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Glaser, M.A.; Clark, N.A.; Walba, D.M.; Keyes, M.P.; Radcliffe, M.D.; Snustad, D.C. "Mean field theory-based calculation of FLC polarization," Liq. Cryst. 2002, 29, 1073-1085.

Garcia, E.; Glaser, M.; Clark, N.A.; Walba, D.M. "HFF:  a force field for liquid crystal molecules," Journal of Molecular Structure (Theochem) 1999, 464, 39-48.

Glaser, M.A.; Clark, N.A.; Garcia, E.; Walba, D.M. "Quantum Chemistry Based Force Fields for Soft Matter," Spectrochim. Acta Part A 1997, 53, 1325-1340.

Glaser, M.A.; Ginzburg, V.V.; Clark, N.A.; Garcia, E.; Walba, D.M.; Malzbender, R. "Computer-Aided Design of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals," Molecular Physics Reports 1995, 10, 26-47.

Walba, D.M.; Razavi, H.A.; Horiuchi, A.; Eidman, K.F.; Otterholm, B.; Haltiwanger, R.C.; Clark, N.A.; Shao, R.; Parmar, D.S.; Wand, M.D.; Vohra, R.T. "Evolution of the Boulder Model for the Molecular Origins of the Polarization in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals," Ferroelectrics 1991, 113, 21-36.

Walba, D.M. "Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals:  A Unique State of Matter;" in Advances in the Synthesis and Reactivity of Solids, T. E. Mallouk, Ed.; JAI Press Ltd: Greenwich, Connecticut, 1991; Vol. 1, pp 173-235.

Walba, D.M.; Clark, N.A.; Razavi, H.A.; Parmar, D.S. "A Novel Application of the Host-Guest Paradigm:  Design of Organic Optoelectronic Materials;" in Inclusion Phenomena and Molecular Recognition, J. L. Atwood, Ed.; Plenum Press: New York, 1990, pp 81-92.

Walba, D.M.; Clark, N.A.; Razavi, H.A.; Eidman, K.F.; Haltiwanger, R.C.; Parmar, D.S., "A Novel Application of the Molecular Recognition Paradigm:  Design of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals," in Liquid Crystal Chemistry, Physics, and Applications, J. W. Doane and Z. Yaniv, Editors, Proc. SPIE 1080, 115-122 (1989).

Walba, D.M.; Eidman, K.F.; Haltiwanger, R.C. "Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals.  6.  Synthesis of Non-Racemic Aryl Cyanohydrin Ethers," J. Org. Chem. 1989, 54, 4939-4943.

Walba, D.M.; Clark, N.A., "Model for the Molecular Origins of the Polarization in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals," in Spatial Light Modulators and Applications II, U. Efron, Editor Proc. SPIE 825, 81-87 (1988).

Walba, D.M.; Clark, N.A. "Molecular Design of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals," Ferroelectrics 1988, 84, 65-72.

Walba, D.M.; Slater, S.C.; Thurmes, W.N.; Clark, N.A.; Handschy, M.A.; Supon, F. "Design and Synthesis of a New Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Family.  Liquid Crystals Containing a Non-Racemic 2-Alkoxy-1-Propoxy Unit," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 5210-5221.

Walba, D.M.; Vohra, R.T.; Clark, N.A.; Handschy, M.A.; Xue, J.; Parmar, D.S.; Lagerwall, S.T.; Skarp, K. "Design and Synthesis of New Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals.  2.  Liquid Crystals Containing a Non-Racemic 2,3-Epoxy Alcohol Unit," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1986, 108, 7424-7425.