Volodymyr Borshch

Volodymyr Borshch

Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program and Liquid Crystal Institute
Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA

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Publications

Fluctuation Modes of a Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal
Z. Parsouzi, S. M. Shamid, V. Borshch, P. K. Challa, A. R. Baldwin, M. G. Tamba, C. Welch, G. H. Mehl, J. T. Gleeson, A. Jakli, O. D. Lavrentovich, D. W. Allender, J. V. Selinger, and S. Sprunt
Physical Review X 6, 021041 (2016) | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.6.021041

Kerr effect at high electric field in isotropic phase of mesogenic materials
Bing-Xiang Li, Volodymyr Borshch, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, Shao-Bin Liu, and Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Physical Review E (Rapid Communications) 92, 050501(R) (2015) | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.050501

Nanosecond electro-optics of a nematic liquid crystal with negative dielectric anisotropy
Volodymyr Borshch, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, Bing-Xiang Li, and Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Physical Review E 90, 062504 (2014) | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.062504

Direct observation of liquid crystals using cryo-TEM: Specimen preparation and low-dose imaging
Min Gao, Young-Ki Kim, Cuiyu Zhang, Volodymyr Borshch, Shuang Zhou, Heung-Shik Park, Antal Jákli, Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Maria-Gabriela Tamba, Alexandra Kohlmeier, Georg H. Mehl, Wolfgang Weissflog, Daniel Studer, Benoît Zuber, Helmut Gnägi, and Fang Lin
Microscopy Research and Technique 77, 754-772 (2014) | DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22397

Twist-bend nematic liquid crystals in high magnetic fields
P. K. Challa, V. Borshch, O. Parri, C. T. Imrie, S. N. Sprunt, J. T. Gleeson, O. D. Lavrentovich, and A. Jákli
Physical Review E (Rapid Communications) 89, 060501(R) (2014) | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.060501

Electro-optic switching of dielectrically negative nematic through nanosecond electric modification of order parameter
Bing-Xiang Li, Volodymyr Borshch, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, Shao-Bin Liu, and Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Applied Physics Letters 104, 201105 (2014) | DOI: 10.1063/1.4879018

Nematic twist-bend phase with nanoscale modulation of molecular orientation
V. Borshch, Y.-K. Kim, J. Xiang, M. Gao, A. Jákli, V. P. Panov, J. K. Vij, C. T. Imrie, M.-G. Tamba, G. H. Mehl & O. D. Lavrentovich
Nature Communications 4, 2635 (2013) | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3635

Nanosecond Electro-Optic Switching of a Liquid Crystal
Volodymyr Borshch, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, and Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Physical Review Letters 111, 107802 (2013) | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.107802

Viscoelasticity, dielectric anisotropy, and birefringence in the nematic phase of three four-ring bent-core liquid crystals with an L-shaped molecular frame
Nejmettin Avci, Volodymyr Borshch, Dipika Debnath Sarkar, Rahul Deb, Gude Venkatesh, Taras Turiv, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, Nandiraju V. S. Rao, and Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Soft Matter 9, 1066-1075 (2013) | DOI: 10.1039/C2SM26448J

Electric Field Induced Biaxial Order and Differential Quenching of Uniaxial Fluctuations in a Nematic with Negative Dielectric Anisotropy
Volodymyr Borshch, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii & Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 559, 97-105 (2012) | DOI: 10.1080/15421406.2012.658691

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Book Chapter

J.-Y. Hwang, V. Borshch, and L.-C. Chien
Fast Switching Surface-Polymer-Assisted Vertically Aligned Displays in Progress in Liquid Crystal Science and Technology. In Honor of Shunsuke Kobayashi’s 80th Birthday. (Eds. Hoi-Sing Kwok, Shohei Naemura, and Hiap Liew Ong), pp.275-290, World Scientific, Singapore, (2013)

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Selected Conference Proceedings

Ultrafast electro-optic switching in liquid crystals
B.-X. Li, V. Borshch, S.V. Shiyanovskij, and O.D. Lavrentovich
Proceedings of Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2015 14th International Conference on, 73 (2015) | DOI: 10.1109/ICOCN.2015.7203766
Date of Conference: 3-5 July 2015

Nanosecond electric modification of order parameter in nematic and isotropic phases of materials with negative and positive dielectric anisotropy
Bing-Xiang Li, Volodymyr Borshch, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, and Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Proceedings of SPIE, 9384, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies X, 93840U (11 March 2015) | DOI: 10.1117/12.2076657

Highlighted in news:
Rapid control of liquid crystals for ultrafast communications
O.D. Lavrentovich, B.-X. Li, V. Borshch, and S.V. Shiyanovskii
SPIE Newsroom, 17 March 2015 | DOI: 10.1117/2.1201502.005775

Nanosecond liquid crystalline technologies for high speed optical communications: electro-optic switching through nanosecond electric modification of order parameter
Volodymyr Borshch, Bing-xiang Li, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, and Oleg D. Lavrentovich
OSA Technical Digest, Frontiers in Optics 2014 | DOI: 10.1364/FIO.2014.FTh4B.4
Tucson, Arizona, United States; 19–23 October 2014; ISBN: 1-55752-286-3

Properties of the self-deforming Ntb phase in mesogenic dimers
Vitaly P. Panov, Jagdish K. Vij, Reshma Balachandran, Volodymyr Borshch, Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Maria G. Tamba, and Georg H. Mehl
Proceedings of SPIE, 8828, Liquid Crystals XVII, 88280X (September 12, 2013) | DOI: 10.1117/12.2024470

Liquid crystal-directed polymer nanostructure for vertically aligned nematic cells
Volodymyr Borshch, Jeoung-Yeon Hwang, and Liang-Chy Chien
Proceedings of SPIE, 7618, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies V, 76180V (February 23, 2010) | DOI: 10.1117/12.838374

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Patents

US 2016/0018679 Al, US 9400412 B2
Nanosecond liquid crystalline optical modulator
V. Borshch, S.V. Shiyanovskii, O.D. Lavrentovich
Publication date: Jan 21, 2016; Filing date: Jul 16, 2014 Priority date: Jul 16, 2014

US 20130027639 A1, US9376619, WO2011102892A1
Fast-switching surface-stabilized liquid crystal cells
Liang-Chy Chien, Volodymyr Borshch, Jeoung-Yeon Hwang
Publication date: Jan 31, 2013; Filing date: Feb 15, 2011; Priority date: Feb 18, 2010.

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