Dr Avtar Matharu Publications

2012

Sustainability in LCD Manufacturing, Recycling and Reuse.
A S Matharu, in “Handbook of Visual Display Technology”, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012, DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_12.7.2.
Thermosetting resin based on epoxidised linseed oil and bio-derived crosslinker.
N Supanchaiyamat, P S Shuttleworth, A J Hunt, J H Clark and A S Matharu, Green Chem., 2012, Accepted Manuscript. DOI: 10.1039/C2GC35154D.

Exploring the mesomorphic potential of 2,4-disubstituted thiophenes: a structure-property study.
A S Matharu, P B Karadakov, S J Cowling, G Hegde and L Komitov, 2011, Liquid Crystals, 38, 207-232.
The significance of D-amino acids in soil, fate and utilization by microbes and plants: review and identification of knowledge gaps.
V Vranova, H Zahradnickova, D Janous, K R Skene, A S Matharu, K Rejsek and P Formanek, 2011, Plant and Soil, DOI 10.1007/s11104-011-1059-5.
The chemical value of wheat straw combustion residues.
J R Dodson, A J Hunt, V L Budarin, A S Matharu and J H Clark, 2011, RSC Advances, 1, 523–530.

Photoalignment Properties of 2- and 3-Thienylacrylates Bearing Laterally Fluorinated Azobenzene Moieties.
G Hegde, D Chambers-Asman, A S Matharu and L Komitov IDW’10, 2010, 73-76 .
From LCDs to materials for medical application.
A J Hunt, A S Matharu and J H Clark, Education in Chemistry – RSC, 2010, 47, 176-179.

Expanding the potential for waste polyvinyl-alcohol.
A J Hunt, V L Budarin, S W Breeden, A S Matharu and J H Clark, Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1332-1336.

Liquid Crystal Displays: from devices to recycling.
A S Matharu and Y Wu, in "Electronic Waste Management, Issues in EnvironmentalScience and Technology", 2008, 26, ed. R E Hester and RM Harrison, RSC Publishing, Cambridge UK.
Holographic recording in thiophene-based polyester.
A S Matharu, D Chambers-Asman, S Jeeva, S Hvilsted and P S Ramanujam, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008, 18, 3011-3016.
An efficient direct method for azo-coupling of methoxythiophenes.
A Matharu, P Huddleston, S Jeeva, M Wood and D Chambers-Asman., Dyes and Pigments, 2008, 78, 89-92.
Extraction of liquid crystals from flat panel display devices using both liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide.
A J Hunt, J Clark, S W Breeden, A S Matharu, C Ellis, J W Goodby, J A Bottomley and S J Cowling, 11th International Supercritical Conference Proceedings, May 2008.

Structure-Property investigation of 2- and 3-thienylacrylates bearing laterally fluorinated azobenzene moieties.
A S Matharu and D Chambers-Asman, Liquid Crystals, 2007, 34, 1317-1336.
Liquid crystals for holographic optical data storage.
A S Matharu, S Jeeva and P S Ramanujam, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2007, 36, 1868-1880.
Laterally fluorinated liquid crystals containing the 2,2'-bithiophene moiety.
A S Matharu, S Cowling and G Wright, Liq Cryst, 2007, 34, 489-506.
Synthesis and optical storage properties of a thiophene-based holographic recording medium.
A S Matharu, S Jeeva, P R Huddleston and P S Ramanujam, J Mater Chem, 2007, 17, 4477-4482.

Electrically commanded surfaces for nematic liquid crystal displays.
L Komitov, B Helgee, J Felix and A S Matharu, Appl Phys Lett, 2005, 86, 023502.

Photoinduced anisotropy in a family of amorphous azobenzene polyesters for optical storage.
L Nedelchev, A S Matharu, S Hvilsted and P S Ramanujam, Applied Optics, 2003, 42, 5918-5927.
Polarisation holographic and surface-relief gratings at 257 nm in an amorphous polyester.
P S Ramanujam, L Nedelchev and A S Matharu, Optics Letters, 2003, 28, 1072-1074.
Photochromic Processes for High Density Optical Storage.
P S Ramanujam, R H Berg, S Hvilsted, A Matharu, L Nedelchev and E Loroncz, Optical Data Storage Technical Digest, 2003, 66-69.

Photoinduced macroscopic chiral structures in a series of azobenzene copolyesters.
L Nedelchev, L Nikolova, A Matharu, and P S Ramanujam, Appl Phys B: Lasers and Optics, 2002, 75, 671-676.