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Journal Publications:

1.     Y. H. Lin, H. W. Ren, K. H. Fan-Chiang, W. K. Choi, S. Gauza, X. Y. Zhu, and S. T. Wu, “Tunable-focus cylindrical liquid crystal lens," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 44, 243-244 (Jan. 11, 2005).

2.    Y. Q. Lu, F. Du, Y. H. Wu, and S. T. Wu, “Liquid-crystal-based optical spectrum analyzer without moving parts," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 44, 291-293 (Jan. 11, 2005).

3.    Y. H. Lin, H. W. Ren, Y. H. Wu, X. Liang, and S. T. Wu, “Pinning effect on the phase separation dynamics of thin polymer-dispersed liquid crystals," Opt. Express 13, 468-474 (Jan. 24, 2005). (Cover page)

4.    H. W. Ren, J. R. Wu, Y. H. Fan, Y. H. Lin, and S. T. Wu, “Hermaphroditic liquid crystal microlens," Opt. Lett. 30, 376-378 (Feb. 15, 2005).

5.    N. Mahajan, R. B. Lu, S. T. Wu, and J. Fang, “Patterning polymerized lipid vesicles with soft lithography," Langmuir 21, 3132-3135 (Feb. 19, 2005).

6.    H. W. Ren, Y. H. Fan, Y. H. Lin, and S. T. Wu, “Tunable-focus microlens arrays using nanosized polymer-dispersed liquid crystal droplets," Opt. Comm. 247, 101-106 (March 1, 2005).

7.    X. Liang, Y. Q. Lu, Y. H. Wu, F. Du, H. Y. Wang, and S. T. Wu, “Dual-frequency addressed variable optical attenuator with submillisecond response time," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 44, 1292-1295 (March 8, 2005).

8.    Q. Hong, T. X. Wu, X. Zhu, R. Lu, and S. T. Wu, “Extraordinarily high-contrast and wide-view liquid crystal displays," Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 121107 (March 21, 2005).

9.    J. Li, S. T. Wu, S. Brugioni, S. Faetti, and R. Meucci, “Infrared refractive indices of liquid crystals," J. Appl. Phys. 97, 073501 (April 1, 2005).

10. H. Ren, Y. H. Lin, Y. H. Fan, and S. T. Wu, “Polarization-independent phase modulation using a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal," Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 141110 (April 4, 2005).

11. Z. B. Ge, T. X. Wu, X. Y. Zhu, and S. T. Wu, “Reflective liquid crystal displays with asymmetric incidence and exit angles," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A. 22, 966-977 (May, 2005).

12. K. H. Fan-Chiang, S. H. Chen, and S. T. Wu, “Diffraction effect on the high resolution liquid-crystal-on-silicon devices," Japanese J. Appl. Phys.  44, 3068-3072 (May, 2005).

13. H. Ren and S. T. Wu, ,”Variable-focus liquid lens with changing aperture,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 211107 (May 23, 2005).

14. Y. H. Fan, H. Ren, and S. T. Wu, ,”Electrically switchable Fresnel lens using a polymer-separated composite film,” Opt. Express 13, 4141-4147 (May 30, 2005).

15. C. H. Wen,  S. Gauza, J. Li, H. Wang, and S. T. Wu, ,”High contrast homeotropic alignment of difluorotolane liquid crystals,” Liq. Cryst.  32, 643-649 (May, 2005).

16. C. H. Wen and S. T. Wu, ”Dielectric heating effects of dual-frequency liquid crystals,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 86,  231104 (June 6, 2005).

17. Y. H. Wu, Y. H. Lin, H. Ren, X. Nie, J. H. Lee, and S. T. Wu, ”Axially-symmetric sheared polymer network liquid crystals,” Opt. Express  13,  4638-4644 (June 13, 2005).

18. X. Nie, Y. H. Lin, T. X. Wu, H. Wang, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, ”Polar anchoring energy measurement of vertically-aligned liquid crystal cells,” J. Appl. Phys.  98, 013516 (July 1, 2005).

19. Y. H. Wu,  X. Liang, Y. Q. Lu, F. Du, Y. H. Lin, and S. T. Wu, ”Variable optical attenuator using polymer-stabilized dual-frequency liquid crystal,” Appl. Opt. 44, 4394-4397 (July 10, 2005).

20. H. Ren, J. R. Wu, and S. T. Wu, ”Phase-only modulation using a normal-mode liquid crystal gel,” J. Appl. Phys. 98, 023104 (July 15, 2005).

21. K. H. Fan-Chiang, S. H. Chen, and S. T. Wu,  High-definition vertically aligned liquid crystal microdisplays using a circularly polarized light,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 031110 (July 18, 2005).

22. S. Gauza, J. Li, S. T. Wu, A. Spaldo, R. Dabrowski, Y. N. Tzeng, and K. L. Cheng, ”High birefringence and high resistivity isothiocyanate-based nematic liquid crystal mixtures,” Liq. Cryst. 32, 1077-1085 (August, 2005).

23. Y. H. Lin, H. Ren, Y. H. Fan, Y. H. Wu, and S. T. Wu, ”Polarization-independent and fast-response phase modulation using a normal-mode polymer-stabilized cholesteric texture,”, J. Appl. Phys. 98,  043112 (August 15, 2005).

24. Y. Huang, J. Fu, D. Hagan, S. T. Wu, X. Huang, and M. A. El-Sayed, ”Ultraviolet protection using intensity-dependent spectral shift in bacteriorhodopsin,” IEEE J. Special Topics in Quantum Electronics 11, 902-905 (July/August 2005).

25. (Invited review paper) R. Lu, X. Zhu, S. T. Wu, Q. Hong, and T. X. Wu, ”Ultra wide view liquid crystal displays,” J. Display Technology 1, 3-14 (September 2005).

26. (Invited review paper) X. Zhu, Z. Ge, T. X. Wu,  and S. T. Wu, ”Transflective liquid crystal displays,” J. Display Technology 1, 15-29 (September 2005).

27. (Invited review paper) J. Li, C. H. Wen, S. Gauza, R. Lu, and S. T. Wu, ”Refractive indices of liquid crystals for display applications,” J. Display Technology 1, 51-61 (September 2005).

28. Y. H. Fan, H. Ren, X. Liang, H. Wang, and S. T. Wu, ”Liquid crystal microlens arrays with switchable positive and negative focal lengths,” J. Display Technology 1, 151-156 (September 2005).

29. C. H. Wen, S. Gauza, and S. T. Wu, ”Photostability of liquid crystals and alignment layers,” J. SID 13, 805-811 (September, 2005).

30. Y. H. Wu, J. H. Lee, Y. H. Lin, H. Ren, and S. T. Wu, ”Simultaneous measurement of phase retardation and optic axis of a phase compensation film using an axially-symmetric sheared polymer network liquid crystal,” Opt. Express 13, 7045-7051 (Sept. 5, 2005). (Cover page)

31. A. Spaldo, R. Dabrowski, J. Dziaduszek, E. Scibior, S. Urban, S. Gauza, and S. T. Wu, ”Liquid crystalline materials with high birefringence,” J. Optical Technology 72,  659-661 (Sept. 2005).

32. J. H. Lee, D. W. Kim, Y. H. Wu, C. J. Yu, S. D. Lee, and S. T. Wu, ”High-speed infrared phase modulators using short helical pitch ferroelectric liquid crystals,” Opt. Express 13,  7732-7740 (Oct. 3, 2005).

33. Q. Hong, T. X. Wu, X. Zhu, R. Lu, and S. T. Wu, ”Design of wide-view and broadband circular polarizers,” Opt. Express 13,  8318-8331 (Oct. 3, 2005).

34. Y. H. Lin, H. Ren, Y. H. Wu, Y. Zhao, J. Fang, Z. Ge, and S. T. Wu, ”Polarization-independent phase modulator using a thin polymer-separated double-layered structure,” Opt. Express 13,  8746-8752 (Oct. 31, 2005).

35. H. Ren, Y. H. Lin, C. H. Wen, and S. T. Wu, ”Polarization-independent phase modulation of a homeotropic liquid crystal gel,” Appl. Phys. Lett.  87, 191106 (Nov. 7, 2005).

36. C. H. Wen, S. Gauza, and S. T. Wu, “High-contrast vertical alignment of lateral difluoro-terphenyl liquid crystals,” Appl. Phys. Lett.  87, 191909 (Nov. 7, 2005)

37. J. H. Lee, X. Zhu, Y. H. Lin, W. K. Choi, T. C. Lin, S. C. Hsu, H. Y. Lin, and S. T. Wu, ”High ambient-contrast-ratio display using tandem reflective liquid crystal display and organic light-emitting device,” Opt. Express 13,  9431-9438 (Nov. 14, 2005).

38. Y. Zhou, Y. Huang, A. Rapaport, M. Bass, and S. T. Wu, ”Doubling optical efficiency of a chiral liquid crystal laser using a reflector,” Appl. Phys. Lett.  87, 231107 (Dec. 5, 2005).

39. J. Li, G. Baird, Y. H. Lin, H. Ren, and S. T. Wu, ”Refractive index matching between liquid crystals and photopolymers,” J. SID 13, 1017-1026 (Dec. 2005).

40. Z. Ge, T. X. Wu, R. Lu, X. Zhu, Q. Hong, and S. T. Wu, ”Comprehensive three-dimensional dynamic modeling of liquid crystal devices using finite element method,” J. Display Technology 1, 194-206 (Dec. 2005).

41. R. Lu, S. T. Wu, Z. Ge, Q. Hong, and T. X. Wu, ”Bending angle effects on the multi-domain in-plane-switching liquid crystal displays,” J. Display Technology 1, 207-216 (Dec. 2005).

42. Y. H. Lin, H. Ren, S. Gauza, Y. H. Wu, X. Liang, and S. T. Wu, ”Reflective direct-view display using a dye-doped dual-frequency liquid crystal gel,” J. Display Technology 1, 230-233 (Dec. 2005). 

43. C. H. Wen, S. Gauza, B. Wu, and S. T. Wu, ”Dopant-induced contrast enhancement of vertically aligned liquid crystal cells,” J. Display Technology 1, 234-239 (Dec. 2005). 

44. (Invited paper) K. H. Fan-Chiang, S. T. Wu, and S.  H. Chen, ”Fringing-field effects on high resolution microdisplays,” J. Display Technology 1, 304-313 (Dec. 2005). 

45. T. T. Alkeskjold, J. Legsgaard, A. Bjarklev, D. S. Hermann, A. Anawati, J. Broeng, J. Li, and S. T. Wu,  Optically tunable photonic bandgap fiber,” Optics and Photonics News 16, 36 (Dec. 8, 2005). 

46. H. Ren and S. T. Wu, ”Polymer-based flexible microlens arrays with hermaphroditic focusing properties,” Appl. Opt. 44, 7730-7734 (Dec. 20, 2005).

47. Q. Hong, T. X. Wu, R. Lu, and S. T. Wu, ”A wide-view circular polarizer consisting of a linear polarizer and two biaxial films,” Opt. Express 13, 10777-10782 (Dec. 26, 2005). 

 

Patents:

  1. S. T. Wu,  and Z. Chai, "Polar tolane liquid crystals," US Patent 6,838,017 (January 4, 2005).

2.    S. T. Wu, , S. Marder, and Q. T. Zhang, "Dopants for liquid-crystal devices," US Patent 6,852,248 (February 8, 2005).

3.    H. Ren, Y. H. Fan, and S. T. Wu, "Adaptive liquid crystal lenses," US Patent 6,859, 333 (Feb. 22, 2005)

4.    H. Ren and S. T. Wu, "Tunable electronic lens and prisms using inhomogeneous nano scale liquid crystal droplets," US Patent 6,864, 951 (March 8, 2005)

5.    Xinyu Zhu and S. T. Wu, "Broadband quarter-wave film device including in combination a chromatic half-wave film and a TN-LC polymeric film," US Patent 6,922,221 (July 26, 2005).

6.    S. T. Wu, "Reflective and transflective liquid crystal display using a wire grid polarizer,"US Patent 6,977,702 (Dec. 20, 2005).