Selected publications:

Invited Book Chapter:

A.L. Elias, B. Nearingburg, M. Zaharodny-Burke,"Microfluidic Cell Culture Devices" in "Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook", CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, To be published November 2010.

Refereed Journal Publications

1. A.L. Elias, K.D. Harris, C.W.M. Bastiaansen, D.J. Broer and M.J. Brett (2007) Three techniques for micropatterning liquid crystalline polymers.  Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 477: 631-645.
2. N. G. Wakefield, A. L. Elias, M. J. Brett, D. J. Broer and J. C. Sit (2007) Alignment of liquid crystals infiltrated into porous thin films with tailored nanostructure grown by glancing angle deposition. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 475: 85-96.   
3. A.L. Elias, K.D. Harris, C.W.M. Bastiaansen, D.J. Broer and M.J. Brett (2006) Photopatterned liquid crystalline polymers for microactuators.  Journal of Materials Chemistry, 16, 2903 - 2912.  (*included in the Hot Articles section of J. Mater. Chem. and featured in the trade publication Chemical Technology (Volume 9, 2006)).
4. A.L. Elias, M.J. Brett, M.E. Sousa, S.J. Woltman, G.P. Crawford, C.W.M. Bastiaansen and D.J. Broer (2006) Template induced chiral ordering in nematic liquid crystalline materials: A deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance study.  Journal of Applied Physics, 99: 116105.
5. S.P. Fernando, A.L. Elias, and M.J. Brett (2006) Mechanical properties of helically perforated thin films. Journal of Materials Research, 21: 1101-1105.
6. A.L. Elias, K.D. Harris, C.W.M. Bastiaansen, D.J. Broer and M.J. Brett (2005) Large-area microfabrication of three-dimensional, helical polymer structures.  Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 15: 49-54.
7. A.L. Elias, K.D. Harris, and M.J. Brett (2004) Fabrication of helically perforated nickel, gold, and polystyrene thin films. IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 13: 808-813.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. S. P. Fernando, A. L. Elias and M. J. Brett (2007) Helically perforated thin films -- dependence of mechanical properties on microstructure. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Processing-Structure-MechanicalProperty Relations in Composite Materials. 977E: FF12.24.
2. N.G. Wakefield, A.L. Elias, M.J. Brett and J. Sit (2006) Optical behavior of hybrid LC/inorganic nanostructures. Proceedings of SPIE, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications XI. 6135: 122-133.
3. A.L. Elias, K.D. Harris, C.W.M. Bastiaansen, D.J. Broer and M.J. Brett (2005) Polymeric helices with submicron dimensions for MEMS devices.  Proceedings of SPIE, Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS II. 5846: 41-55
4. A.L. Elias, K.D. Harris, and M.J. Brett (2003) Fabrication of perforated film nanostructures. Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, Three-Dimensional Nanoengineered Assemblies.  739: 243-247.
5. M.A. Summers, S. Kennedy, A. Elias, M. Jensen, K. Harris, B. Szeto, and M. J. Brett, (2004) Microfabrication of chiral optical materials and devices. Proceedings of SPIE, Micromachining Technology for Micro-Optics and Nano-Optics II. 5347: 170-180.