analytics of Photovoltaic Energy Materials, Roger H. French, Rudolf Podgornik, Timothy J. Peshek, Laura S. Bruckman, Yifan Xu, Nicholas R. Wheeler, Abdulkerim Gok, Yang Hu, Mohammad A. Hossain, Devin A. Gordon, Pei Zhao, Jiayang Sun, and Guo-Qiang Zhang
Microinverter Thermal Performance in the Real-World: Measurements and Modeling, Mohammad Akram Hossain, Yifan Xu, Timothy J. Peshek, Alexis R. Abramson, and Roger H. French
Submissions from 2014
Electronic Structure, Dielectric Response, and Surface Charge Distribution of RGD (1FUV) Peptide, Amy M. Wen, Roger H. French, and Nicole F. Steinmetz
Submissions from 2013
Statistical and Domain Analytics Applied to PV Module Lifetime and Degradation Science, Laura S. Bruckman, Nicholas R. Wheeler, Junheng Ma, Jiayang Sun, and Roger H. French
Submissions from 2012
Maximizing the Hyperpolarizability Poorly Determines the Potential, J. Lesnefsky, Greg A. Wiggers, and Rolfe G. Petschek
Submissions from 2010
Mechanically Generated Surface Chirality at the Nanoscale, Sameh Ferjani, Yoonseuk Choi, Joel Pendery, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Submissions from 2009
Patterning-Induced Surface Chirality and Modulation of Director Twist in a Nematic Cell, Yoonseuk Choi, Timothy J. Atherton, Sameh Ferjani, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
Direct Measurement of Surface-Induced Orientational Order Parameter Profile Above the Nematic-Isotropic Phase Transition Temperature, Ji-Hoon Lee, Timothy J. Atherton, Rolfe G. Petschek, and Charles Rosenblatt
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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