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Dual photo-functionalized amphiphile for photo-reversible liquid crystal alignments
Dae-Yoon Kim1, Sang-A Lee, Minwook Park
1Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Polymer Materials Fusion Research Center, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 561-756 (Korea).
Abstract:
Without the conventional polymer-based liquid crystal (LC) alignment process, a newly synthesized dual photo-functionalized amphiphile (abbreviated as ADMA1 ) was successfully applied as a robust photo-reversible LC alignment layer by self-assembly and photo-polymerization. The LC alignment layer constructed by directly adding dual photo-functionalized amphiphiles into LC media significantly cuts the manufacturing cost as well as opens new doors for the fabrication of novel electro-optical devices.
