Materials Science and Engineering

George William Gray

U.K. / September 4, 1926
Chemist; Professor Emeritus, The University of Hull

A chemist who has made fundamental contributions to research and development of liquid crystal materials, the key component of liquid crystal displays, which have become an indispensable part of today's information-based society. He founded and organized the science of liquid crystal materials, and established practical molecular design methods for the application of these materials.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

1926	Born in Scotland, U.K.
1946	B.Sc. University of Glasgow
1953	Ph.D. University of London
1960	Senior Lecturer, University of Hull
1978	Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Hull
1990	Professor Emeritus, University of Hull
1993	Research Consultant, Merck Ltd.

AWARDS AND HONORS

1979,1992	Queen's Awards
1983	Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
1987	Leverhulme Gold Medallist of the Royal Society
1991	Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1993,1994	Gold Medal Lecture to the Society of Chemical Industry

MAJOR WORKS

1973	New Family of Nematic Liquid Crystals for Displays (with K. Harrison, J. Nash.) Electron Letts., 9.
1976	A Liquid Crystal Mixture for Use in Smectic Liquid Crystal Display Devices (with A. Mosley). J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 147.
1979	Liquid Crystal Compounds Incorporating the trans-1, 4-Substituted Cyclohexane Ring System (with D. McDonnell). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 53.
1989	The Synthesis and Transition Temperatures of Some 4,4"-dialkyl-and 4,4"-aldoxyalkyl-1,1': 4',1"-terphenyls with 2, 3 or 2', 3'-difluoro substituents and of their biphenyl analogues (with M. Hird, D. Lacey and K. Toyne). J.Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. II.
1990	Synthesis and Properties of Some Novel Ferroelectric Materials-Hosts and Dopants (with M. Hird, D. Lacey and K. Toyne). Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 191.

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