Citation
Rb. Lu et al., LIQUID-CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT USING NAPHTHALOCYANINE LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS, Physics letters. A, 231(3-4), 1997, pp. 289-293
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
231
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
289 - 293
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1997)231:3-4<289:LAUNL>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Both odd and even numbers of layer of silicon naphthalocyanine Langmui
r-Blodgett films can align nematic liquid crystal molecules perpendicu
lar to the substrates. An atomic force microscope (AFM) was used to ob
serve the morphology of the Langmuir-Blodgett monolayer. The alignment
mechanism seems mainly connected with Van der Waal's forces and the m
olecular scale ''grooves''. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.