Publications of the Organophotonics Group!

Molecular Alignment of Liquid Crystals on a Photosensitive Polymer Surface Exposed to Linearly Polarised Ultraviolet Laser Light. R. Karapinar, M. O’Neill, S. M. Kelly, A. W. Hall and G. J. Owen, ARI, 50, 61, 1998.

Nematic and Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Alignment Using Coumarin-Containing Polymers with a Photoinduced Anisotropy. S. M. Kelly, P. O. Jackson, P. J. Taylor, M. O’Neill, P. Hindmarsh and G. J. Owen, SID EID ‘98 Digest, 5.1., 1998.

Alignment Models for Coumarin-Containing Polymers for Liquid Crystal Displays. P. O. Jackson, R. Karapinar, M. O’Neill, P. Hindmarsh, S. M. Kelly and G. J. Owen, Proc. SPIE, 3635, 38, 1999.

New Coumarin Polymers as Non-Contact Alignment Layers for Liquid Crystals. P. Hindmarsh, G. J. Owen, S. M. Kelly, P. O. Jackson, M. O’Neill and R. Karapinar, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 332, 439, 1999.

“Flat Panel Displays: Advanced Organic Materials”. S. M. Kelly, RSC Materials Monographs, Series Ed., J. A. Connor, (The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK) 2000 (228 pages).

Photoinduced Surface Alignment for Liquid Crystal Displays. M. O’Neill and S. M. Kelly, J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. 33, R67, 2000.

Liquid Crystals for Electro-Optic Applications. S. M. Kelly and M. O’Neill, “Handbook of Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials”, Ed., H. S. Nalwa, (10 Volumes, Academic Press, San Diego, USA). Volume 7, Chapter 1, 1, 2000.

Pulsed Laser Deposition of Anthracene-based Conjugated Organic Compounds for Electroluminescent Device Applications. S. R. Farrar, A. E. A. Contoret, P. E. Dyer, M. O’Neill, J. E. Nicholls, A. J. Eastwood and S. M. Kelly, Appl. Phys. Lett., 76, 2553, 2000.

Polarised Electroluminescence from an Anisotropic Nematic Network on a Non-contact Photo-alignment Layer. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, P. O. Jackson, L. May, M. O’Neill, J. E. Nicholls, S. M. Kelly and G. J. Richards, Adv. Mater., 12, 971, 2000.

An Investigation of the Role of Crosslinking and Photodegradation of Side-chain Coumarin Polymers in the Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals P. O. Jackson, M. O’Neill, W. L. Duffy, P. Hindmarsh, S. M. Kelly and G. J. Owen, Chem. Mater., 13, 694, 2001.

Crosslinked Reactive Mesogens and Photo-Chemical Alignment for Organic Polarised EL. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, P. O. Jackson, M. O’Neill, J. E. Nicholls, S. M. Kelly and G. J. Richards, Synth. Metals, 121, 1645, 2001.

Photopolymerisable Nematic Liquid Crystals for Electroluminescent Devices. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, S. M. Kelly, J. E. Nicholls, M. O’Neill and G. J. Richards, Synth. Metals, 121, 1629, 2001.

Synthesis and Luminous Properties of Novel Organic Electroluminescent Liquid Crystals. A. J. Eastwood, A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, S. Fowler, S. M. Kelly, S. Kahn, J. E. Nicholls and M. O’Neill, Synth. Metals, 121, 1659, 2001.

Characterisation of Pulsed-Laser-Deposition of Organic Electroluminescent Compounds for Organic Light-emitting Diodes. S. R. Farrar, A. E. A. Contoret, M. O’Neill, J. E. Nicholls, A. J. Eastwood and S. M. Kelly, Synth. Metals, 121, 1657, 2001.

Electroluminescent Nematic Polymer Networks with Polarised Emission. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, P. O. Jackson, S. M. Kelly, S. Khan, J. E. Nicholls, M. O’Neill and G. J. Richards, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 364, 511, 2001.

Nematic Thiophenes for STN-LCDs and Flexoelectric LCDs. K. Bartle, N. Campbell, W. L. Duffy, S. M. Kelly, V. Minter, M. O’Neill and R. P. Tuffin, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 364, 881, 2001.

Electroluminescent Liquid Crystals. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, S. M. Kelly, J. E. Nicholls, M. O’Neill, G. J. Richards and C. Wu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 368, 271, 2001.

The Synthesis and Characterisation of Nematic NLO Polymer Networks. G. Bergmann, C. Ellis, P. Hindmarsh,, S. M. Kelly, M. O’Neill and G. J. Richards, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 368, 671, 2001

CdTe Nanocrystals Synthesis, Optical Characterisation and Pseudopotential Calculation of the Band Gap. T. Stirner, N. T. Kirkman, L. May, C. Ellis, J. E. Nicholls, S. M. Kelly, M. O’Neill and J. C. Hogg, J. Nanoscience and Nanotech., 1, 451, 2001.

Grazing Incidence X-Ray Reflectivity of Coumarin Side-Chain Polymers Used for Liquid Crystal Photoalignment Layers. P. O. Jackson, G. Bergman, J. H. C. Hogg, M. O'Neill, P. Hindmarsh, S. M. Kelly and G. F. Clark. Synthetic Metals, 127, 95, 2002.

Electron-Transporting and Photopolymerisable Liquid Crystals** P. Vlachos, S. M. Kelly, B. Mansoor and M. O'Neill, J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 874, 2002

Pulsed Laser Deposition of Small Molecules for Organic Electroluminescence. Invited Article S. R. Farrar, A. E. A. Contoret, M. O'Neill, A. J. Eastwood, G. J. Richards, P. Vlachos and S. M. Kelly. Applied Surface Science 435, 186, 2002.

The Photopolymerisation and Cross-linking of Electroluminescent Liquid Crystals Containing Methacrylate and Diene Photopolymerisable Endgroups for Multilayer Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, M. O'Neill, J. E. Nicholls, G. J. Richards, S. M. Kelly and A. W. Hall, Chem. Mater., 14, 1477, 2002.

Nematic 2,5-Disubstituted Thiophenes. N. L. Campbell, W. L. Duffy, G. I. Thomas, J. H. Wild, S. M. Kelly, K. Bartle, M. O'Neill, V. Minter and R. P. Tuffin, J. Mater. Chem., 12, 2706, 2002.

Non-Dispersive Hole Transport of Liquid Crystalline Glasses and Crosslinked Networks for Organic Electroluminescence. S. R. Farrar, A. E. A. Contoret, M. O'Neill, J. E. Nicholls, G. J. Richards and S. M. Kelly, Phys. Rev. B., 66, 125107, 2002.

Organic LEDs Shine. S. M. Kelly. Chemistry in Britain, 39, 34, 2003.

Liquid Crystals for Charge-Transporting, Luminescent and Photonic Systems. Progress Report M. O'Neill and S. M. Kelly, Adv. Mater., 15, 1135, 2003.

Photoluminescence Study of Crosslinked Reactive Mesogens for Organic Light-Emitting Devices. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, S. M. Khan, M. O'Neill, G. J. Richards, M. P. Aldred and S. M. Kelly, J. Appl. Phys., 93, 1465, 2003.

Highly Circularly Polarised Photoluminescence from a Calamitic Chiral Nematic Glass and from an Indirectly Excited Dye. K. L. Woon, M. O'Neill, G. J. Richards, M. P. Aldred, S. M. Kelly and A. M. Fox, Advanced Materials, 15, 1555, 2003.

Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanocrystals. S. M. Kelly, M. O'Neill and T. Stirner, “Handbook of Electroluminescent Materials”, Ed., D. R. Vij, (IOP, London, UK). Chapter 4, page 158, 2004.

Liquid Crystalline Materials. S. M. Kelly and M. O'Neill, “Handbook of Electroluminescent Materials”, Ed., D. R. Vij, (IOP, London, UK). Chapter 14, page 583, 2004.

Light-Emitting Fluorene Photo-Reactive Liquid Crystals for Organic Electroluminescence. M. P. Aldred, A. J. Eastwood, S. M. Kelly, P. Vlachos, A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, B. Mansoor, M. O'Neill and W. Tsoi, Chem. Mater., 16, 4928, 2004.

Laser etched gratings on polymer layers for alignment of liquid crystals, C. J. Newsome, M.O’ Neill, R.J. Farley and G. P. Bryan-Brown, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2078, 1998.

Molecular Alignment of Liquid Crystals on a Photosensitive Polymer Surface Exposed to Linearly Polarised Ultraviolet Laser Light. R. Karapinar, M. O’Neill, S. M. Kelly, A. W. Hall and G. J. Owen, ARI, 50, 61, 1998.

Nematic and Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Alignment Using Coumarin-Containing Polymers with a Photoinduced Anisotropy. S. M. Kelly, P. O. Jackson, P. J. Taylor, M. O’Neill, P. Hindmarsh and G. J. Owen, SID EID ‘98 Digest, 5.1., 1998.

Alignment Models for Coumarin-Containing Polymers for Liquid Crystal Displays. P. O. Jackson, R. Karapinar, M. O’Neill, P. Hindmarsh, S. M. Kelly and G. J. Owen, Proc. SPIE, 3635, 38, 1999.

Photoinduced and grating alignment of polyimide using excimer lasers for liquid crystal displays, C. J. Newsome, M. O’ Neill and G. P. Bryan-Brown, Proc. SPIE 3618, 132. 1999.

New Coumarin Polymers as Non-Contact Alignment Layers for Liquid Crystals. P. Hindmarsh, G. J. Owen, S. M. Kelly, P. O. Jackson, M. O’Neill and R. Karapinar, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 332, 439, 1999.

Flat Panel Displays: Advanced Organic Materials S. M. Kelly, RSC Materials Monographs, Series Ed., J. A. Connor, (The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK) 2000 (228 pages).

Spectroscopic analysis of photoinduced degradation of polyimide for liquid crystals alignment: linear and nonlinear effects, C. J. Newsome and M. O’ Neill, J. Appl. Phys., 88 7328, 2000.

Photoinduced Surface Alignment for Liquid Crystal Displays. M. O’Neill and S. M. Kelly, J. Phys. D. Appl. Phys. 33, R67, 2000.

Liquid Crystals for Electro-Optic Applications. S. M. Kelly and M. O’Neill, “Handbook of Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials”, Ed., H. S. Nalwa, (10 Volumes, Academic Press, San Diego, USA). Volume 7, Chapter 1, 1, 2000.

Pulsed Laser Deposition of Anthracene-based Conjugated Organic Compounds for Electroluminescent Device Applications. S. R. Farrar, A. E. A. Contoret, P. E. Dyer, M. O’Neill, J. E. Nicholls, A. J. Eastwood and S. M. Kelly, Appl. Phys. Lett., 76, 2553, 2000.

Polarised Electroluminescence from an Anisotropic Nematic Network on a Non-contact Photo-alignment Layer. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, P. O. Jackson, L. May, M. O’Neill, J. E. Nicholls, S. M. Kelly and G. J. Richards, Adv. Mater., 12, 971, 2000.

An Investigation of the Role of Crosslinking and Photodegradation of Side-chain Coumarin Polymers in the Photoalignment of Liquid Crystals P. O. Jackson, M. O’Neill, W. L. Duffy, P. Hindmarsh, S. M. Kelly and G. J. Owen, Chem. Mater., 13, 694, 2001.

Crosslinked Reactive Mesogens and Photo-Chemical Alignment for Organic Polarised EL. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, P. O. Jackson, M. O’Neill, J. E. Nicholls, S. M. Kelly and G. J. Richards, Synth. Metals, 121, 1645, 2001.

Photopolymerisable Nematic Liquid Crystals for Electroluminescent Devices. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, S. M. Kelly, J. E. Nicholls, M. O’Neill and G. J. Richards, Synth. Metals, 121, 1629, 2001.

Synthesis and Luminous Properties of Novel Organic Electroluminescent Liquid Crystals. A. J. Eastwood, A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, S. Fowler, S. M. Kelly, S. Kahn, J. E. Nicholls and M. O’Neill, Synth. Metals, 121, 1659, 2001.

Characterisation of Pulsed-Laser-Deposition of Organic Electroluminescent Compounds for Organic Light-emitting Diodes. S. R. Farrar, A. E. A. Contoret, M. O’Neill, J. E. Nicholls, A. J. Eastwood and S. M. Kelly, Synth. Metals, 121, 1657, 2001.

Electroluminescent Nematic Polymer Networks with Polarised Emission. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, P. O. Jackson, S. M. Kelly, S. Khan, J. E. Nicholls, M. O’Neill and G. J. Richards, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 364, 511, 2001.

Nematic Thiophenes for STN-LCDs and Flexoelectric LCDs. K. Bartle, N. Campbell, W. L. Duffy, S. M. Kelly, V. Minter, M. O’Neill and R. P. Tuffin, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 364, 881, 2001.

Electroluminescent Liquid Crystals. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, S. M. Kelly, J. E. Nicholls, M. O’Neill, G. J. Richards and C. Wu, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 368, 271, 2001.

The Synthesis and Characterisation of Nematic NLO Polymer Networks. G. Bergmann, C. Ellis, P. Hindmarsh,, S. M. Kelly, M. O’Neill and G. J. Richards, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 368, 671, 2001.

CdTe Nanocrystals Synthesis, Optical Characterisation and Pseudopotential Calculation of the Band Gap. T. Stirner, N. T. Kirkman, L. May, C. Ellis, J. E. Nicholls, S. M. Kelly, M. O’Neill and J. C. Hogg, J. Nanoscience and Nanotech., 1, 451, 2001.

Pretilted and grating liquid crystal alignment by oblique UV irradiation of polyimide. C.J. Newsome and M. O’Neill, J. Appl. Phys. 92, 1752, 2002.

Grazing Incidence X-Ray Reflectivity of Coumarin Side-Chain Polymers Used for Liquid Crystal Photoalignment Layers. P. O. Jackson, G. Bergman, J. H. C. Hogg, M. O'Neill, P. Hindmarsh, S. M. Kelly and G. F. Clark. Synthetic Metals, 127, 95, 2002.

Electron-Transporting and Photopolymerisable Liquid Crystals** P. Vlachos, S. M. Kelly, B. Mansoor and M. O'Neill, J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 874, 2002.

Pulsed Laser Deposition of Small Molecules for Organic Electroluminescence. Invited Article S. R. Farrar, A. E. A. Contoret, M. O'Neill, A. J. Eastwood, G. J. Richards, P. Vlachos and S. M. Kelly. Applied Surface Science 435, 186, 2002.

The Photopolymerisation and Cross-linking of Electroluminescent Liquid Crystals Containing Methacrylate and Diene Photopolymerisable Endgroups for Multilayer Organic Light-Emitting Diodes. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, M. O'Neill, J. E. Nicholls, G. J. Richards, S. M. Kelly and A. W. Hall, Chem. Mater., 14, 1477, 2002.

Nematic 2,5-Disubstituted Thiophenes. N. L. Campbell, W. L. Duffy, G. I. Thomas, J. H. Wild, S. M. Kelly, K. Bartle, M. O'Neill, V. Minter and R. P. Tuffin, J. Mater. Chem., 12, 2706, 2002.

Non-Dispersive Hole Transport of Liquid Crystalline Glasses and Crosslinked Networks for Organic Electroluminescence. S. R. Farrar, A. E. A. Contoret, M. O'Neill, J. E. Nicholls, G. J. Richards and S. M. Kelly, Phys. Rev. B., 66, 125107, 2002.

Liquid Crystals for Charge-Transporting, Luminescent and Photonic Systems. Progress Report M. O'Neill and S. M. Kelly, Adv. Mater., 15, 1135, 2003.

Photoluminescence Study of Crosslinked Reactive Mesogens for Organic Light-Emitting Devices. A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, S. M. Khan, M. O'Neill, G. J. Richards, M. P. Aldred and S. M. Kelly, J. Appl. Phys., 93, 1465, 2003.

Highly Circularly Polarised Photoluminescence from a Calamitic Chiral Nematic Glass and from an Indirectly Excited Dye. K. L. Woon, M. O'Neill, G. J. Richards, M. P. Aldred, S. M. Kelly and A. M. Fox, Advanced Materials, 15, 1555, 2003.

Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanocrystals. S. M. Kelly, M. O'Neill and T. Stirner, “Handbook of Electroluminescent Materials”, Ed., D. R. Vij, (IOP, London, UK). Chapter 4, page 158, 2004.

Liquid Crystalline Materials. S. M. Kelly and M. O'Neill, “Handbook of Electroluminescent Materials”, Ed., D. R. Vij, (IOP, London, UK). Chapter 14, page 583, 2004.

Light-Emitting Fluorene Photo-Reactive Liquid Crystals for Organic Electroluminescence. M. P. Aldred, A. J. Eastwood, S. M. Kelly, P. Vlachos, A. E. A. Contoret, S. R. Farrar, B. Mansoor, M. O'Neill and W. Tsoi, Chem. Mater., 16, 4928, 2004.