Photoalignment Layers for Liquid Crystals from the Di-π-methane Rearrangement

Photoalignment Layers for Liquid Crystals from the Di-π-methane Rearrangement

Photoalignment of nematic liquid crystals is demonstrated using a di-π-methane rearrangement of a designed polymer. The alignment mechanism makes use of the strong coupling of the liquid crystal directors to dibenzobarrelene groups. The large structural changes that accompany photoisomerization effe...

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Main Authors: Cox, Jason R. (Contributor), Simpson, Jeffrey H. (Contributor), Swager, Timothy Manning (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor), Swager, Timothy M. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS), 2014-01-31T16:26:19Z.
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