scholarly journals The role of homeotropic alignment strength atair interface of polymerized liquid crystal layers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangyu Xue ◽  
Brecht Berteloot ◽  
Migle Stebryte ◽  
Kristiaan Neyts ◽  
Jeroen Beeckman
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Homeotropic Alignment

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

Self-Assembly of PEG-b-Liquid Crystal Polymer:  The Role of Smectic Order in the Formation of Nanofibers

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (16) ◽  
pp. 5625-5627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Piñol ◽  
Lin Jia ◽  
Francesca Gubellini ◽  
Daniel Lévy ◽  
Pierre-Antoine Albouy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymer ◽  
Crystal Polymer

The Role of Two-Dimensional Roughness Element in the Laminar-Turbulent Process in the Favorable Pressure Gradient of the Swept Wing

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 65-73
Author(s):  
Stepan Tolkachev ◽  
Valeria Kaprilevskaya ◽  
Viktor Kozlov
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Roughness Element ◽  
Frequency Interval ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Swept Wing ◽  
Liquid Crystal Thermography ◽  
Roughness Elements ◽  
Favorable Pressure Gradient ◽  
Turbulent Process

In the article using a liquid crystal thermography investigated the development of stationary and secondary disturbances, which were excited by cylindrical and two-dimensional roughness elements. It was shown, that two-dimensional roughness element has a destabilizing effect on disturbances, induced by cylindrical roughness element. Also the twodimensional roughness element is able to excite the stationary structures, and then the secondary disturbances the frequency interval of which is lower than in the case of stationary vortices excitation by cylindrical roughness element

scholarly journals From Point to Filament Defects in Hybrid Nematic Films

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesare Chiccoli ◽  
Paolo Pasini ◽  
Claudio Zannoni ◽  
Gregor Skačej ◽  
Hiroyuki Yoshida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Point Defects ◽  
Elastic Constants ◽  
3D Structure ◽  
Support Surface ◽  
Hybrid Films ◽  
Surface Ordering ◽  
Polarized Microscopy ◽  
Homeotropic Alignment

AbstractWe have studied nematic hybrid films with homeotropic alignment at the top surface and various controlled degrees of in plane ordering, going from a random degenerate organization to a completely uniform alignment along one direction, at the bottom one. We show, by Monte Carlo (MC) computer simulations and experiments on photopatterned films with the bottom support surface fabricated with in-plane order similar to the simulated ones, that the point defects observed in the case of random planar orientations at the bottom tend to arrange along a filament as the surface ordering is sufficiently increased. MC simulations complement the polarized microscopy texture observations allowing to inspect the 3D structure of the defects and examine the role of elastic constants.

Liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: On the role of spacers and terminal alkyl chains

2020 ◽  
Vol 320 ◽  
pp. 114391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewan Forsyth ◽  
Daniel A. Paterson ◽  
Ewan Cruickshank ◽  
Grant J. Strachan ◽  
Ewa Gorecka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Nematic Phase ◽  
Alkyl Chains
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