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1. John L. West, Ke Zhang, Matt Zhang, Ebru Buyuktanir, and Anatoliy V. Glushchenko, “Stressed liquid crystals and their application” Proc. SPIE, 5936, 59360L, (2005) 2. Guoqiang Zhang, John L. West, Anatoliy Glushchenko, Ivan Smalyukh, and Oleg Lavrentovich, “Shearing effects of stressed liquid crystals with various liquid crystal domain sizes,”  Proceedings of SID - The International Society for Informational Displays, (2005) 3. C.I. Cheon, L. Li, A. Glushchenko and J.L. West, Yuri Reznikov, J.S. Kim, and D.H. Kim, ”Electro-optics of Liquid Crystals Doped with Ferroelectric Nano-powder,” Proceedings of SID - The International Society for Informational Displays, (2005). 4. Ebru A. Büyüktanir, Anatoliy Glushchenko, Bentley Wall, John L. West, Maxim Mitrokhin, Børre Holter, “Flexible Bistable Smectic-A LCD Based on PDLC,” Proceedings of SID - The International Society for Informational Displays, (2005) 5. John L. West, Guoqiang Zhang, Yurii Reznikov, Anatoliy Glushchenko, “Fast Birefringent Mode of Stressed Liquid Crystal,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 86, 031111,(2005) 6. John West, Ke Zhang, Matt Zhang, Toshihiro Aoki, Anatoliy Glushchenko, “Stressed Liquid Crystals,” Proc. SPIE, 5741, 10, (2005) 7. John West, Ke Zhang, Yuri Reznikov, Denis Andrienko, Anatoliy Glushchenko, “Liquid crystals as a tool for forming photonic crystals, Proc. SPIE, 5733, 10, (2005). 8. Yu. Reznikov, O. Buluy, O. Tereshchenko, Anatoliy Glushchenko, John West, “Diluted suspensions of submicron ferroelectric particles in liquid crystals,” Proc. SPIE, 5741, p. 26, (2005). 9. Kiryong Ha, John West, “Control of liquid crystal pretilt angles by chemical derivatization reaction of polyvinyl alcohol films,” Liquid Crystals, 31(6), 753-757, (2004) 10. John West, Ke Zhang, Anatoliy Glushchenko, Yuri Reznikov, Denis Andrienko, “Drag of Micro-Particles by an Extended Nematic-Isotropic Interface, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 422, 73-82, (2004) 11. Ke Zhang, Anatoliy Glushchenko, John L. West, “Ordered Micro-Particle Structures in a Liquid Crystal: Formation and Physical Properties” Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., 817 (New Materials for Microphotonics), (2004) 12. Julia E. Fulghum, Linli Su, Kateryna Artyushkova, John L. West, Yuri Reznikov, “Study of ion beam alignment of liquid crystals on polymer substrates”, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 412, 361-368, (2004) 13. John L. West, Ke Zhang, Guangxun Liao, Yuri Reznikov, Denis Andrienko, Michael P. Allen, and Anatoliy V. Glushchenko, “Mechanism of Formation of Three Dimensional Structures of Particles in a Liquid Crystal”  Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst.,  in press, (2004) 14. Yurii Reznikov, Olexander Buchnev, Olexander Tereshchenko, Victor Reshetnyak, Anatoliy Glushchenko and John West, “Ferroelectric Nematic Suspension,”  Appl. Phys. Lett., 82,1917-1919, (2003). 15. John L. West1 , Guoqiang Zhang, and Anatoliy Glushchenko, “Stressed Liquid Crystals for Electrically Controlled Fast Shift of Phase Retardation,”  SID 03 Digest, 55, 1, 2003 16. J.L. West, K. Zhang, A. Glushchenko, “Control of Morphology of Nanoparticles – Liquid Crystal Colloids,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 776, 193-197 (2003). 17. J.L. West, G.R. Novotny, M.R. Fisch, D. Heineman, “Flexible Plastic Liquid Crystal Displays,” Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 709, 45-53 (2002). 18. J.L. West, A. Glushchenko, G. Liao, Y. Reznikov, D. andrienko, M.P. Allen, “Drag on Particles in a Nematic Suspension by a Moving Nematic-Isotropic Interface,” Phys. Rev. E 66, 012702-1 - 012702-4 (2002). 19. N.J. Diorio, Jr., M.R. Fisch and J.L. West, “The Electro-optic Properties of Colloidal Silica Filled Nematics,,” Liquid Crystals. 29, 589-596 (2002). 20. D.W. Rafferty, J.L. Koenig, G. Magyar and J.L. West, “Fourier Transform Infrared Imagining of Nematic Liquid Crystals,” Appl. Spectroscopy 56, 284-287 (2002). 21. L. Bugayova, L. Gerus, A. Glushchenko, A. Dyadyusha, Yu. Kurioz, V. Reshetnyak, Yu. Reznikov and J. West, “Non-monotonic Exposure Dependence of the Pretilt Angle and Surface Polarity of the Photo-orientant F-PVCN,” Liquid Crystals 29, 209-212 (2002). 22. N. Aryasova, A. Iljin, V. Reshetnyak, Yu. Reznikov, A. Glushchenko and J. West, “Orientation of Nematic Liquid Crystals on Random Anchoiring Surface,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 375, 165-173 (2002). 23. Buluy, E. Ouskova, Yu. Reznikov,AG. Glushchenko, J. West and V. Reshetnyak, “Magnetically Induced Alignment of Ferro-Nmematic Suspension on PVCN-F Layer,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 375, 81-87 (2002). 24. Buchnev, A. Glushchenko, G. Puchkovskaya, Yu. Reznikov, O. Tkachenko and J. West, “Electrically Controlled Transparency of Salted Liquid Crystal,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 375, 73-79 (2002). 25. N.J. Diorio, Jr., M.R. Fisch and J.L. West, “Filled Liquid Crystal Depolarizers,” J. Appl. Phys. 90, 3675-3678 (2001). 26. J.L. West, L. Su and Y. Reznikov, “Photo-alignment Using Adsorbed Dichroic Molecules,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 364, 199-210 (2001). 27. E. Ouskova, Yu. Reznikov, S.V. Shiyanovskii, L. Su, J.L. West, O.V. Kuksenok, O. Frances-angeli and F. Simoni, “Photo-orientation of Liquid Crystals due to Light-induced Desorption and Adsorption of Dye Molecules on an Aligning Surface,” Phys. Rev. E 64, 051709 (Oct. 2001). 28. J.L. West, G.R. Novotny, M.R. Fisch and D. Heineman, “New Techniques for Fabrication of Flexible Plastic LCDs,” Proc. IMID ’01, pp. 15-18 (2001). 29. K. Ha, W.S. Kim, I. Kim, K.-C. Kim, S.-W. Kang and J.L. West, “Infrared Dichroism Studies on Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Alignment Layers for LCDs,” Proc. IMID ’01, pp. 79-82 (2001). 30. L. Su, B. Wang, J. West and Yu. Reznikov, “Liquid Crystal Photoalignment on Azo-Dye Layers,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 359, 147-155 (2001). 31. M.G. Kane, I.G. Hill, J. Campi, M.S. Hammond, B. Greening, C.D. Sheraw, J.A. Nicholds, D.J. Gundlach, J.R. Huang, C.C. Kuo, L. Jia, T.N. Jackson, J.L. West and J. Francl, “AMLCDs Using Organic Thin-Film Transistors on Polyester Substrates,” SID Intl. Digest Tech Papers, 32, 57-59 (2001). 32. L. Su, J.L. West, Yu. Reznilov, K. Artyushkova and J.E. Fulghum, “XPS Characterization of Photo-alignment Using Adsorbed Dichroic Materials,” SID Intl. Digest Tech Papers, 32, 1166-1169 (2001). 33. E. Ouskova, D. Fedorenko, Yu. Reznikov, S.V. Shiyanovskii, L. Su, J.L. West, O.V. Kuksenok, O. Francesangeli and F. Simoni, “Hidden Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals in Isotropic Phase,” Phys. Rev. E 63, 021701 (Feb. 2001). 34. S.V. Shiyanovskii, A. Glushchenko, Yu. Reznikov, O.D. Lavrentovich and J.L. West, “Tensor and Complex Anchoring in Liquid Crystals,” Phys. Rev. E 62, R1477-R1480 (2000). 35. Yu. Reznikov, O. Ostroverkhova, K.D. Singer, J.-H. Kim, S. Kumar, O. Lavrentovich, B. Wang and J.L. West, "Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals by Liquid Crystals," Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1930-1933 (2000). 36. D. Andrienko, Y. Kurioz, M. Nishikawa, Y. Reznikov and J.L. West, "Control of the Anchoring Energy of Rubbed Polyimide Layers by Irradiation with Depolarized UV-Light," Jpn. J. App. Phys. 39, 1217-1220 (2000). 37. J.L. West, B. Taheri, E.Y. Park, Y. Kim and P. Palffy-Muhoray,  “Building Polymer Structures in Liquid Crystal Devices,” Nitto Technical Report 38(1), 3-10 (2000). 38. K. Ha, J.L. West and G.R. Magyar, “Spectroscopic Studies on the Liquid Crystal Alignment Mechanism for Polarized UV-Exposed Organosoluble 6FDA-TFMB Polyimide Films,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 357, 263-280 (2000). 39. K. Ha and J.L. West, "Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of the Thermal Stability of Alignment Layers of Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Films for Liquid Crystal Alignment," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 339, 125-137 (2000). 40. E.Y. Park, B. Taheri, J.L. West and P. Palffy-Muhoray, “Surface Induced Polymer Walls and Islands Using a Polymer/LC Mixture,” SID Digest , 31, 782-785 (2000). 41. J.L. West, V.H. Bodnar, Y. Kim and H. Wonderly, "Multi-color, Cholesteric Displays Using Plastic Substrates," Proc. Intl. Display Works 99, pp. 235-238 (1999). Sendai, Japan.  Invited. 42. M. Nishikawa and J.L. West, "Effect of Chemical Structures of Polyimides on Photo-alignment of Liquid Crystals," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 333, 165-179 (1999). 43. M. Nishikawa and J.L. West, " Generation of Pretilt Angles on Polyimides with a Single Exposure to Polarized Ultraviolet Light," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 5183-5188 (1999). 44. M. Nishikawa and J.L. West, "Generation of Pretilt Angles on Polyimides with a Single Linearly Polarized UV Exposure," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 329, 579-587 (1999). 45. V.H. Bodnar, Y. Kim, B. Taheri and J.L. West, "Formation of Polymer Walls by Phase Separa-tion of LC-Polymer Binary Mixtures in a Nonuniform Electric Field," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 329, 405-412 (1999). 46. G. Magyar, J. West, Yu. Reznikov and O. Yaroshchuk, "Light Induced LC Alignment on the Isotropic Non-photosensitive Surface," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 329, 71-79 (1999). 47. M. Nishikawa, J.L. West, D. Andrienko, Yu. Kurioz, Yu. Reznikov, D.S. Kang, J.H. Kim, C. Rosenblatt, "Mechanically and Light Induced Anchoring of Liquid Crystal on Polyimide Film," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 329, 11-18 (1999). 48. G.R. Magyar, J.L. West, B. Taheri, Y. Kim and V. Bodnar, "Patterned Field-Induced Polymer Wall Formation in Nematic Liquid Crystal Displays," SID Digest 30, 664-667 (1999). 49. M. Nishikawa, J.L. West and Y. Reznikov, "Effect of Chemical Structures of Polyimides on Photosensitivity of Liquid Crystal Alignment Using a Polarized UV Exposure," Liq. Cryst. 26, 575-580 (1999). 50. M. Nishikawa and J.L. West, "Order Parameter of Liquid Crystal on Polyimide with Polarized Ultraviolet-Light Exposure," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, L331-L333 (1999). 51. M. Nishikawa, T. Kosa and J.L. West, "Effect of Chemical Structures of Polyimides on Unidirectional Liquid Crystal Alignment Produced by a Polarized Ultraviolet Light-Exposure," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, L334-L337 (1999). 52. J.L. West and V. Bodnar, "Optimization of Stacks of Reflective Cholesteric Films for Full Color Displays," Proc. 5th Asian Symposium on Information Display, pp. 29-32 (1999) Invited. 53. M. Nishikawa and J.L. West, "Effect of Chemical Structures of Polyimides on Unidirectional LC Alignment Produced by Polarized UV Exposure," Proc. Int'l Display Works '98, pp. 327-330 (1998). 54. M. Nishikawa, B. Taheri and J.W. Doane, "Effect of Chemical Structures of Polyimides on Unidirectional Liquid Crystal Alignment Using a Single Linearly Polarized UV Exposure," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 325, 63-78 (1998). 55. K.R. Ha, J.L. West and G.R. Magyar, "Polarized Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Films for Liquid Crystal Alignment," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 325, 13-32 (1998). 56. M. Nishikawa, B. Taheri, J.L. West and Y. Reznikov, "New Photo-Aligned Multi-Domain Liquid Crystal Display Formed Utilizing a Liquid Crystal Polarizer," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 37, L1391-L1395 (1998). 57. K.R. Ha and J.L. West, "Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of the Mechanism of Orientation of Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Films for Liquid Crystal Alignment," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 323, 129-143 (1998). 58. M. Nishikawa, B. Taheri and J.L. West, "Polyimide Films Designed to Produce High Pretilt Angles with a Single Linearly Polarized UV Exposure," SID 98 Digest 29, 131-134 (1998). 59. Y. Kim, J. Francl, B. Taheri and J.L. West, "A Novel Method for the Formation of Polymer Walls in LC/Polymer Displays," SID 98 Digest 29, 397-400 (1998). 60. K. Ha, W. Ahn and J.L. West, "LC Alignment Mechanism for Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Films," SID 98 Digest 29, 726-729 (1998). 61. M. Nishikawa, B. Taheri and J.L. West, "Mechanism of Unidirectional Liquid-Crystal Alignment on Polyimides with Linearly Polarized Ultraviolet Light Exposure," Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2403-2405 (1998). 62. Y. Kim, J. Francl, B. Taheri and J.L. West, "A Method for the Formation of Polymer Walls in Liquid Crystal/Polymer Mixtures," Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2253-2255 (1998). 63. B. Taheri, J.L. West and D.K Yang, "Recent Developments in Bistable Cholesteric Displays," SPIE 3297 (1998). 64. J.L. West, "ALCOM, the National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials," EKISHO 2/1, 57-61 (1998).  Invited. 65. H. Yoshida, Y. Takizawa, T. Martin and J.L. West, "Reflective Display with Photoconductive Layer and Bistable Reflective Cholesteric Mixture," J. of SID 5/3, 269-274 (1997). 66. X. Wang, J.L. West, "The Mechanism of Pretilt Generation on Polarized Ultraviolet Light Aligned Polyimide Film," Proc. 1997 IDRC, pp. 5-8 (1997). 67. Y. Ji, J. Francl, J.L. West, "The Mechanism for the Formation of Polymer Wall In Higher Poly-mer Content Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Mixture," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 299, 395-400 (1997). 68. Y. Ji, J. Francl, W.J. Fritz, P.J. Bos and J.L. West, "Polymer Walls in Higher-Polymer-Content Bistable Reflective Cholesteric Displays," SID Digest 27, 611-613 (1996). 69. J. Chen, D.L. Johnson, P.J. Bos, X. Wang and J.L. West, "Model of Liquid Crystal Alignment by Exposure to Linearly Polarized Ultraviolet Light," Phys. Rev. E 54, 1599-1603 (1996). 70. J.L. West, G.R. Magyar and H. Yoshida, "Recent Advances in Bistable Reflective Cholesteric Displays:  Relaxation from Homeotropic Texture in Pulsed Cells," AM-LCD 96 Digest of Technical Papers, Kobe, Japan, pp. 321-324, November 29, 1996 (Invited). 71. J.L. West, "Recent Research Related to High Definition LCDs at ALCOM and the Liquid Cry-stal Institute, "JALCS Symposium on Liquid Crystals, Osaka, Japan, pp. 1-6, November 26, 1996. 72. D.S. Seo, S.H. Lee, Y.K. Fung, J.L. West, E. Gelerinter, "A Study of Hysteresis and Bistability in a Polymer Stabilized Nematic Liquid Crystal Using Paramagnetic Resonance and Electro-Optical Studies," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 287, 101-107 (1996). 73. X. Wang, D. Subacius, O. Lavrentovich, J.L. West, Y.A. Reznikov, "Four-Domain Liquid Crystal Display Using High Pretilt Photoaligned Polyimide Substrates," SID 96 Digest 27,  654 (1996). 74. J.L. West, "Liquid Crystal Displays," Information Display 11(2), 14 (1995). (Invited). 75. J.W. Doane, J.L. West, "Trends in Liquid Crystal Research in the USA:  Research Directions at the Liquid Crystal Institute and the Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials," Proc. Japanese Assn. of Liquid Crystal Scientists, Sept. 1995 (Invited). 76. J.L. West, "The Challenge of New Applications to Liquid Crystal Displays" in Liquid Crystals in Complex Geometries Formed by Polymer and Porous Networks, G. Crawford and S. Zumer, eds., Taylor and Francis:  London (1996). 77. J.L. West, M. Rouberol, J.J. Francl, Y. Ji, J.W. Doane, M. Pfeiffer, "Flexible Displays Utilizing Bistable, Reflective Cholesteric/Polymer Dispersions and Polyester Substrates," Asia Display ‘95, Proc. 15th International Display Research Conference, p. 55, October 1995. 78. J.L. West, X. Wang, Y. Ji, J.R. Kelly, "Polarized UV-Exposed Polyimide Films for Liquid-Crystal Alignment, SID 95 Digest 26, 703 (1995). 79. J.L. West, G.R. Magyar, J.R. Kelly, S. Kobayashi, Y. Iimura, N. Yoshida, "Dichroic Ultra-Violet Absorption of Thin Liquid Crystal Films," App. Phys. Lett., 67(2), 155 (1995). 80. Y.C. Kim, S.H. Lee, J.L. West, E. Gelerinter, "Molecular Motions and Ordering of the Interfacial, Droplet and Binder Regions of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Displays: A Paramagnetic Resonance Spin Probe Study," J. App. Phys. 77(5), 1 (1995). 81. J.L. West, G.R. Magyar, J.J. Francl, "Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Texture Materials for Black-on-White Displays," SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers, 25, 608-610 (1994). 82. P. Patel, D. Chu, J.L. West and S. Kumar, “Bistable Switching in Polymer-Dispersed Ferro-electric Smectic-C* Displays,” SID Intl. Digest Tech. Papers 25, 845-847 (1994). 83. D.-K. Yang, J.L. West, L.-C. Chien, J.W. Doane, "Control of Reflectivity and Bistability in Displays Using Cholesteric Liquid Crystals," J. Appl. Phys. 76(2) 1331 (1994). 84. J.L. West, "Liquid Crystal Dispersions," in Technological Applications of Dispersions, R.B. McKay, ed., Marcel Dekker: New York 1994.  (Invited) 85. E.A. Thomas, T.A. Zupp, J.E. Fulghum, D.S. Fredley, J.L. West, "Investigation of Liquid Crystal Alignment on Polybutylmethacrylate Surfaces Using FTIR-ATR and XPS," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 250, 193 (1994). 86. J.L. West, "Cholesteric/Polymer Dispersed Light Shutters," Appl. Phys. Lett. 63 (11), (1993). 87. J.L. West, "Liquid-Crystal Displays," Info. Display, 9(12) (1993). (Invited) 88. Y. Ji, J.R. Kelly, J.L. West, "A Study of the Surface Anchoring at a Polymer/Liquid Crystal Interface in the Neighborhood of the Glass Transition," Liq. Cryst. 14(6), 1885 (1993). 89. C.A. McFarland, J.L. Koenig, J.L. West, "Analysis of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals by Infrared Spectroscopy," App. Spectr. 47(3), 321 (1993). 90. C.A. McFarland, J.L. Koenig, J.L. West, "Influence of the Polymer Matrix on the Bipolar and Radial Droplet Configurations within PDLC Films Examined by Infrared Spectroscopy," App. Spectr. 47(5), 598 (1993). 91. K.L. Buchert, J.L. Koenig, S.Q. Wang, J.L. West, "Molecular Motion Analysis of 5CB in PDLCs Using Solid-State 13C NMR Relaxation Spectroscopy," App. Spectr. 47(7), 933 (1993). 92. K.L. Buchert, J.L. Koenig, S.Q. Wang, J.L. West, "Molecular Motion Analysis of E7 in PDLCs as a Function of Droplet Size Using Solid-State 13C NMR Relaxation Spectroscopy," App. Spectr. 47(7), 942 (1993). 93. J.W. McCargar, R. Ondris-Crawford, J.L. West, "Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Infrared Light Shutters," J. Elec. Imag. 1(1) 22 (1992). 94. J.L. West, J.R. Kelly, K. Jewell and Y. Ji,  "Effect of Polymer Matrix Glass Transition Tem-perature on Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Electro-Optics," App. Phys. Lett. 60(26) (1992). 95. J.L. West, D.S. Fredley, J.C. Carrell, "Haze-Free Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals Utilizing Linear Polarizers," App. Phys. Lett. 61(17), 2004 (1992). 96. J.L. West, K. Jewell, J. Francl, Y. Ji and J.R. Kelly, "Surface Anchoring, Polymer Glass Transi-tion and Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Electro-Optics," Proceedings of SPIE 1665, 8 (1992). 97. R.B. Akins and J.L. West, "Effect of Thickness on PDLC Electro-Optics," Proc. SPIE 1665, 280 (1992). 98. G.W. Smith, G.M. Ventouris, J.L. West, "A Calorimetric Determination of Fundamental Properties of Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 213, 11 (1992). 99. J.L. West, R. Ondris-Crawford, "Characterization of Polymer Dispersed Liquid-Crystal Shutters by Ultraviolet/Visible and Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy," J. Appl. Phys. 70, 3785 (1991). 100. G.P. Montgomery, Jr., J.L. West and W. Tamura-Lis, "Droplet Size Effects in Light Scattering from Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films," Proc. SPIE 1455, 45 (1991). 101. G.P. Montgomery, Jr., J.L. West and W. Tamura-Lis, "Light Scattering from Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films: Droplet Size Effects," J. Appl. Phys. 69, 1605 (1991). 102. J.W. McCargar, J.W. Doane, J.L. West, T.W. Anderson, "Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Shutters for IR Applications," Proc. SPIE 1455, 54 (1991). 103. J.L. West, "Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals," ACS Symposium Series:  Advances in Liquid Crystal Polymers, ed. Robert Weiss (1990) (Invited). 104. J.L. West, R. Ondris and M. Erdmann, "Dichroic Dye-Containing Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) Films," Proc. SPIE: Liquid Crystal Displays and Applications 1257, 76-83 (1990). 105. J.W. Doane, J.L. West, J.B. Whitehead, Jr., D.S. Fredley, "Wide-Angle View PDLC Displays," SID Digest 21, 224 (1990). 106. J.L. West, W. Tamura-Lis and R. Ondris, "Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals Incorporating Isotropic Dyes," Proc. SPIE: Liquid Crystal Chemistry, Physics and Applications 1080, 48 (1989). 107. Z. Yaniv, J.W. Doane, J.L. West and W. Tamura-Lis, "Active Matrix Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Display," SID Digest, Japan Display '89, 572 (1989). 108. J.W. Doane, J.L. West, J. Pirs, S. Zumer and R. Blinc, "High-Intensity Color Projection for Automotive Displays," Proc. SPIE: Automotive Displays and Industrial Illumination 958, 94  (1989).  109. P. Palffy-Muhoray, J.R. Kelly, M.A. Lee, J.L. West, B.J. Frisken, J.Y. Kim and H.J. Yuan, "Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films and their Nonlinear Optical Response," Proc. 1st Intnl. Symposium on Nonlinear Optical Polymers, p.70 (1989). 110. J.L. West, J.W. Doane, Z.B. Domingo and P. Ukleja, "Electro-Optics of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals:  Infrared Applications," Polymer Preprints 30, 530 (1989). Winner of the Doolittle Prize of the American Chemical Society for 1989 (best paper of 337 presented in Polymer Division). 111. J.W. Doane, J.L. West, W. Tamura-Lis and J.B. Whitehead, Jr., "Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals for Haze-Free, Wide-Angle View Light Shutters," Pacific Polymer Preprints I, 245-246 (1989). 112. J.L. West, L.-C. Chien and W. Tamura-Lis, "Liquid Crystal Epoxies for Use in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals," Pacific Polymer Preprints I, 246-247 (1989). 113. P. Palffy-Muhoray, M.A. Lee and J.L. West, "Optical Field Induced Scattering in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 179, 445-460 (1989). 114. J.L. West, "Liquid Crystal Displays," Information Display 5, 8-9 (1989) (Invited). 115. J.L. West, "Phase Separation of Liquid Crystals in Polymers," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 157, 427 (1988). 116. J.W. Doane, J.L. West, A. Golemme, J.B. Whitehead, Jr. and B.-G. Wu, "Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals for Display Application," Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 165, 511 (1988). 117. P. Palffy-Muhoray and J.L. West, "Nonlinear Optical Response of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Materials," Proc. SPIE:  Wave Propagation and Scattering in Varied Media, 927, 226-234 (1988). 118. J. Pirs, S. Zumer, R. Blinc, J.L. West and J.W. Doane, "Low-Loss, High-Intensity Color Projection," SID 88 Digest 19, 227-230 (1988). 119. B.-G. Wu, J.L. West and J.W. Doane, "Angular Discrimination of Light Transmission Through Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films," J. App. Phys. 62(9), 3925 (1987). 120. W.H. Waddell, J.L. West, J. Lecomte, and U.E. Younes, "Qualitative Studies of the Low Temperature Photochemistry of Rhodopsin and Related Pigments," Photochem. and Photobiol. 39, 213 (1984). 121. W.H. Waddell and J.L. West, "Photochemistry of Linear Polyenes Related to Vitamin A. 13–Demethylretinal and 14–Methylretinal," J. Phys. Chem. 84, 134 (1980). 122. T. Ebrey, M. Tsuda, C. Sassenrath, W.H. Waddell, and J.L. West, "Light Activation of Bovine Rod Phosphodiesterase by Non-Physiological Visual Pigments," FEBS Lett. 116, 217 (1980). 123. J.L. West, "The Influence of Methyl Substitution on the Photochemistry of Retinal," Doctoral Dissertation, Carnegie-Mellon University (1980). 124. W.H. Waddell, J.L. West, P.M. Dawson, D.L. Hopkins, K.L. Rach, and M. Uemura, "Quantitative Analysis of Photochemical Reactions Utilizing High Pressure Chromatography: Linear Polyenes Related to Vitamin A," J. Liq. Chrom. 2, 1205 (1979). 125. W.H. Waddell and J.L. West, "Observation of High Photoisomerization Quantum Yields for 11-cis-Retinal Analogs Having 12-s-trans Geometries," Chem. Phys. Lett. 62, 431-434 (1979). 126. W.H. Waddell, J.L. West and M. Uemura, "Photochemical Synthesis of cis-Isomers of Retinal Analogs. 13-Demethylretinal," Tetrahedron Lett. 35, 3223-3226 (1978). 127. W.H. Waddell, J.L. West, D.L. Hopkins and M. Uemura, "Influence of Alkyl Substitution on the trans-cis Photoisomerization of All-trans-Retinal and Related Polyenes," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 100, 1970 (1978).   Patents 1. U.S. Patent, 5,929,960 "Method for Forming Liquid Crystal Display Cell Walls using a Patterned Electric Field," M. Rouberol, Y. Ji, J. Francl, J. West, July 27 1999. 2. U.S. Patent 5,766,694, "Method for Forming Uniformly-Spaced Plastic Substrate Liquid Crystal Displays," J.L. West and P.J. Bos, June 16, 1998. 3. U.S. Patent 5,453,863 “Multistable Chiral Nematic Displays,” Sep. 26, 1995, John West and Deng-Ke Yang. 4. U.S. Patent 5,093,471 "Novel Cyanobiphenyl Amines and Liquid-Crystalline-Side-Group Polymers Incorporating Same," March 3, 1992, J.L. West. 5. U.S. Patent 5,093,735 "Infrared Light Modulating Material Comprising a Liquid Crystal and a Medium," March 3, 1992, J.L. West and J.W. Doane. 6. U.S. Patent 5,240,636 "Light Modulating Materials Comprising Liquid Crystal Microdroplets Dispersed in a Birefringent Polymeric Matrix Method of Making Light Modulating Materials" August 31, 1993, J.W. Doane and J.L. West. 7. U.S. Patent 5,264,950, "Liquid Crystal Light Modulation Device with Polarizer and Liquid Crystal Interspersed as Spherical or Randomly Distorted Droplets in Isotropic Polymer," Nov. 23, 1993, J.L. West and J.C. Carrell. 8. U.S. Patent 4,994,204, "Light Modulating Materials Comprising a Liquid Crystal Phase Dispersed in a Birefringent Polymeric Phase," Feb. 19, 1991, J.W. Doane and J.L. West. 9. U.S. Patent 5,004,323, "Extended Temperature Range PDLC Shutters," April 2, 1991, J.L. West. 10. U.S. Patent 4,809,902, "Liquid Crystal Light Modulating Materials with Selectable Viewing Angles," Jan. 2, 1990, J.W. Doane, E.P. Wenninger, J.L. West and B.-G. Wu. 11. U.S. Patent 4,673,255, "Method of Controlling Microdroplet Growth in Polymeric Dispersed Liquid Crystal," June 16, 1987, J.L. West, A. Golemme and J.W. Doane. 12. U.S. Patent 4,685,771, "Liquid Crystal Display Material Comprising a Liquid Crystal Dispersion in a Thermoplastic Resin," August 11, 1987, J.L. West, J.W. Doane, S. Zumer. 13. U.S. Patent, 4,622,284 "Using Metal Azide Recording Media with Laser," Digital Recording Corporation, December 1986, J.L. West and J.T. Russell.