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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2006 - Interdisciplinary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2002 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

John W. Goodby is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions in related subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Spectroscopy, Organic Chemistry, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's primary topics of research include:

  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

John W. Goodby has authored numerous publications, frequently appearing in venues such as Liquid Crystals, The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and Molecules.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Structural variants of RM734 in the design of splay nematic materials, 2021, Liquid Crystals
  • Dyes for guest-host liquid crystal applications: a general approach to the rapid computational assessment of useful molecular designs, 2023, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Experimental and Computational Study of a Liquid Crystalline Dimesogen Exhibiting Nematic, Twist-Bend Nematic, Intercalated Smectic, and Soft Crystalline Mesophases, 2021, Molecules
  • 4'-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl - 5CB, 2024, Liquid Crystals
  • Conception, Discovery, Invention, Serendipity and Consortia: Cyanobiphenyls and Beyond, 2022, Crystals

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Goodby include:

  • Stephen J. Cowling
  • Richard J. Mandle
  • Laurence C. Abbott
  • Luma Fritsch
  • Rachel R. Parker

In addition to research articles, Goodby has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Bloomsbury Publishing plc titled The Fifth Notebook of Dylan Thomas (2020).

Throughout their career, Goodby has received distinctions such as the Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2011), the Interdisciplinary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2006), and the Tilden Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2002).

Best Publications

  • Handbook of liquid crystals

    John W. Goodby;Peter J. Collings;Takashi Kato;Carsten Tschierske

  • Smectic Liquid Crystals: Textures and Structures

    G. W. Gray;J. W. G. Goodby

  • The mechanism of polymer alignment of liquid‐crystal materials

    J. M. Geary;J. W. Goodby;A. R. Kmetz;J. S. Patel

  • Smectic liquid crystals

    John W. Goodby;Thomas M. Leslie

  • Chirality in liquid crystals

    John W. Goodby

  • Characterization of a new helical smectic liquid crystal

    J. W. Goodby;M. A. Waugh;S. M. Stein;E. Chin

  • Transmission and Amplification of Information and Properties in Nanostructured Liquid Crystals

    John W. Goodby;Isabel M. Saez;Stephen J. Cowling;Verena Görtz

  • Handbook of Liquid Crystals Set

    D. Demus;J. Goodby;G. W. Gray;H.-W. Spiess

  • X-Ray Observation of a Stacked Hexatic Liquid-Crystal B Phase

    R. Pindak;D. E. Moncton;S. C. Davey;J. W. Goodby

  • Supermolecular liquid crystals

    Isabel M. Saez;John W. Goodby

  • A new molecular ordering in helical liquid crystals

    J. W. Goodby;M. A. Waugh;S. M. Stein;E. Chin

  • A nematic to nematic transformation exhibited by a rod-like liquid crystal

    Richard Mandle;Stephen James Cowling;John William Goodby

  • Thermotropic liquid crystalline glycolipids

    J. W. Goodby;V. Görtz;S. J. Cowling;G. Mackenzie

  • Rational Design of Rod-Like Liquid Crystals Exhibiting Two Nematic Phases.

    Richard Mandle;Stephen James Cowling;John William Goodby

  • What makes a liquid crystal? The effect of free volume on soft matter

    John W. Goodby;Richard J. Mandle;Edward J. Davis;Tingjun Zhong

  • Liquid Crystal Phases Exhibited by Some Monosaccharides

    J. W. Goodby

  • The nanoscale engineering of nematic liquid crystals for displays

    John W Goodby

  • Self‐Assembly and Shape Morphology of Liquid Crystalline Gold Metamaterials

    Michael Draper;Isabel M. Saez;Stephen J. Cowling;Pratibha Gai

  • A reliable method of alignment for smectic liquid crystals

    J. S. Patel;T. M. Leslie;J. W. Goodby

  • Enantioselective segregation in achiral nematic liquid crystals

    Verena Görtz;John W. Goodby

  • Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals - Structure and Design

    J. W. Goodby;T. M. Leslie

  • Chapter X. Liquid Crystal Dimers and Oligomers

    D. Demus;J. Goodby;G. W. Gray;H.-W. Spiess

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Wolfgang Spiess
Hans Wolfgang Spiess Max Planck Society
Georg H. Mehl
Georg H. Mehl University of Hull
Hiroshi Yokoyama
Hiroshi Yokoyama Kent State University
Robert Deschenaux
Robert Deschenaux University of Neuchâtel
Takashi Kato
Takashi Kato University of Tokyo
Carsten Tschierske
Carsten Tschierske Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Robert M. Richardson
Robert M. Richardson Harvard University
Rachel Auzély-Velty
Rachel Auzély-Velty Grenoble Alpes University
Michael Veith
Michael Veith Saarland University
Stéphane Campidelli
Stéphane Campidelli University of Paris-Saclay

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