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  1. Electronic contact lenses may replace reading glasses

    Article • SPIE Newsroom, January 2015, SPIE

    Professor Helen F Gleeson, Prof Cliff Jones

  2. Raman scattering studies of order parameters in liquid crystalline dimers exhibiting the nematic and twist-bend nematic phases

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  3. ChemInform Abstract: The Nematic Phases of Bent-Core Liquid Crystals

    Article • ChemInform, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  4. The Nematic Phases of Bent‐Core Liquid Crystals

    Article • ChemPhysChem, April 2014, Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  5. Electronic liquid crystal contact lenses for the correction of presbyopia

    Article • Optics Express, March 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  6. Thermography Using Liquid Crystals

    Article • February 2014, Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  7. Phases with Short Periods

    Article • February 2014, Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  8. Handbook of Liquid Crystals

    Article • February 2014, Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  9. Twisting and tweezing liquid crystals with lasers

    Article • February 2014, SPIE

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  10. Switchable liquid crystal contact lenses: dynamic vision for the ageing eye

    Article • February 2014, SPIE

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  11. Light Scattering from Liquid Crystals

    Article • February 2014, Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  12. Field induced transitions and interlayer interactions in intermediate smectic phases

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry C, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  13. The magnitude and temperature dependence of the Kerr constant in liquid crystal blue phases and the dark conglomerate phase

    Article • Liquid Crystals, November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  14. Liquid crystal contact lenses and the correction of presbyopia

    Article • Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, December 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  15. Optimization of refractive liquid crystal lenses using an efficient multigrid simulation

    Article • Optics Express, April 2012, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  16. Field-Induced Transitions Between Antiferroelectric and Ferrielectric Phases

    Article • Ferroelectrics, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  17. Electronic liquid crystal lenses for the correction of presbyopia

    Article • Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  18. Laser tweezers for determining anisotropic viscosity coefficients of nematic liquid crystals

    Article • August 2010, SPIE

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  19. Stabilization of the smectic- C α ∗ phase in mixtures with chiral dopants

    Article • Physical Review E, June 2009, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  20. Unusual properties of a bent-core liquid-crystalline fluid

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Nicholas W Roberts, Professor Helen F Gleeson

  21. Graphene-Based Liquid Crystal Device

    Article • Nano Letters, June 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  22. High tilt antiferroelectric esters bearing a perfluorobutanoyloxy terminal chain: the influence of lateral fluoro substituents on mesomorphic behaviour, tilt angle, and spontaneous polarization

    Article • Liquid Crystals, July 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  23. Mechanisms of switching in an antiferroelectric liquid crystal device revealed by time‐resolved X‐ray scattering

    Article • Liquid Crystals, April 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicholas W Roberts, Professor Helen F Gleeson

  24. Remarkably wide four-layer smectic phases in mixtures of liquid crystals and highly chiral dopants

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Nicholas W Roberts, Professor Helen F Gleeson

  25. Examination of the interlayer strength of smectic liquid crystals through the study of partially fluorinated and branched fluorinated end-groups

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  26. Optical Bragg Scattering from a Polymer-Stabilized Anti-Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal

    Article • Ferroelectrics, August 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  27. The Effect of Polymer Stabilization on Phase Transitions in a Series of Antiferroelectric Heterocyclic Esters

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  28. The Effect of Electric Fields on Selective Reflection in the SmC* Phase of Two Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  29. Liquid Crystals, the Visual System and Polarization Sensitivity

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, June 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicholas W Roberts, Professor Helen F Gleeson

  30. Editorial

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, June 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  31. Mechanisms of optical angular momentum transfer to nematic liquid crystalline droplets

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, May 2004, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  32. Differences in the optical properties of vertebrate photoreceptor classes leading to axial polarization sensitivity

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, March 2004, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Nicholas W Roberts, Professor Helen F Gleeson

  33. Editorial

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, March 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  34. On the temperature dependence of the tilt and spontaneous polarisation in high tilt antiferroelectric liquid crystalsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: derivation of the expression for the free energy expansion in the biaxial SmC* ph...

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  35. Chirality Issues and Interesting Properties of Achiral and Racemic Materials with Bent Molecular Structures

    Article • Ferroelectrics, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  36. Editorial

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, December 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  37. Editorial

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, September 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  38. The transverse trapping force of an optical trap: Factors affecting its measurement

    Article • Journal of Modern Optics, July 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  39. An experimental and theoretical investigation into the reflection spectra of SmC* and SmCA* phases

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Nicholas W Roberts, Professor Helen F Gleeson

  40. Editorial

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  41. Editorial

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  42. Book Review

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  43. Synchrotron studies of electric-field effects in smectic liquid crystals

    Article • Fibre Diffraction Review, January 2003, CrossRef

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  44. The transverse trapping force of an optical trap: factors affecting its measurement

    Article • Journal of Modern Optics, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  45. STRUCTURES AND ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS IN FERRO-, FERRI- AND ANTIFERRO-ELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  46. Editorial

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, December 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  47. An electrically addressed liquid crystal filter for tunable lasers

    Article • Optics Communications, October 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  48. Editorial

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, August 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  49. Investigation of the factors affecting the transverse force measurements of an optical trap: II

    Article • May 2002, SPIE

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  50. Editorial

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, May 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  51. Society News

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, May 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  52. Factors affecting the transverse force measurements of an optical trap: I

    Article • March 2002, SPIE

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  53. Elastic Constants of an Achiral Smectic-C Material

    Article • Ferroelectrics, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  54. The realignment of an achiral smectic C chevron structure with applied field

    Article • Liquid Crystals, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  55. Editorial: October Issue

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, September 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  56. An Examination of the Drug Transport Properties of Liquid Crystal Embedded Membranes

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, August 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  57. Editorial: Second Online Issue!

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, July 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  58. The Synthesis and Mesomorphic Properties of Some Novel Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, July 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  59. Time-resolved X-Ray Scattering Studies of Reversible Layer Flexing in a Surface Stabilised Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Device

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, June 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  60. Phase Transitions in Mixtures of a Nematic Polymer and Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals which form Blue Phases

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, March 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  61. Realignment of a smectic- A phase with applied electric field

    Article • October 2000, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  62. Society News: The New Editorial Team

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, March 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  63. News from the Board of the International Liquid Crystal Society

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, March 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  64. Editorial: New Beginnings

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, March 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  65. A Comparison of the Optical and Steric Tilt in Antiferroelectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, August 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  66. A Study of Photochromic Azobenzene Liquid Crystals as Controlled Release Drug Delivery Systems

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, August 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  67. The Interaction of Poled Thin Film Ferroelectrics with Nematic Liquid Crystals

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, August 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  68. Kossel diagram of an aligned cholesteric phase

    Article • February 1999, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  69. Coupling of the remanent polarisation in thin film oxide ferroelectrics with nematic liquid crystals

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  70. An optical study of the structure of the helicoidal twist grain boundary (TGB A ) phase

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, January 1999, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  71. An unusual chevron structure in an achiral smectic C liquid crystal device

    Article • Liquid Crystals, November 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  72. Study of Optical Switching and Reorientation in Liquid Crystals of Homologous Series of 4-n-butyl-4′-n-alkoxyazobenzenes

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, October 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  73. In-situ isothermal phase transitions in photochromic liquid crystals

    Article • June 1998, SPIE

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  74. Evolution of irreversible layer deformations in FLC devices caused by high electric field treatment

    Article • Ferroelectrics, June 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  75. Molecular assemblies of novel amphiphilic phthalocyanines: an investigation into the self-ordering properties of complex functional materials

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 1998, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  76. X-ray and optical studies of the tilted phases of materials exhibiting antiferroelectric, ferrielectric and ferroelectric mesophases

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 1998, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  77. The Physical Properties of A Series of Antiferroelectric Hetrocyclic Esters

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, September 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  78. Time Resolved FT-IR Study of the Switching Dynamics of FLC Devices

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, August 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  79. Time-Resolved X-Ray Studies of Layer Behaviour During Operation of a Ferroelectric Device

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, August 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  80. Novel Features in Blue Phase Kossel Diagrams

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, August 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  81. Cell Thickness-Induced Ferrielectric Phases in Antiferroelectric/Ferrielectric Liquid Crystals

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, December 1996, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  82. Many-Wave Light Scattering Features in Blue-Phase Kossel Diagrams and the Phase Problem

    Article • Physical Review Letters, July 1996, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  83. Lattice Parameter Measurements from the Kossel Diagrams of the Cubic Liquid Crystal Blue Phases

    Article • Journal de Physique II, June 1996, EDP Sciences

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  84. Order parameter measurements from the Kossel diagrams of the liquid-crystal blue phases

    Article • November 1995, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  85. Polymer Liquid Crystals

    Article • Liquid Crystals Today, April 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  86. EoI13: Ferroelectric polymer liquid crystals

    Article • Ferroelectrics, August 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  87. Light Scattering from Liquid Crystals

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  88. Brillouin Scattering from Liquid Crystals

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  89. Mössbauer Studies of Liquid Crystals

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  90. Thermography Using Liquid Crystals

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  91. Applications: Thermography Using Liquid Crystals

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  92. Characterization Methods: Light Scattering from Liquid Crystals

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  93. Characterization Methods: Brillouin Scattering from Liquid Crystals

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson

  94. Characterization Methods: Mössbauer Studies of Liquid Crystals

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Helen F Gleeson