Michael Hird

Introduction to Liquid Crystals: Chemistry and Physics

Peter J. Collings, Michael Hird, Chung-Ping Huang · American Journal of Physics · 1998 · 631 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +12

Iron−Phosphine, −Phosphite, −Arsine, and −Carbene Catalysts for the Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alkyl Halides with Aryl Grignard Reagents

Robin B. Bedford, Michael Betham, Duncan W. Bruce et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2005 · 277 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +13

The synthesis and transition temperatures of some 4,4″-dialkyl- and 4,4″-alkoxyalkyl-1,1′ :4′,1″-terphenyls with 2,3- or 2′,3′-difluoro substituents and of their biphenyl analogues

G. W. Gray, Michael Hird, D. Lacey et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2 · 1989 · 241 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +16

The synthesis and high optical birefringence of nematogens incorporating 2,6-disubstituted naphthalenes and terminal cyano-substituent

Michael Hird, K. J. Toyne, G. W. Gray et al. · Liquid Crystals · 1993 · 206 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +11

Palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions in the synthesis of some high polarizability materials

Michael Hird, Kenneth J. Toyne, G. W. Gray · Liquid Crystals · 1993 · 200 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +16