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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 1973 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1971 - Marlow Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1968 - Meldola Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1968 - Edward Harrison Memorial Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Geoffrey R. Luckhurst is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and materials science, with a focus on molecular spectroscopy, liquid crystal research, and organic chemistry. Key subfields include spectroscopy, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, organic chemistry, and aspects of computer networks and communications.

The main research topics associated with Luckhurst include:

  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation

Luckhurst's publication record includes several papers in journals such as Physical Review E, Liquid Crystals, and The Journal of Chemical Physics. Notable recent works are:

  • Phase transitions in a high magnetic field of an odd, symmetric liquid crystal dimer having two nematic phases, NU and NTB, studied by NMR spectroscopy, 2020, Physical Review E
  • Exploring the behaviour of the twist-bend nematic phase using NMR with a variety of spin probes, 2020, Liquid Crystals
  • Proton-decoupled deuterium NMR study of an asymmetric liquid crystal dimer having two nematic phases, 2023, Physical Review E
  • Erratum: "Molecular field theory for biaxial smectic A liquid crystals" [J. Chem. Phys. 139, 134902 (2013)], 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The 2020 Luckhurst-Samulski Prize, 2021, Liquid Crystals

Their frequent collaborators include C. Chamignon, Moreno Lelli, J.W. Emsley, H. Zimmermann, and Corrie T. Imrie.

Throughout their career, Luckhurst has been recognized with several awards from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), including the Corday-Morgan Prize in 1973, the Marlow Award in 1971, the Meldola Medal and Prize in 1968, and the Edward Harrison Memorial Prize also in 1968. They were elected as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2010.

Best Publications

  • The Molecular physics of liquid crystals

    G. R. Luckhurst;G. W. Gray

  • Phase behavior and properties of the liquid-crystal dimer 1′′,7′′-bis(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) heptane: A twist-bend nematic liquid crystal

    M. Cestari;M. Cestari;S. Diez-Berart;D. A. Dunmur;A. Ferrarini

  • A Molecular Field Theory for Uniaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals Formed by Non-Cylindrically Symmetric Molecules

    G. R. Luckhurst;C. Zannoni;P. L. Nordio;U. Segre

  • Non-symmetric dimeric liquid crystals The preparation and properties of the α-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yloxy)-ω-(4-n-alkylanilinebenzylidene-4′-oxy)alkanes

    G. S. Attard;R. W. Date;Corrie Thomas Imrie;G. R. Luckhurst

  • A theory of orientational ordering in uniaxial liquid crystals composed of molecules with alkyl chains

    J. W. Emsley;G. R. Luckhurst;C. P. Stockley

  • Smectogenic dimeric liquid crystals. The preparation and properties of the α,ω-bis(4-n-alkylanilinebenzylidine-4′-oxy)alkanes

    R. W. Date;C. T. Imrie;G. R. Luckhurst;J. M. Seddon

  • Biaxial nematic liquid crystals: fact or fiction?

    G.R. Luckhurst

  • Liquid crystal dimers and oligomers

    Corrie Thomas Imrie;P. A. Henderson

  • Molecular field treatment of nematic liquid crystals

    R. L. Humphries;P. G. James;G. R. Luckhurst

  • Computer simulation studies of anisotropic systems. XIX. Mesophases formed by the Gay-Berne model mesogen

    G. R. Luckhurst;R. A. Stephens;R. W. Phippen

  • Electron resonance line shapes of radicals in solution

    Andrew Hudson;Geoffrey R. Luckhurst

  • Computer simulation studies of anisotropic systems. XXX. The phase behavior and structure of a Gay–Berne mesogen

    M. A. Bates;G. R. Luckhurst

  • Physical properties of liquid crystals: nematics

    David Dunmur;Atsuo Fukuda;Geoffrey Luckhurst

  • The Preparation and Properties of the α,ω-bis(4,4′-Cyanobiphenyloxy)Alkanes: Nematogenic Molecules with a Flexible Core

    J. W. Emsley;G. R. Luckhurst;G. N. Shilstone;I. Sage

  • The Molecular Dynamics of Liquid Crystals

    G. R. Luckhurst;Carlo Alberto Veracini

  • Chemically induced twist-bend nematic liquid crystals, liquid crystal dimers, and negative elastic constants

    K. Adlem;M. Čopič;G. R. Luckhurst;A. Mertelj

  • Flexoelectrically driven electroclinic effect in the twist-bend nematic phase of achiral molecules with bent shapes.

    C. Meyer;G. R. Luckhurst;I. Dozov

  • Understanding the twist-bend nematic phase: the characterisation of 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yloxy)-6-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl)hexane (CB6OCB) and comparison with CB7CB

    Daniel A. Paterson;Min Gao;Young-Ki Kim;Afsoon Jamali

  • Liquid crystals: A missing phase found at last?

    Geoffrey R. Luckhurst

  • An enhanced odd-even effect of liquid crystal dimers Orientational order in the α,ω-bis(4′-cyanobiphenyl-4-yl)alkanes

    P. J. Barnes;A. G. Douglass;S. K. Heeks;G. R. Luckhurst

  • A molecular field theory for uniaxial nematic liquid crystals formed by non-cylindrically symmetric molecules (Reprinted from Mol. Phys., vol 30, pg 1345-1358, 1975)

    Luckhurst Gr;Zannoni C;Nordio Rl;Segre U

Frequent Co-Authors

Herbert Zimmermann
Herbert Zimmermann Max Planck Society
Robert M. Richardson
Robert M. Richardson Harvard University
Corrie T. Imrie
Corrie T. Imrie University of Aberdeen
Patrick Davidson
Patrick Davidson University of Paris-Saclay
Ian W. Hamley
Ian W. Hamley University of Reading
Duncan W. Bruce
Duncan W. Bruce University of York
Claudio Zannoni
Claudio Zannoni University of Bologna
Edward T. Samulski
Edward T. Samulski University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John M. Seddon
John M. Seddon Imperial College London
David L. Turner
David L. Turner Universidade Nova de Lisboa

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