Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 39, Issue 4, 420(2024)
Pretilt angle control of main-chain liquid crystal polymer in photoalignment process
Fig. 1. (a)Schematic diagram of the orientation of BY molecules during exposure to linearly polarised light;(b)Schematic diagram of BY molecular orientation during tilted unpolarised light exposure;(c)Schematic diagram of liquid crystal polymers during UV polymerization;(d)Schematic diagram of liquid crystal monomer after polymerization.
Fig. 3. Variation of transmittance of liquid crystal films with different exposure times,P denotes the polarizer,A denotes the analyzer and α indicates the orientation of liquid crystal alignment.
Fig. 4. (a)Variation of pretilt angle with exposure time;(b)Variation of pretilt angle with the number of liquid crystal layers.
Fig. 5. (a)Variation of pretilt angle of liquid crystal film with exposure time;(b)Variation of pretilt angle of liquid crystal film with heating time.
Fig. 6. Patterning of liquid crystal polymers,P denotes the polarizer,A denotes the analyzer and α denotes the orientation of the liquid crystals.
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Chuan LI, Chao HU, Qipeng FANG, Minxuan LIU, Binzhang JIAO, Jun SHEN, Shaoyun YIN. Pretilt angle control of main-chain liquid crystal polymer in photoalignment process[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2024, 39(4): 420
Category: Research Articles
Received: Feb. 6, 2024
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Published Online: May. 28, 2024
The Author Email: Jun SHEN (juns@cigit.ac.cn), Shaoyun YIN (ysy@cigit.ac.cn)