Photo-Embossed Surface Relief Structures with Improved Aspect Ratios and Their Applications in Liquid Crystal Devices

Photo-embossing has been developed as a convenient and economical method for creating complex surface relief structures in polymer films. The pursuit for large aspect ratios of the photo-embossed structures has never stopped. Here, we demonstrate a simple strategy to obtain improved aspect ratios by adding a quick solvent developing step into the photo-embossing process. A good solvent for the monomer is used to remove unreacted monomers from the unexposed region, resulting in deepened valleys of the surface reliefs. In a polymer film as thin as 2.5 µm, the height of the surface reliefs can be increased by a factor of three to around 1.0 µm. This strategy is also shown to be compatible with other methods used to improve the aspect ratios of the photo-embossed structures. Lastly, we employ these surface relief structures in the fabrication of liquid crystal (LC) devices and investigate their performances for visible light regulation.

Cilostazol-imprinted polymer film-coated electrode as an electrochemical chemosensor for selective determination of cilostazol and its active primary metabolite

An electrochemical chemosensor for cilostazol (CIL) determination was devised, engineered, and tested. For that, a unique conducting film of the functionalized thiophene-appended carbazole-based polymer, molecularly imprinted with cilostazol (MIP-CIL), was...

Зависимость электрической проводимости никель-саленовых полимеров от напряжения затвор-исток в электрохимическом транзисторе

For the first time, polymeric forms of the complexes N,N′-bis(salicylidene)ethylenediaminonickel(II) and N,N′-bis(3-methoxysalicylidene)ethylenediaminonickel(II) have been investigated as functional materials for the conducting channels of organic electrochemical transistors. The dependence of the electrical conductivity of the polymers on the electrolyte anion-doping level has been established. The polymer film conductivity versus gate voltage curve parameters have been shown to depend on the molecular structure of the complex and the nature of the electrolyte solvent.