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Ruthenium(III) Chloride Catalyzed Oxidation of Pyrene and 2,7-Disubstitued Pyrenes:  An Efficient, One-Step Synthesis of Pyrene-4,5-diones and Pyrene-4,5,9,10-tetraones by Hu, Jie, Zhang, Dong, Harris, Frank W

“…Pyrene and 2,7-disubstituted pyrenes have been oxidized with ruthenium(III) chloride (RuCl3) and sodium periodate (NaIO4) under very mild conditions to…”
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New Route to Amphiphilic Core−Shell Polymer Nanospheres: Graft Copolymerization of Methyl Methacrylate from Water-Soluble Polymer Chains Containing Amino Groups by Li, Pei, Zhu, Junmin, Sunintaboon, Panya, Harris, Frank W

“…A novel method has been developed to prepare amphiphilic core−shell polymer nanospheres via graft copolymerizations of methyl methacrylate (MMA) from…”
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Helical Crystal Assemblies in Nonracemic Chiral Liquid Crystalline Polymers: Where Chemistry and Physics Meet by Wang, Jing, Li, Christopher Y, Jin, Shi, Weng, Xin, Van Horn, Ryan M, Graham, Matthew J, Zhang, Wen-Bin, Jeong, Kwang-Un, Harris, Frank W, Lotz, Bernard, Cheng, Stephen Z. D

“…Chirality transfer (or amplification) in soft materials is an important topic for understanding how chiral assemblies develop from the atomic level to…”
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Synthesis and Properties of Planar Liquid-Crystalline Bisphenazines by Hu, Jie, Zhang, Dong, Jin, Shi, Cheng, Stephen Z. D., Harris, Frank W.

“…A synthetic route to fused bisphenazine compounds has been developed. Thus,…”
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Phase Structures and Self-assembled Helical Suprastructures via Hydrogen Bonding in a Series of Achiral 4-Biphenyl Carboxylic Acid Compounds by Jeong, Kwang-Un, Jin, Shi, Ge, Jason J, Knapp, Brian S, Graham, Matthew J, Ruan, Jrjeng, Guo, Mingming, Xiong, Huiming, Harris, Frank W, Cheng, Stephen Z. D

“…A series of achiral 4-biphenyl carboxylic acid compounds (BPCA-Cn-PmOH) connected with alkoxyl chains having various carbon numbers (n = 6−10) and terminated…”
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Rubbing-Induced Molecular Reorientation on an Alignment Surface of an Aromatic Polyimide Containing Cyanobiphenyl Side Chains by Ge, Jason J, Li, Christopher Y, Xue, Gi, Mann, Ian K, Zhang, Dong, Wang, Shyh-Yeu, Harris, Frank W, Cheng, Stephen Z. D, Hong, Seok-Cheol, Zhuang, Xiaowei, Shen, Y. R

“…Surface lamellar decoration (SLD), surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and optical second harmonic generation (SHG) experiments have been utilized to…”
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Structure of Macroscopic Monodomains and Its Soft Confinements of Chiral Smectic Phases on Crystallization in a Main-Chain Nonracemic Liquid Crystalline Polyester by Jin, Shi, Jeong, Kwang-Un, Tu, Yingfeng, Graham, Matthew J, Wang, Jing, Harris, Frank W, Cheng, Stephen Z. D

“…A main-chain nonracemic chiral liquid crystalline (LC) polyester was synthesized using an A−B type condensation reaction of a chiral monomer,…”
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Bis(perfluoro-2-n-propoxyethyl)diacyl peroxide initiated homopolymerization of vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and copolymerization with perfluoro-n-propylvinylether (PPVE) by Wu, Junyi, Zhou, Xinggui, Harris, Frank W.

“…Vinylidenefluoride (VDF) has been homopolymerized and copolymerized with perfluoro-n-propylvinylether (PPVE) using bis(perfluoro-2-n-propoxyethyl)diacyl…”
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Thermally stable transparent polymer films for flexible electronics: Properties and applications by Sun, Limin, Zhang, Dong, Cheng, Stephen Z.D., Harris, Frank W.

“…This article describes the properties of the thermostable transparent polymer films (TSTPFs), their potential use in display and electronic applications, as…”
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Organo-Soluble Polyimides:  Synthesis and Polymerization of 2,2‘-Bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,4‘,5,5‘-Biphenyltetracarboxylic Dianhydride by Lin, Sheng-Hsien, Li, Fuming, Cheng, Stephen Z. D, Harris, Frank W

“…2,2‘-Bis(trifluoromethyl)-4,4‘,5,5‘-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (6FBPDA) was synthesized from 1-iodo-4,5-dimethyl-2-nitrobenzene via a six-step…”
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Molecular Orientations in Flat-Elongated and Helical Lamellar Crystals of a Main-Chain Nonracemic Chiral Polyester by Li, Christopher Y, Cheng, Stephen Z. D, Ge, Jason J, Bai, Feng, Zhang, John Z, Mann, Ian K, Chien, Lang-Chy, Harris, Frank W, Lotz, Bernard

“…Single flat-elongated and helical lamellar crystals have been grown thermotropically in a main-chain nonracemic chiral liquid crystalline polymer that was…”
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Assembly of Well-Aligned Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Confined Polyacrylonitrile Environments:  Electrospun Composite Nanofiber Sheets by Ge, Jason J, Hou, Haoqing, Li, Qing, Graham, Matthew J, Greiner, Andreas, Reneker, Darrell H, Harris, Frank W, Cheng, Stephen Z. D

“…Highly oriented, large area continuous composite nanofiber sheets made from surface-oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN)…”
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Phase identifications and monotropic transition behaviors in a thermotropic main-chain liquid crystalline polyether by Jing, Alexander J., Taikum, Orawan, Li, Christopher Y., Harris, Frank W., Cheng, Stephen Z.D.

“…A thermotropic liquid crystalline (LC) polyether was synthesized by condensation polymerization of 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl-2-(2-methyl-4-hydroxypheyl)ethane) and…”
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Helical Twist Senses, Liquid Crystalline Behavior, Crystal Microtwins, and Rotation Twins in a Polyester Containing Main-Chain Molecular Asymmetry and Effects of the Number of Methylene Units in the Backbones on the Phase Structures and Morphologies of Its Homologues by Weng, Xin, Li, Christopher Y, Jin, Shi, Zhang, Dong, Zhang, John Z, Bai, Feng, Harris, Frank W, Cheng, Stephen Z. D, Lotz, Bernard

“…A nonracemic chiral main-chain liquid crystalline (LC) polyester was synthesized from…”
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Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with Chemically Grafted Polyetherimides by Ge, Jason J, Zhang, Dong, Li, Qing, Hou, Haoqing, Graham, Matthew J, Dai, Liming, Harris, Frank W, Cheng, Stephen Z. D

“…Covalent attachment of a non-fluorinated polyetherimide onto the surface of carboxylic acid-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) has been…”
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Double-Twisted Helical Lamellar Crystals in a Synthetic Main-Chain Chiral Polyester Similar to Biological Polymers by Li, Chritopher Y, Yan, Donghang, Cheng, Stephen Z. D, Bai, Feng, He, Tianbai, Chien, Lang-Chy, Harris, Frank W, Lotz, Bernard

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Liquid Crystalline Phases, Microtwinning in Crystals and Helical Chirality Transformations in a Main-Chain Chiral Liquid Crystalline Polyester by Li, Christopher Y, Jin, Shi, Weng, Xin, Ge, Jason J, Zhang, Dong, Bai, Feng, Harris, Frank W, Cheng, Stephen Z. D, Yan, Donghang, He, Tianbai, Lotz, Bernard, Chien, Liang-Chy

“…A main-chain nonracemic chiral liquid crystalline polymer was synthesized from…”
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Amphiphilic Core−Shell Nanoparticles with Poly(ethylenimine) Shells as Potential Gene Delivery Carriers by Zhu, Junmin, Tang, Angie, Law, Lai Pang, Feng, Min, Ho, Kin Man, Lee, Daniel K. L, Harris, Frank W, Li, Pei

“…Spherical, well-defined core−shell nanoparticles that consist of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) cores and branched poly(ethylenimine) shells (PEI) were…”
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Isothermal Thickening and Thinning Processes in Low-Molecular-Weight Poly(ethylene oxide) Fractions Crystallized from the Melt. 8. Molecular Shape Dependence by Chen, Er-Qiang, Lee, Song-Wook, Zhang, Anqiu, Moon, Bon-Suk, Mann, Ian, Harris, Frank W, Cheng, Stephen Z. D, Hsiao, Benjamin S, Yeh, Fengji, von Merrewell, Ernest, Grubb, David T

“…Three- and four-arm poly(ethylene oxide) (PEOs) fractions have been synthesized to investigate the molecular shape dependence on polymer crystallization,…”
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Liquid Crystalline and Monotropic Phase Behaviors of 2,3,6,7,10,11-Hexa(4‘-octyloxybenzoyloxy)triphenylene Discotic Molecules by Tang, Benjamin Y., Ge, Jason J., Zhang, Anqiu, Calhoun, Bret, Chu, Peihwei, Wang, Huabin, Shen, Zhihao, Harris, Frank W., Cheng, Stephen Z. D.

“…Multiple phase transitions and monotropic phase behavior are observed in a discotic liquid crystal, 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexa(4‘-octyloxybenzoyloxy)triphenylene…”
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