Citation
Lf. Yan et al., Ethyl cellulose films as alignment layers for liquid crystals, J APPL POLY, 82(11), 2001, pp. 2770-2774
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00218995
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Volume
82
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
2770 - 2774
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8995(200112)82:11<2770:ECFAAL>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Films were formed by coating hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) or ethyl cellulo
se (EC) with different kinds of solvents at high coating speeds and thin co
ating thicknesses. These films were used as alignment layers for liquid cry
stals. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and polarizing optical microscopy (POM
) were used to identify the banded texture structure of the films. The alig
nments of a nematic liquid crystal 5CB droplet on those films were observed
by POM. Further, a novel cycle disclination line was recorded and studied.
(C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.