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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1985 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1984 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the understanding of ferroelectric liquid crystals and of liquid crystals and macroscopic colloidal crystals through the use of light scattering techniques

Overview

Noel A. Clark is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research is primarily situated in the field of Materials Science, with a strong focus on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Their work also extends into subfields such as Ecology, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Materials Chemistry.

Their main topics of research cover a range of areas including Liquid Crystal Research Advancements, Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Molecular Spectroscopy and Chirality, Material Dynamics and Properties, and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry.

Clark has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues including arXiv (Cornell University), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Conservation Evidence Journal, Soft Matter, and Wader Study.

The following are selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Clark:

  • First-principles experimental demonstration of ferroelectricity in a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal: Polar domains and striking electro-optics, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • RETRACTED ARTICLE: Synthesis of γ-graphyne using dynamic covalent chemistry, 2022, Nature Synthesis
  • Polar in-plane surface orientation of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal: Polar monodomains and twisted state electro-optics, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The smectic Z A phase: Antiferroelectric smectic order as a prelude to the ferroelectric nematic, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Surface alignment of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals, 2021, Soft Matter

Clark has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including Joseph E. Maclennan, Matthew A. Glaser, Eva Körblová, David M. Walba, and Xi Chen.

Throughout their career, Noel A. Clark has received various awards and recognitions. These include being appointed a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007, becoming a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999, a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1985, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1984. The APS fellowship citation notes contributions to the understanding of ferroelectric liquid crystals and of liquid crystals and macroscopic colloidal crystals through the use of light scattering techniques.

Best Publications

  • Submicrosecond bistable electro‐optic switching in liquid crystals

    Noel A. Clark;Sven T. Lagerwall

  • Spontaneous formation of macroscopic chiral domains in a fluid smectic phase of achiral molecules

    Darren R. Link;Giorgio Natale;Renfan Shao;Joseph E. Maclennan

  • "Chevron" local layer structure in surface-stabilized ferroelectric smectic-C cells.

    T. P. Rieker;N. A. Clark;G. S. Smith;G. S. Smith;D. S. Parmar

  • Steric interactions in a model multimembrane system: A synchrotron x-ray study.

    C. R. Safinya;D. Roux;D. Roux;G. S. Smith;G. S. Smith;S. K. Sinha

  • Chiral heliconical ground state of nanoscale pitch in a nematic liquid crystal of achiral molecular dimers

    Dong Chen;Jan H. Porada;Justin B. Hooper;Justin B. Hooper;Arthur Klittnick

  • End-to-end stacking and liquid crystal condensation of 6 to 20 base pair DNA duplexes.

    Michi Nakata;Giuliano Zanchetta;Brandon D. Chapman;Christopher D. Jones

  • Single colloidal crystals

    Noel A. Clark;Alan J. Hurd;Bruce J. Ackerson

  • Light-Scattering Study of Two-Dimensional Molecular-Orientation Fluctuations in a Freely Suspended Ferroelectric Liquid-Crystal Film

    Charles Y. Young;Ronald Pindak;Noel A. Clark;Robert B. Meyer

  • A ferroelectric liquid crystal conglomerate composed of racemic molecules

    David M. Walba;Eva Körblova;Renfan Shao;Joseph E. Maclennan

  • First-principles experimental demonstration of ferroelectricity in a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal: Polar domains and striking electro-optics.

    Xi Chen;Eva Korblova;Dengpan Dong;Dengpan Dong;Xiaoyu Wei;Xiaoyu Wei

  • Polarization-modulated smectic liquid crystal phases.

    D. A. Coleman;J. Fernsler;N. Chattham;M. Nakata

  • Shear-Induced Melting

    Bruce J. Ackerson;Noel A. Clark

  • Three-dimensional structure and multistable optical switching of triple-twisted particle-like excitations in anisotropic fluids

    Ivan I. Smalyukh;Yves Lansac;Yves Lansac;Noel A. Clark;Rahul P. Trivedi

  • Helical Nanofilament Phases

    L. E. Hough;H. T. Jung;D. Krüerke;M. S. Heberling

  • Polarized Raman Scattering Studies of Orientational Order in Uniaxial Liquid Crystalline Phases

    Shen Jen;Noel A. Clark;Peter S. Pershan;E. B. Priestley

  • Electro-optic behavior of liquid-crystal-filled silica opal photonic crystals: effect of liquid-crystal alignment.

    Daeseung Kang;Joseph E. Maclennan;Noel A. Clark;Anvar A. Zakhidov

  • Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Electro-Optics Using the Surface Stabilized Structure

    N. A. Clark;M. A. Handschy;S. T. Lagerwall

  • Measurement of the Rotational Diffusion Coefficient of Lysozyme by Depolarized Light Scattering: Configuration of Lysozyme in Solution

    Stuart B. Dubin;Noel A. Clark;George B. Benedek

  • Electro-optic Behavior of Liquid-Crystal-Filled Silica Opal Photonic Crystals

    Ray H. Baughman;Noel A. Clark;Daeseung Kang;Joseph E. Maclennan

  • Structure of the L β phases in a hydrated phosphatidylcholine multimembrane

    G. S. Smith;G. S. Smith;E. B. Sirota;E. B. Sirota;C. R. Safinya;C. R. Safinya;N. A. Clark;N. A. Clark

  • Phase behavior of the liquid crystal 8CB in a silica aerogel.

    Tommaso Bellini;Noel A. Clark;Chris D. Muzny;Lei Wu

  • Physics of complex and supermolecular fluids

    Samuel A. Safran;Noel A. Clark;Supermolecular Fluids

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Walba
David M. Walba University of Colorado Boulder
Chenhui Zhu
Chenhui Zhu Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tommaso Bellini
Tommaso Bellini University of Milan
Sang Bok Lee
Sang Bok Lee University of Maryland, College Park
Kenneth J. Rothschild
Kenneth J. Rothschild Boston University
Cyrus R. Safinya
Cyrus R. Safinya University of California, Santa Barbara
Christopher N. Bowman
Christopher N. Bowman University of Colorado Boulder
Hong Yang
Hong Yang Southeast University
Tae Joo Shin
Tae Joo Shin Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Prabal K. Maiti
Prabal K. Maiti Indian Institute of Science

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