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Composite Materials Containing Perfluorinated and Siloxane Units for Vertical Alignment of Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystal Group, Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology, University Malaysia Pahang, Kuantan, Malaysia
Liquid Crystal Group, Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 1 Liquid Crystal Group, Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2 Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology, University Malaysia Pahang, Kuantan, Malaysia
- 3 Liquid Crystal Group, Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 4 Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 5 Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 6 Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Soft Nanoscience Letters·Volume 03 (2012)·Pages 11–13·Published 20 December 2012·DOI10.4236/snl.2013.31003
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Abstract
Here we report on the study of vertical alignment of a nematic liquid crystal due to the segregation between perfluorinated and the polysiloxane groups of a multi-component composite alignment material. The measured surface anchoring energy was found to depend on the relative amount of polysiloxane matrix in the composite material. These kind of self-assembly will reduce the preparation time for display by eliminating few steps.
KeywordsVANematicSelf AssemblingVertical AlignmentAnchoring Energy
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