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Y. R. Shen
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 498
Citations - 38903
Y. R. Shen is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Liquid crystal & Monolayer. The author has an hindex of 98, co-authored 476 publications receiving 37313 citations. Previous affiliations of Y. R. Shen include University of Paris & Harvard University.
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Transient Self-Focusing in a Nematic Liquid Crystal in the Isotropic Phase
George K.L. Wong,Y. R. Shen +1 more
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Solitons Made Simple
TL;DR: In this paper, Shen discusses a report in the same issue by Snyder and Mitchell that shows a much simpler way to mathematically approach solitons, which is a result of a delicate balancing act between the tendency for waves to disperse and the nonlinear properties of the propagation medium.
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Correlation between thermal desorption spectroscopy and optical second harmonic generation for monitoring surface coverages
TL;DR: Optical second harmonic generation was used to monitor CO coverages on Cu(100) and Ni(111) in an ultrahigh vacuum chamber as mentioned in this paper, and the adsorption kinetics were found to obey the simple Langmuir model.
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Bulk reorientation driven by orientational transition in a liquid crystal monolayer.
B. Jérôme,B. Jérôme,B. Jérôme,J. P. O'brien,J. P. O'brien,J. P. O'brien,Yukio Ouchi,Yukio Ouchi,Yukio Ouchi,C. Stanners,C. Stanners,C. Stanners,Y. R. Shen,Y. R. Shen,Y. R. Shen +14 more
TL;DR: This surface transition is shown to drive the reorientation of the bulk liquid crystal previously observed in these systems.
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Correlation between surface and bulk orientations of liquid crystals on rubbed polymer surfaces : odd-even effects of polymer spacer units
Diethelm Johannsmann,Hitian Zhou,Peter Sonderkaer,Harald Wierenga,Bernt O. Myrvold,Y. R. Shen +5 more
TL;DR: Using surface optical second-harmonic generation, this paper determined the molecular tilt angle and the in-plane orientational order of the liquid-crystal molecules 4'-n-octyl-4-cyanobiphenyl (8CB) on a series of polyimide surfaces.