Processing of alignment layers for glassy liquid crystals

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chrysa M. Theodore ◽  
Alison M. Thomas ◽  
D. Ernest Havens ◽  
Patrick J. Hood ◽  
Dimitris Katsis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Alignment Layers ◽  
Glassy Liquid Crystals

scholarly journals Aligning lyotropic liquid crystals with unconventional organic layers

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Otón ◽  
Morten Andreas Geday ◽  
Caterina Maria Tone ◽  
José Manuel Otón ◽  
Xabier Quintana
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Chem Phys ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Lyotropic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Sunset Yellow ◽  
Lab On Chip ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Homeotropic Alignment ◽  
Alignment Layers

Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLC) are a kind of LCs far less known and more difficult to control than conventional thermotropic nematics. Nevertheless, LCLCs are a preferred option -often the only one- for applications where hydrophilic materials must be employed. Being water-soluble, LCLC can be used in numerous biology related devices, for example in target detection in lab-on-chip devices. However, their properties and procedures to align them are still less explored, with only a very limited number of options available, especially for homeotropic alignment. In this work, novel organic alignment layers and alignment properties have been explored for selected LCLCs. Non-conventional organic alignment layers were tested and new suitable procedures and materials for both homogeneous and homeotropic alignments have been found. Full Text: PDF ReferencesS.L. Hefinstine, O.D. Lavrentovich, C.J. Woolverton, "Lyotropic liquid crystal as a real-time detector of microbial immune complexes", Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 43, 27 (2006). CrossRef M.A. Geday, M. Ca-o-García, J.M. Escolano, E. Otón, J.M. Otón, X. Quintana, Conference on Liquid Crystals CLC'16, Poland (2016).M.A. Geday, E. Otón, J.M. Escolano, J.M. Otón, X. Quintana, Patent WO 2015193525 (2015). DirectLink Yu.A. Nastishin et al., "Optical characterization of the nematic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals: Light absorption, birefringence, and scalar order parameter", Phys. Rev. E, 72 (4) 41711 (2005). CrossRef A. Mcguire, et al., "Orthogonal Orientation of Chromonic Liquid Crystals by Rubbed Polyamide Films", Chem. Phys. Chem. 15 (7) (2014). CrossRef J. Jeong, et al., "Homeotropic Alignment of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals Using Noncovalent Interactions", Langmuir 30(10) 2914 (2014). CrossRef J.Y. Kim, H.-Tae Jung, "Macroscopic alignment of chromonic liquid crystals using patterned substrates", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 10362 (2016). CrossRef E. Otón, J.M. Escolano, X. Quintana, J.M. Otón, M.A. Geday, "Aligning lyotropic liquid crystals with silicon oxides", Liq. Cryst. 42 (8) 1069 (2015). CrossRef H.S. Park, et al., "Condensation of Self-Assembled Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal Sunset Yellow in Aqueous Solutions Crowded with Polyethylene Glycol and Doped with Salt", Langmuir 27, 4164 (2011). CrossRef H.S. Park, et al., "Self-Assembly of Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal Sunset Yellow and Effects of Ionic Additives", J. Phys. Chem. B 112, 16307 (2008). CrossRef R Caputo et al., "POLICRYPS: a liquid crystal composed nano/microstructure with a wide range of optical and electro-optical applications", J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 11, 024017 (2009). CrossRef

Glassy Liquid Crystals for Tunable Reflective Coloration

2004 ◽  
pp. 290-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaw H. Chen ◽  
Philip H. M. Chen ◽  
Dimitris Katsis ◽  
John C. Mastrangelo
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Glassy Liquid Crystals

New Coumarin Polymers as Non-Contact Alignment Layers for Liquid Crystals

1999 ◽  
Vol 332 (1) ◽  
pp. 439-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hindmarsh ◽  
G. J. Owen ◽  
S. M. Kelly ◽  
P. O. Jackson ◽  
M. O'Neill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Alignment Layers

New glassy liquid crystals for optical data-storage applications

1995 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Eichler ◽  
R. Elschner ◽  
G. Heppke ◽  
R. Macdonald ◽  
H. Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Optical Data Storage ◽  
Optical Data ◽  
Glassy Liquid Crystals

scholarly journals The influence of orienting layers on blue phase liquid crystals in rectangular geometries

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marzena Maria Sala-Tefelska ◽  
Kamil Orzechowski ◽  
Filip A. Sala ◽  
Tomasz R. Woliński ◽  
Olga Strzeżysz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Bragg Reflection ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Blue Phases ◽  
Alignment Layers ◽  
Polymer Stabilized

In this paper, the influence of homeotropic and homogeneous orienting layers is presented in a cell filled with chiral nematic liquid crystals stabilized in a blue phase. The change of selective Bragg reflection from red to blue light was observed for homogeneous layers in rectangular geometries. The growth of blue phase crystals domains in a glass cell as well an influence of temperature and the electric field on such a structure, are also presented. Full Text: PDF ReferencesF. Reinitzer, Beitrage zur Kenntniss des Cholestherins, Monatsh Chem. 9, 421-441, (1888). CrossRef J. Yan, M. Jiao, L. Rao, and S.-T. Wu, "Direct measurement of electric-field-induced birefringence in a polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal composite", Opt. Express 18, 11450-11455 (2010) CrossRef Y. Chen, D. Xu, S.-T. Wu, S.-i. Yamamoto, Y. Haseba, "A low voltage and submillisecond-response polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal", Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 141116 (2013) CrossRef Y. Huang, H. Chen, G. Tan, H. Tobata, S. Yamamoto, E. Okabe, Y.-F. Lan, C.-Y. Tsai, and S.-T. Wu, "Optimized blue-phase liquid crystal for field-sequential-color displays", Opt. Mater. Express 7, 641-650 (2017) CrossRef V. Sridurai, M. Mathews, C. V. Yelamaggad, G. G. Nair, "Electrically Tunable Soft Photonic Gel Formed by Blue Phase Liquid Crystal for Switchable Color-Reflecting Mirror", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9 (45), 39569-39575 (2017) CrossRef E. Oton, E. Netter, T. Nakano, Y. D.-Katayama, F. Inoue, "Monodomain Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Layers for Phase Modulation", Sci. Rep. vol.7, 44575 (2017) CrossRef Q. Liu, D. Luo, X. Zhang, S. Li, Z. Tian, "Refractive index and absorption coefficient of blue phase liquid crystal in terahertz band", Liq. Cryst., Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 348-354 (2017) CrossRef Y. Li, Y. Liu, Q. Li, S.-T. Wu, "Polarization independent blue-phase liquid crystal cylindrical lens with a resistive film", Appl. Opt., Vol. 51, No. 14, pp. 2568-2572 (2012) CrossRef M. M. Sala-Tefelska, K. Orzechowski M. Sierakowski, A. Siarkowska, T.R. Woliński, O. Strzeżysz, P. Kula, "Influence of cylindrical geometry and alignment layers on the growth process and selective reflection of blue phase domains", Opt. Mater. 75, 211-215, (2018) CrossRef H. Claus, O. Willekens, O. Chojnowska, R. Dąbrowski, J. Beeckman, K. Neyts, "Inducing monodomain blue phase liquid crystals by long-lasting voltage application during temperature variation", Liq. Cryst. 43 (5), 688-693, (2016) CrossRef M. Takahashi, T. Ohkawa, H. Yoshida, J. Fukuda, H. Kikuchi, M. Ozaki, "Orientation of liquid crystalline blue phases on unidirectionally orienting surfaces", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51 (10), 104003 (2018) CrossRef P. Joshi, X. Shang, J. De Smet, E. Islamai, D. Cuypers, G. Van Steenberge, S. Van Vlierberghe, P. Dubruel, H. De Smet, "On the effect of alignment layers on blue phase liquid crystals", Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 101105 (2015) CrossRef K. Orzechowski, M.W. Sierakowski, M. Sala-Tefelska, P. Joshi, T.R. Woliński, H.D. Smet, "Polarization properties of cubic blue phases of a cholesteric liquid crystal", Opt. Mater. 69, 259-264 (2017) CrossRef P.-J. Chen, M. Chen, S.-Y. Ni, H.-S. Chen, Y.-H. Lin, "Influence of alignment layers on crystal growth of polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals", pt. Mater. Express 6, 1003-1010 (2016) CrossRef CrossRef

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