LIQUID-CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT ON POLYIMIDE LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS PREPARED ON A NEWLY DESIGNED LANGMUIR TROUGH USING A FLOWING SUBPHASE

Authors
ZHU YM LU ZH QIAN F YANG XM WEI Y
Citation
Ym. Zhu et al., LIQUID-CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT ON POLYIMIDE LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS PREPARED ON A NEWLY DESIGNED LANGMUIR TROUGH USING A FLOWING SUBPHASE, Applied physics letters, 63(25), 1993, pp. 3432-3433
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
63
Issue
25
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3432 - 3433
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1993)63:25<3432:LAOPLP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Nematic and smectic liquid crystals are homogeneously aligned on polyi mide Langmuir-Blodgett films prepared by horizontal lifting on a novel Langmuir trough using a flowing subphase. Atomic force microscopy obs ervation of the polymer monolayer deposited on graphite reveals that t he polymer chains are elongated and aligned in the flow direction. Thu s the alignment may act through the orientation of polyimide molecules .