Here’s a List of My Scientific Publications

M. Veum, M. K. Blees, N. Voshell, H. T. Nguyen, and C.C. Huang, “Role of molecular weight and phase sequence in the temperature variation of film tension above the bulk isotropic transition in freestanding liquid-crystal films,” Phys. Rev. E 74, 011703 (2006).

M. Veum, E. Kutschera, N. Voshell, S. T. Wang, S. L. Wang, H. T. Nguyen, and C.C. Huang, “Temperature variation of film tension above the bulk smectic-A-isotropic transition in free-standing liquid-crystal films,” Phys. Rev. E (RC) 71, R020701 (2005).

M. Veum, P. Messman, and C.C. Huang, “Thermal positioning of point defects in smectic films: the thermal tweezer” Liq. Cryst. 31, 1251 (2004).

C. Y. Chao, T. C. Pan, C. R. Lo, M. Veum, C. C. Huang, V. Surendranath, and J. T. Ho, “Unusual Thickness-Dependent Heat-Capacity Anomaly in Free-Standing Hexatic Liquid-Crystal Films” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 412, 385 (2004).

C. Y. Chao, C. R. Lo, Y. H. Liu, D. R. Link, J. E. Maclennan, N. A. Clark, M. Veum, C. C. Huang, and J. T. Ho, “Unusual thickness-dependent thermal behavior in chiral smectic free-standing liquid-crystal films” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 412, 393 (2004).

M. Veum, P. Messman, Z. Q. Liu, C. C. Huang, N. Janarthanan, and C. S. Hsu, “A unique approach to measuring surface tension in smectic liquid crystals,” Rev. Sci. Inst. 74, 5151 (2003).

A. Cady, Z. Q. Liu, X. F. Han, S. T. Wang, M. Veum, N. Janarthanan, C. S. Hsu, D. A. Olson, and C. C. Huang, “Effect of enantiomeric excess on surface structures and phase sequences in free-standing liquid-crystal films,” Phys. Rev. E 66, 061704 (2002).

Heilke R. Keymeulen, Wim H. de Jeu, Jason T. Slattery, Mick Veum, “How do liquid crystals of different molecular length mix in thin films?” Eur. Phys. J. E 9, 443 (2002).

P. J. Wu, C. Y. Chao, C. R. Lo, Y. H. Liu, M. Veum, D. R. Link, J. E. Maclennan, and N. A. Clark, “Novel thickness-dependent thermal behavior in chiral smectic free-standing liquid-crystal films”, Ferroelectrics 277, 511 (2002).

Brad Hinaus and Mick Veum, “The hard drive: an experiment for Faraday’s law” The Physics Teacher 40, 339 (2002).

C. Y. Chao, C. R. Lo, P. J. Wu, T. C. Pan, M. Veum, C. C. Huang, V. Surendranath, and J. T. Ho, “Unusual thickness-dependent heat-capacity anomalies in free-standing hexatic liquid-crystal films” Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 085507 (2002).

C. Y. Chao, C. R. Lo, P. J. Wu, Y. H. Liu, D. R. Link, J. E. Maclennan, N. A. Clark, M. Veum, C. C. Huang, and J. T. Ho, “Unusual thickness-dependent thermal behavior and anticlinic coupling in chiral smectic free-standing liquid-crystal films” Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4048 (2001).

D. A. Olson, M. Veum, A. Cady, M. V. D’Agostino, P. M. Johnson, H. T. Nguyen, L. C. Chien, and C. C. Huang, “Optical studies of the liquid crystal compound B2 phase formed by banana-shaped molecules,” Phys. Rev. E 63, 041702 (2001).

C. Y. Chao, C. R. Lo, Y. H. Liu, M. Veum, C. C. Huang, V. Surendranath, and J. T. Ho “Calorimetric and optical-reflectivity study of thin free-standing 64COOBC liquid-crystal films,” Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 365, 499 (2001).

M. Veum, C. Pettersen, P. Mach, P. A. Crowell, and C. C. Huang, “Temperature variation of film tension measured by a vibrating membrane tensiometer,” Phys. Rev. E 61, R2192 (2000).

M. Veum, C. F. Chou, V. Surendranath, and C. C. Huang, “Stability and phase transitions of single- molecular-layer free-standing liquid-crystal films,” Phys. Rev. E 56, 2298 (1997).

T. Stoebe, L. Reed, M. Veum, and C. C. Huang, “The nature of the smectic-A-smectic-C transition of a partially perfluorinated compound,” Phys. Rev. E 54, 1584 (1996).

A. J. Jin, M. Veum, C. F. Chou, J. T. Ho, V. Surendranath, T. Stoebe, S. W. Hui, and C. C. Huang, “Characterization of several novel phase transitions in a unique lower dimensional system of free-standing liquid-crystal films,” Mod. Phys. Lett. B 10, 269 (1996).

A. J. Jin, M. Veum, T. Stoebe, C. F. Chou, J. T. Ho, S. W. Hui, V. Surendranath, C. C. Huang, “The nature of the smectic-A-hexatic-B-crystal-B transitions in a liquid-crystal compound,” Phys. Rev. E 53, 3639 (1996).

A. J. Jin, M. Veum, T. Stoebe, C. F. Chou, J. T. Ho, S. W. Hui, V. Surendranath, and C. C. Huang, “Calorimetric and structural characterization of thin liquid-crystal films exhibiting the smectic-A-hexatic-B-crystal-B transitions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 4863 (1995).