Novel Vitrified Liquid Crystals and Potential Applications

1996 ◽  
Vol 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Chen ◽  
H. Shi ◽  
B. M. Conger ◽  
D. Katsis ◽  
J. C. Mastrangelo
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Molar Mass ◽  
Defect Formation ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Polarization Control ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Control Devices ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Materials

AbstractAn overview is presented for a generic approach to low molar mass liquid crystalline materials capable of vitrification into morphologically stable, optically anisotropic thin films. Potential applications as polarization control devices, optical notch filters, and luminescent elements will be explored. Preliminary data for defect formation and annihilation will also be presented to illustrate an advantage of low molar mass materials over polymer analogs.

Fabrication of polycrystalline thin films of liquid crystalline materials by solution process and its application to OFETs

2008 ◽  
Vol 1091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Iino ◽  
Jun-ichi Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Crystalline Phase ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Solution Process ◽  
Crystalline Material ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Polycrystalline Thin Films ◽  
Channel Performance ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Materials ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Material

AbstractWe have fabricated polycrystalline OFETs of two different liquid crystalline materials i.e., ω,ω'-dihexylquaterthipohene (6-QTP-6) and N, N'-ditridecylperylenediimide (13-Per-13) by solution process. Liquid crystalline materials help fabricating uniform thin films on the substrate when spin-coated at their temperature range of liquid crystalline phase. The FETs fabricated with 6-QTP-6 exhibited p-channel performance and its mobility was determined to be 0.04 cm2/Vs, which was comparable to that determined by time-of-flight experiments. The FETs fabricated with 13-Per-13 exhibited n-channel performance and its FET mobility was 0.008 cm2/Vs, while the mobility was increased up to 0.11 cm2/Vs after thermal annealing of the film at a liquid crystalline temperature of 220°C for an hour. Judging from these facts, the grain boundaries are controlled not so as to across the conduction channels formed by self-aligned π-conjugated aromatic cores in liquid crystalline molecules. We conclude that liquid crystalline material is a good candidate for quality polycrystalline thin films for OFETs.

scholarly journals First ferrocene-containing low molar mass organosiloxane liquid-crystalline materials

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1085-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry J. Coles ◽  
Sebastien Meyer ◽  
Petra Lehmann ◽  
Robert Deschenaux ◽  
Isabelle Jauslin
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Molar Mass ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Materials

Synthesis and Liquid Crystalline Properties of New Chiral Monomers and Polysiloxanes

2013 ◽  
Vol 815 ◽  
pp. 747-751
Author(s):  
Jian She Hu ◽  
Yi Nan Liu ◽  
Ya Ting Song ◽  
Di Wang
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Scanning Calorimetry ◽  
Cholesteric Phase ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
H Nmr ◽  
Structure Property Relationships ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Materials

To study the structure-property relationships of new chiral liquid crystalline materials based on menthol and explore their potential applications, a monomer 4-(4-allyloxybenzoyloxy) phenyl-4-menthyl-oxyacetyloxybiphenyl-4-carboxylate (LCM) and the corresponding homopolymer (LCP) were synthesized. The chemical structure was characterized by FT-IR and 1H NMR. The liquid crystalline properties were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, polarizing optical microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. The monomer LCM formed a cholesteric phase when a flexible linkage chain was inserted between the mesogenic core and the terminal menthyl groups by reducing the steric effect. The homopolymer LCP exhibited a batonnet texture of a smectic A phase.

Use of Glass-Forming Liquid Crystal Materials for Electroluminescent Diodes

1996 ◽  
Vol 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Tsutsui ◽  
C. P. Lin ◽  
S. Saito ◽  
S. H. Chen ◽  
H. Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Molecular Complexes ◽  
Hole Transport ◽  
Crystalline Material ◽  
Dye Molecules ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Glass Forming ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Materials ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Material

AbstractSpin-coated thin films of cyclohexane-based liquid crystalline materials were used for the fabrication of electroluminescent diodes. Electroluminescence from single-component films of cyclohexane-based liquid crystalline materials was observed. Double component films composed of a cyclohexane-based liquid crystalline material and a conventional hole transport dye were shown to give improved electroluminescence performances, but emission was due to exciplexes composed of two components. Use of cyclohexane-based dye molecules was effective for suppressing the formation of inter-molecular complexes. The highest external quantum efficiency observed was 0.17%.

On resolving fine periodic microstructures in the optical microscope

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 364-365
Author(s):  
W.S. Putnam ◽  
C. Viney
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Numerical Aperture ◽  
Polarized Light ◽  
Normal Incidence ◽  
Optical Microscope ◽  
Angle Of Incidence ◽  
Resolution Limit ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Periodic Microstructures ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Materials

Many sheared liquid crystalline materials (fibers, films and moldings) exhibit a fine banded microstructure when observed in the polarized light microscope. In some cases, for example Kevlar® fiber, the periodicity is close to the resolution limit of even the highest numerical aperture objectives. The periodic microstructure reflects a non-uniform alignment of the constituent molecules, and consequently is an indication that the mechanical properties will be less than optimal. Thus it is necessary to obtain quality micrographs for characterization, which in turn requires that fine detail should contribute significantly to image formation.It is textbook knowledge that the resolution achievable with a given microscope objective (numerical aperture NA) and a given wavelength of light (λ) increases as the angle of incidence of light at the specimen surface is increased. Stated in terms of the Abbe resolution criterion, resolution improves from λ/NA to λ/2NA with increasing departure from normal incidence.

Designing Chemically Selective Liquid Crystalline Materials that Respond to Oxidizing Gases

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanqi Bao ◽  
Jake Gold ◽  
Tibor Szilvasi ◽  
Huaizhe Yu ◽  
Robert Twieg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computational Methods ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Soft Materials ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Materials ◽  
Chemically Selective ◽  
Kinetics Of

Computational methods can provide first-principles insights into the thermochemistry and kinetics of reactions at interfaces, but this capability has not been widely leveraged to design soft materials that respond selectively...

Orthoconic antiferroelectric liquid crystalline materials

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 655
Author(s):  
K. Czuprynski ◽  
J. Gasowska ◽  
M. Tykarska ◽  
P. Kula ◽  
E. Sokól ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Liquid Crystalline Materials
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