Robert A. Pelcovits - Publications

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Physics Brown University, Providence, RI 
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2020 Balchunas A, Jia LL, Zakhary MJ, Robaszewski J, Gibaud T, Dogic Z, Pelcovits RA, Powers TR. Force-Induced Formation of Twisted Chiral Ribbons. Physical Review Letters. 125: 018002. PMID 32678628 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.125.018002  0.311
2020 Duclos G, Adkins R, Banerjee D, Peterson MSE, Varghese M, Kolvin I, Baskaran A, Pelcovits RA, Powers TR, Baskaran A, Toschi F, Hagan MF, Streichan SJ, Vitelli V, Beller DA, et al. Topological structure and dynamics of three-dimensional active nematics. Science (New York, N.Y.). 367: 1120-1124. PMID 32139540 DOI: 10.1126/Science.Aaz4547  0.391
2019 Soni H, Luo W, Pelcovits RA, Powers TR. Stability of the interface of an isotropic active fluid. Soft Matter. PMID 31322161 DOI: 10.1039/C9Sm01216H  0.345
2018 Soni H, Pelcovits RA, Powers TR. Enhancement of Microorganism Swimming Speed in Active Matter. Physical Review Letters. 121: 178002. PMID 30411941 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.121.178002  0.328
2017 Jia LL, Zakhary MJ, Dogic Z, Pelcovits RA, Powers TR. Chiral edge fluctuations of colloidal membranes. Physical Review. E. 95: 060701. PMID 28709244 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.95.060701  0.346
2016 Soni H, Pelcovits RA, Powers TR. Wrinkling of a thin film on a nematic liquid-crystal elastomer. Physical Review. E. 94: 012701. PMID 27575192 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.94.012701  0.347
2016 Xie S, Hagan MF, Pelcovits RA. Interaction of chiral rafts in self-assembled colloidal membranes. Physical Review. E. 93: 032706. PMID 27078426 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.93.032706  0.316
2014 Murray BS, Pelcovits RA, Rosenblatt C. Creating arbitrary arrays of two-dimensional topological defects. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 90: 052501. PMID 25493804 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.90.052501  0.414
2013 Tu H, Pelcovits RA. Instability of flat disks with respect to the formation of twisted ribbons in smectic-A* monolayers. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 87: 042505. PMID 23679434 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.87.042505  0.375
2013 Tu H, Pelcovits RA. Theory of self-assembled smectic-A crenellated disks: Membranes with cusped edges Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 87. DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.87.032504  0.341
2010 Kaplan CN, Tu H, Pelcovits RA, Meyer RB. Theory of depletion-induced phase transition from chiral smectic- A twisted ribbons to semi-infinite flat membranes. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 82: 021701. PMID 20866826 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.82.021701  0.422
2009 Schwarz MH, Pelcovits RA. Nematic cells with quasicrystalline-patterned alignment layers. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 79: 022701. PMID 19391790 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.79.022701  0.401
2009 Barry E, Dogic Z, Meyer RB, Pelcovits RA, Oldenbourg R. Direct measurement of the twist penetration length in a single smectic A layer of colloidal virus particles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 113: 3910-3. PMID 18975886 DOI: 10.1021/Jp8067377  0.355
2009 Pelcovits RA, Meyer RB. Twist penetration in single-layer smectic A discs of colloidal virus particles Liquid Crystals. 36: 1157-1160. DOI: 10.1080/02678290902921752  0.334
2008 Backer AS, Callan-Jones AC, Pelcovits RA. Nematic cells with defect-patterned alignment layers. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 77: 021701. PMID 18352036 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.77.021701  0.679
2007 Jiang H, Huber G, Pelcovits RA, Powers TR. Vesicle shape, molecular tilt, and the suppression of necks. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 76: 031908. PMID 17930272 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.76.031908  0.31
2007 Pelcovits RA, Meyer RB, Lee JB. Dynamics of the molecular orientation field coupled to ions in two-dimensional ferroelectric liquid crystals. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 76: 021704. PMID 17930051 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.76.021704  0.425
2007 Lee JB, Pelcovits RA, Meyer RB. Role of electrostatics in the texture of islands in free-standing ferroelectric liquid crystal films. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 75: 051701. PMID 17677078 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.75.051701  0.418
2007 Callan-Jones AC, Pelcovits RA, Meyer RB, Bower AF. Unwinding of a strained cholesteric elastomer by disclination loop nucleation. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 75: 011701. PMID 17358167 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.75.011701  0.659
2006 Callan-Jones AC, Pelcovits RA, Slavin VA, Zhang S, Laidlaw DH, Loriot GB. Simulation and visualization of topological defects in nematic liquid crystals. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 74: 061701. PMID 17280078 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.74.061701  0.688
2006 Slavin VA, Pelcovits RA, Loriot G, Callan-Jones A, Laidlaw DH. Techniques for the visualization of topological defect behavior in nematic liquid crystals. Ieee Transactions On Visualization and Computer Graphics. 12: 1323-8. PMID 17080868 DOI: 10.1109/Tvcg.2006.182  0.679
2006 Gorkhali SP, Cloutier SG, Crawford GP, Pelcovits RA. Stable polarization gratings recorded in azo-dye-doped liquid crystals Applied Physics Letters. 88. DOI: 10.1063/1.2214176  0.409
2005 Eakin JN, Pelcovits RA, Crawford GP, Radcliffe MD. Polarization holographic patterned alignment of nematic liquid crystals Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 438: 185/[1749]-193/[1757. DOI: 10.1080/15421400590955406  0.429
2005 Crawford GP, Eakin JN, Radcliffe MD, Callan-Jones A, Pelcovits RA. Liquid-crystal diffraction gratings using polarization holography alignment techniques Journal of Applied Physics. 98. DOI: 10.1063/1.2146075  0.685
2004 Feldman DE, Pelcovits RA. Liquid crystals in random porous media: disorder is stronger in low-density aerosils. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 70: 040702. PMID 15600389 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.70.040702  0.38
2004 Eakin JN, Xie Y, Pelcovits RA, Radcliffe MD, Crawford GP. Zero voltage Freedericksz transition in periodically aligned liquid crystals Applied Physics Letters. 85: 1671-1673. DOI: 10.1063/1.1789578  0.367
2003 Priezjev NV, Skacej G, Pelcovits RA, Zumer S. External and intrinsic anchoring in nematic liquid crystals: a Monte Carlo study. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 68: 041709. PMID 14682963 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.68.041709  0.659
2003 Amimori I, Priezjev NV, Pelcovits RA, Crawford GP. Optomechanical properties of stretched polymer dispersed liquid crystal films for scattering polarizer applications Journal of Applied Physics. 93: 3248-3252. DOI: 10.1063/1.1554757  0.661
2002 Priezjev NV, Pelcovits RA. Coarsening dynamics of biaxial nematic liquid crystals. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 66: 051705. PMID 12513501 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.66.051705  0.66
2002 Pelcovits RA, Meyer RB. Isotropic-cholesteric transition in liquid-crystalline gels. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 66: 031706. PMID 12366135 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.66.031706  0.417
2002 Meyer RB, Pelcovits RA. Electroclinic effect and modulated phases in smectic liquid crystals. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 65: 061704. PMID 12188748 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.65.061704  0.378
2002 Amimori I, Eakin JN, Priezjev NV, Pelcovits RA, Crawford GP. Optical and mechanical properties of stretched PDLC films for scattering polarizers Society For Information Display Digest. 33: 834-837. DOI: 10.1889/1.1830911  0.539
2002 Kossyrev PA, Qi J, Priezjev NV, Pelcovits RA, Crawford GP. Model of Fréedericksz transition and hysteresis effect in polymer stabilized nematic liquid crystal configurations for display applications Society For Information Display Digest. 32: 506-509. DOI: 10.1889/1.1830844  0.639
2002 Kossyrev PA, Qi J, Priezjev NV, Pelcovits RA, Crawford GP. Virtual surfaces, director domains, and the Fréedericksz transition in polymer-stabilized nematic liquid crystals Applied Physics Letters. 81: 2986-2988. DOI: 10.1063/1.1515136  0.657
2001 Priezjev NV, Pelcovits RA. Disclination loop behavior near the nematic-isotropic transition. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 64: 031710. PMID 11580358 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.64.031710  0.63
2001 Priezjev NV, Pelcovits RA. Cluster Monte Carlo simulations of the nematic-isotropic transition. Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics. 63: 062702. PMID 11415153 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.63.062702  0.627
2000 Priezjev N, Pelcovits RA. Surface extrapolation length and director structures in confined nematics Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. 62: 6734-8. PMID 11102025 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.62.6734  0.645
2000 Billeter JL, Pelcovits RA. Defect configurations and dynamical behavior in a Gay-Berne nematic emulsion Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. 62: 711-717. DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.62.711  0.407
2000 Billeter JL, Pelcovits RA. Molecular shape and flexoelectricity Liquid Crystals. 27: 1151-1160. DOI: 10.1080/02678290050121999  0.336
1999 Billeter JL, Smondyrev AM, Loriot GB, Pelcovits RA. Phase-ordering dynamics of the Gay-Berne nematic liquid crystal Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics. 60: 6831-6840. PMID 11970603 DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.60.6831  0.45
1999 Smondyrev AM, Pelcovits RA. Nematic structures in cylindrical cavities Liquid Crystals. 26: 235-240.  0.325
1998 Billeter J, Pelcovits R. Simulations of Liquid Crystals Computers in Physics. 12: 440. DOI: 10.1063/1.168726  0.41
1997 Smondyrev AM, Pelcovits RA. Glass formation in the Gay-Berne nematic liquid crystal Liquid Crystals. 23: 205-212. DOI: 10.1080/026782997208451  0.452
1996 Pelcovits RA. Cholesteric pitch of rigid and semi-flexible chiral liquid crystals Liquid Crystals. 21: 361-364. DOI: 10.1080/02678299608032844  0.38
1995 Smondyrev AM, Loriot GB, Pelcovits RA. Viscosities of the Gay-Berne nematic liquid crystal Physical Review Letters. 75: 2340-2343. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.75.2340  0.434
1995 Pelcovits RA, Meyer RB. Piezoelectricity of Cholesteric Elastomers Journal De Physique Ii. 5: 877-882. DOI: 10.1051/Jp2:1995163  0.314
1993 De P, Pelcovits RA, Vogel E, Vogel J. Supercooling of a nematic liquid crystal Physical Review E. 47: 1824-1835. DOI: 10.1103/Physreve.47.1824  0.433
1993 Cowley RA, Aharony A, Birgeneau RJ, Pelcovits RA, Shirane G, Thurston TR. The bicritical phase diagram of two-dimensional antiferromagnets with and without random fields Zeitschrift FüR Physik B Condensed Matter. 93: 5-19. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01308802  0.352
1991 Vecris G, Pelcovits RA. Dynamics and thermal fluctuations in high-Tc superconductors Physical Review B. 44: 2767-2777. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.44.2767  0.358
1991 Houghton A, Pelcovits RA, Sudbo A. Translational and orientational order of the flux-line lattice of a high-Tc superconductor Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 3: 7527-7532. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/3/38/024  0.363
1990 Houghton A, Pelcovits RA, Sudbo A. Erratum: Flux lattice melting in high-Tc superconductors Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter. 41: 4785. PMID 10021520 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.41.4785  0.326
1990 Houghton A, Pelcovits RA, Sudb A. Erratum: Elastic modes, phase fluctuations, and long-range order in type-II superconductors Physical Review B. 44: 9784-9784. PMID 9998980 DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.44.9784  0.33
1990 Lo WS, Pelcovits RA. Ising model in a time-dependent magnetic field Physical Review A. 42: 7471-7474. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.42.7471  0.337
1990 Lo WS, Pelcovits RA. Nonlocal elasticity theory of polymeric liquid crystals Physical Review A. 42: 4756-4763. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.42.4756  0.368
1990 Lo WS, Pelcovits RA, Pindak R, Srajer G. Dynamical behavior of thin ferroelectric liquid-crystal films in ac electric fields Physical Review A. 42: 3630-3633. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.42.3630  0.376
1989 De P, Pelcovits RA. Defect-mediated melting of pentagonal quasicrystals Journal of Physics a: Mathematical and General. 22: 1167-1177. DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/22/8/028  0.308
1988 Hinshaw GA, Petschek RG, Pelcovits RA. Modulated phases in thin ferroelectric liquid-crystal films Physical Review Letters. 60: 1864-1867. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.60.1864  0.417
1988 De P, Pelcovits RA. Interaction energy of disclinations in pentagonal quasicrystals Physical Review B. 38: 5042-5044. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.38.5042  0.305
1987 De P, Pelcovits RA. Disclinations in pentagonal quasicrystals Physical Review B. 36: 9304-9307. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.36.9304  0.387
1985 Minchau BJ, Pelcovits RA. Two-dimensional XY model in a random uniaxial field Physical Review B. 32: 3081-3087. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.32.3081  0.358
1985 Heinekamp SW, Pelcovits RA. Dynamics of the smectic C to A transition in freely suspended thin films Physical Review A. 32: 2506-2509. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.32.2506  0.346
1984 Heinekamp S, Pelcovits RA, Fontes E, Chen EY, Pindak R, Meyer RB. Smectic-C* to smectic-A transition in variable-thickness liquid-crystal films: Order-parameter measurements and theory Physical Review Letters. 52: 1017-1020. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.52.1017  0.343
1984 Forgacs G, Mukamel D, Pelcovits RA. Glauber Dynamics for One-dimensional Spin Models with Random Fields Physical Review B. 30: 205-208. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.30.205  0.328
1984 Minchau BJ, Pelcovits RA. Lower bounds for the width of domain walls in the random-field Ising model Physical Review B. 29: 5069-5073. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.29.5069  0.303
1983 Pelcovits RA, Mukamel D. Exact solution of a one-dimensional XY model in a random field Physical Review B. 28: 5374-5377. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.28.5374  0.324
1982 Lubensky TC, Grinstein G, Pelcovits RA. Gauge transformations and anharmonic effects in smectic liquid crystals Physical Review B. 25: 6022-6025. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.25.6022  0.361
1982 Grinstein G, Pelcovits RA. Nonlinear elastic theory of smectic liquid crystals Physical Review A. 26: 915-925. DOI: 10.1103/Physreva.26.915  0.393
1981 Grinstein G, Pelcovits RA. Anharmonic effects in bulk smectic liquid crystals and other "one-dimensional solids" Physical Review Letters. 47: 856-859. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.47.856  0.419
1979 Pelcovits RA. Low-temperature renormalization-group study of the random-axis model Physical Review B. 19: 465-473. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.19.465  0.365
1979 Pelcovits RA, Halperin BI. Two-dimensional ferroelectric liquid crystals Journal of Applied Physics. 50: 1796-1798. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.19.4614  0.391
1978 Pelcovits RA, Pytte E, Rudnick J. Spin-glass and ferromagnetic behavior induced by random uniaxial anisotropy Physical Review Letters. 40: 476-479. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevlett.40.476  0.32
1977 Nelson DR, Pelcovits RA. Momentum-shell recursion relations, anisotropic spins, and liquid crystals in 2+ε dimensions Physical Review B. 16: 2191-2199. DOI: 10.1103/Physrevb.16.2191  0.492
1976 Pelcovits RA, Nelson DR. Bicritical points in 2 + ε{lunate} dimensions Physics Letters A. 57: 23-25. DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(76)90440-0  0.437
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