L.-C. Chien

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

L.-C. Chien is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, L.-C. Chien has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 12 papers in Organic Chemistry and 8 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in L.-C. Chien's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (20 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (8 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (5 papers). L.-C. Chien is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (20 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (8 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (5 papers). L.-C. Chien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Ukraine. L.-C. Chien's co-authors include J. W. Doane, Deng‐Ke Yang, John L. West, Shin‐Woong Kang, Samuel Sprunt, Robert B. Meyer, Antal Jákli, Jack Kelly, A. Saupe and T. Sergan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

L.-C. Chien

26 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Cholesteric liquid crystal/polymer dispersion for haze-free light shutters

1992 375 citations Deng‐Ke Yang, L.-C. Chien et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
L.-C. Chien United States	14	993	439	304	264	211	26	1.1k
Yasufumi Iimura Japan	21	949 1.0×	512 1.2×	316 1.0×	245 0.9×	155 0.7×	54	1.1k
Hubert Seiberle Switzerland	9	1.0k 1.0×	512 1.2×	250 0.8×	358 1.4×	208 1.0×	21	1.1k
Shunsuke Kobayashi Japan	20	738 0.7×	442 1.0×	330 1.1×	338 1.3×	115 0.5×	68	1.2k
Rumiko Yamaguchi Japan	16	792 0.8×	389 0.9×	288 0.9×	240 0.9×	109 0.5×	80	942
Tadashi Akahane Japan	18	1.0k 1.0×	427 1.0×	427 1.4×	311 1.2×	159 0.8×	170	1.4k
Wayne M. Gibbons United States	9	1.3k 1.3×	706 1.6×	388 1.3×	513 1.9×	221 1.0×	20	1.5k
Ji‐Hoon Lee South Korea	19	847 0.9×	361 0.8×	243 0.8×	221 0.8×	180 0.9×	118	1.0k
Yuriy Reznikov Ukraine	17	1.2k 1.2×	543 1.2×	232 0.8×	356 1.3×	230 1.1×	38	1.4k
V. M. Kozenkov Russia	14	1.0k 1.0×	608 1.4×	314 1.0×	354 1.3×	199 0.9×	43	1.2k
Yu. Reznikov Ukraine	20	1.2k 1.2×	678 1.5×	299 1.0×	348 1.3×	102 0.5×	81	1.4k

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Kang, Shin‐Woong, Samuel Sprunt, & L.-C. Chien. (2006). Polymer-Stabilized Cholesteric Diffraction Gratings: Effects of UV Wavelength on Polymer Morphology and Electrooptic Properties. Chemistry of Materials. 18(18). 4436–4441. 22 indexed citations

Yaroshchuk, O., et al.. (2004). Three-dimensional orientational order in the bulk and on the surface of polymer films and its effect on liquid-crystal alignment. Physical Review E. 69(1). 11702–11702. 18 indexed citations

Wang, Qingbing, L.-C. Chien, & Satyendra Kumar. (2003). Formation and localization of internal polymer columnar structures in liquid crystal cells. Applied Physics Letters. 83(18). 3698–3700. 2 indexed citations

Yaroshchuk, O., et al.. (2002). 3D Orientational Order in the Photoaligning Polymer Films and its Correlation with LC Alignment. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 375. 769–783. 4 indexed citations

Olson, D. A., A. Cady, M. V. D’Agostino, et al.. (2001). Optical studies of the liquid crystalB2 phase formed by banana-shaped molecules. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(4). 41702–41702. 13 indexed citations

Jákli, Antal, et al.. (2001). Macroscopic chirality of a liquid crystal from nonchiral molecules. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(6). 61710–61710. 31 indexed citations

Kang, Shin‐Woong, Samuel Sprunt, & L.-C. Chien. (2000). Structure and morphology of polymer-stabilized cholesteric diffraction gratings. Applied Physics Letters. 76(24). 3516–3518. 63 indexed citations

Chien, L.-C., et al.. (2000). Helical superstructure from an achiral banana-shaped liquid crystal. Ferroelectrics. 243(1). 231–237. 23 indexed citations

Wróbel, S., et al.. (2000). High temperature antiferroelectric smectic phase composed of banana-shaped achiral. Ferroelectrics. 243(1). 277–289. 9 indexed citations

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Chien, L.-C., et al.. (2000). Photoluminescent properties of poly(p-phenylene vinylene thiophene-co-siloxane). Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 38(9). 1450–1456. 5 indexed citations

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Lin, Yuhui & L.-C. Chien. (1998). Two methods for the resolution of 10,10′-dihydroxy-9,9′-biphenanthryl. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 9(1). 63–70. 5 indexed citations

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Campbell, Sandi, Yuhui Lin, Uwe Müller, & L.-C. Chien. (1998). Photochemical Modification of a Side Chain Copolysiloxane with a Cholesteric Phase. Chemistry of Materials. 10(6). 1652–1656. 5 indexed citations

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Lin, Yuhui & L.-C. Chien. (1997). Photo-Asymmetric Synthesis of Helicenes in Liquid Crystals. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 301(1). 267–282. 3 indexed citations

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Chien, L.-C., et al.. (1997). Piezoelectric effects in cholesteric elastomer gels. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 55(1). 534–538. 20 indexed citations

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Chien, L.-C., et al.. (1997). Electro-optical study of nematic elastomer gels. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 56(1). 595–599. 50 indexed citations

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Fuh, Andy Y.‐G., et al.. (1995). Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing Process and Switchable Grating/Hologram Formation in Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films. Chinese Journal of Physics. 33(6). 645–657. 4 indexed citations

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Chien, L.-C., et al.. (1995). Color Pixelization of Cholesteric Materials. Color and Imaging Conference. 3(1). 58–59. 1 indexed citations

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Crawford, Gregory P., et al.. (1994). Nematic director-fields captured in polymer networks confined to spherical droplets. Journal of Applied Physics. 75(4). 1968–1971. 23 indexed citations

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Yang, Deng‐Ke, John L. West, L.-C. Chien, & J. W. Doane. (1994). Control of reflectivity and bistability in displays using cholesteric liquid crystals. Journal of Applied Physics. 76(2). 1331–1333. 330 indexed citations

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Jákli, Antal, et al.. (1992). Effect of a polymer network on the alignment and the rotational viscosity of a nematic liquid crystal. Journal of Applied Physics. 72(7). 3161–3164. 34 indexed citations

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