聚酰亚胺膜上液晶表面锚定强度的研究

研究了取向剂聚酰亚胺上摩擦强度与液晶的表面锚定强度的关系,分析了液晶的表面锚定强度与液晶分子表面预倾角的关系,并运用空间相互作用模型及表面沟槽理论进行了对比分析,认为液晶分子的表面排列机理主要是聚合物与液晶分子的空间相互作用力。 关键词：     

原子力显微镜观测聚酰亚胺聚合链结构

应用ＬＢ成膜技术，将聚酰胺酸和十六胺在溶剂中混合制成单分子膜，并沉积到新解理的高取向热解石黑衬底上，然后用原子力显微镜（ＡＦＭ）观测其微结构。观察到聚酰亚胺聚合链分子的在空间排列的各种构象，经定标测定：实验结构参数与用分子动力学在理论上的估算值相吻合，证明了所观测到的ＡＦＭ图象的真实性。     

5,10,15,20-四-(4-十六烷基吡啶基)卟啉LB膜结构的研究

研究了两亲性卟啉５,１０,１５,２０－四－（４－十六烷基吡啶基）卟啉溴化物在气－液界面上的成膜性能,制备了其ＬＢ膜。用扫描隧道显微镜和ＵＶ－Ｖｉｓ光谱,荧光光谱,小角Ｘ射线衍射等实验方法研究了ＬＢ膜的形貌和卟啉大环分子在ＬＢ膜中的排列、取向和分子间的相互作用。结果表明,制备的ＬＢ膜结构均匀,性能稳定,在ＬＢ膜内,脂肪链并不是直立的,卟啉分子大环几乎平躺在基片上。     

卟啉LB膜的分子取向,形貌和膜厚度研究

研究了５，１０，１５，２０－四（对－山嵛酸乙酯－α－氧代苯基）卟啉分子在气液罪肌的成膜性，制备了该化合物的多层ＬＢ膜，研究了分子中不同的基团在ＬＢ膜中的取向，观测了ＬＢ膜的形貌和厚度，利用偏振ＵＶ－Ｖｉｓ和偏振ＦＴ－ＩＲ谱测定了分子内卟啉环和脂链取代基的取向，结果表明卟啉面法线和脂缝线与载片线间的夹角分别为３７°和２７°，利用ＴＥＭ观测了ＬＢ膜的形貌和厚度，结果表明ＬＢ膜表面均匀，单层厚度大约为２     

聚合物LB膜定向铁电液晶的特性

利用新近合成的聚酰亚胺ＬＢ膜定向铁电液晶分子,通过原子力显微镜对经不同亚胺化温度处理的聚酰亚胺ＬＢ膜进行扫描探测,发现相应的ＬＢ膜具有不同的形貌结构,认为高温亚胺化的ＬＢ膜可以提高较高的势垒,这为铁电液晶双稳记忆性的出现提供了可能,而ＬＢ膜的超薄特性有利于开关过程中表面聚积电荷的中和与释放,保证了器件优良的双稳记忆性的最终获得以及微秒量级快速响应的实现。     

LB膜技术在液晶取向中的应用

本文以ＬＢ膜技术研究了向列相液晶的取向机理。选择了四种不同金属的可溶性酞菁化合物ＭＰｃ－Ｒ４作为取向材料，拉制成ＬＢ膜，诱导向列相正性液晶Ｅ－７。通过对菁酞ＬＢ膜的表征和液晶取向及电光性能的研究，认为液晶的取向是由分子间的相互作用力决定的。     

红外透过、反射吸收光谱研究手性液晶(M1)LB膜的结构与取向

利用ＦＴＩＲ光谱研究了一种手性液晶化合物（Ｍ１）ＬＢ膜的结构与取向,该化合物可以形成稳定的单层与多层膜。手性分子中,芳香环平面向于垂直基片表面,分子中的烷基链部分则与基底表面法线方向成一定的角度。     

液晶显示用取向材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯的光控取向研究

通过实验研究了光聚合物材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯（ＣＥＭＣ）的光化学反应过程, 以及对液晶材料ＬＣ－６７１０Ａ 的取向能力． 通过原子力显微镜（ＡＦＭ）观察了取向层表面在光化学反应前后的变化, 测量了光控取向膜液晶盒中液晶分子的预倾角及单面光控取向扭曲向列液晶显示器（ＴＮＬＣＤ）的电光特性和时间响应特性曲线, 研究了液晶分子排列取向的机理．     

用于液晶取向的掺偶氮类染料的光诱导取向膜

介绍了一种使用聚酰亚胺和偶氮类染料进行液晶光诱导取向技术,深入研究了代号为SY04包含两个偶氮基团的新偶氮类染料.通过对取向膜偏振吸收光谱的分析,讨论了这种混合材料光诱导取向机理.由于聚酰亚胺良好的成膜性使得这种光诱导取向膜具有很好的稳定性,偶氮类染料的引入使得液晶表面取向更加有序,从而获得了响应快速,电光特性优良的液晶盒.这种取向膜材料同时具有很好的热稳定性及抗紫外稳定性.     

羟基卟啉衍生物LB膜的紫外可见光谱表征

研究了两种具有两条脂链的羟基卟啉在气液界面上的成膜性能及其ＬＢ膜。ＵＶ－Ｖｉｓ光谱表明,两种卟啉在ＬＢ膜中的聚集态不同,卟啉环上脂链和羟基呈对称了代时形成Ｊ－聚体,呈同侧取代时形成氢键聚集体。利用偏振ＵＶ－Ｖｉｓ吸收谱测定了ＬＢ膜中卟啉环的取向。结果表明,侧链和羟基的相对位置对环的取向没有影响,但影响膜中平均分子截面积的大小和环间的距离,因而影响膜中分子的聚集态。     

聚合物网络稳定液晶的电光偏振片

制备了一种散射偏振片,它是由非晶态单体形成的聚合物网络、向列液晶和涂有聚酰亚胺的ＩＴＯ玻璃基板组成。聚酰亚胺被反向平行摩擦,液晶分子则沿摩擦方向取向,并被单体形成的网络所稳定。根据聚合物网络液晶的电光特性可知。入射偏振光束被散射或透射相应地取决于其偏振方向平行还是生趣于基板的摩擦方向。平行时,光的散射强度通过电场可被强烈地调节;垂直时,光的透过率很高,几乎不依赖施加的电场。这种偏振器件具有低的驱动     

萘酞菁LB膜取向液晶研究

利用二(3-叔丁基硅氧基)萘酞菁硅 (SiNc) Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) 膜对丝状液晶的定向进行了研究,发现在不同膜压下沉积的SiNc LB膜具有不同的定向效果.在15mN/m低膜压下沉积的LB膜上丝状液晶主要呈沿膜面水平排列,而30mN/m高膜压下沉积的LB膜则取垂直膜面取向.原子力显微镜(AFM)对相应的LB单层膜和多层膜进行的分子尺度上的形貌研究发现,高膜压条件下SiNc分子以分离的单体或聚集体形式非连续地在基片上呈线性堆积排列,形成一定的分子“纳米线”,并且大环平面垂直于基片 关键词：     

表面摩擦处理对全息聚合物分散液晶光栅电光特性的影响

为了提高全息聚合物分散液晶光栅的衍射效率并降低其驱动电压,改善光栅的电光特性,研究了表面平行摩擦取向对全息聚合物分散液晶光栅电光特性的影响.理论分析认为,改善相分离结构和降低液晶微滴之间的有序度差异是优化光栅电光特性的根本所在.由于进行表面取向处理后的液晶和单体之间达到扩散匹配,使得相分离的程度大幅提高,在衍射能力增强的同时驱动电压也实现了大幅下降,而且,表面取向作用也使光栅内的液晶分子均匀排列,降低了液晶微滴之间的有序度差异,从而减少了光栅的散射损失.实验结果表明:进行取向处理后的光栅其衍射效率由传统光 关键词： 全息聚合物分散液晶 衍射效率 驱动电压     

液晶表面锚定能的温度依赖性研究

通过测量扭曲液晶盒中的液晶分子的实际扭曲角及摩擦方向与液晶分子的界面指向矢之间的方位偏角，用自行建立的液晶方位表面锚定能的测量方法，测定了５ＣＢ液晶与摩擦的聚酰亚胺界面的锚定能及其温度依赖性，并用热力学理论进行了分析．实验结果表明，随着温度的增加液晶的表面锚定能Ｅ_ａ是减小的，从２５.５℃时的５.０×１０^－5Ｊ／ｍ²减小到３５℃时的５.０×１０^－6Ｊ／ｍ²；同时，外推长度ｄ_e随 关键词：     

AFM investigation of polymer LB films on the alignment of ferroelectric liquid crystal

A kind of newly synthesized polyimide (PI) LB films were fabricated to align ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC). The topologies of PI LB films treated by different imidization processes were investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM). It is found that the imidization temperature influences the crystalline structure of the LB films and high-temperature imidized LB films can provide the energy barrier for the realization of excellent bistability, while the ultra-thinness of LB films is helpful for the quick response of the FLC cell.     

Spectral features of impurity luminescence in uniaxial polymer films and nematic glasses

A study is conducted of the static shift and the splitting of the photoluminescence and electroluminescence polarized bands of uniaxial impurity molecules, embedded into uniaxial polymer films with axial or in-plane orientation of the impurity subsystem or into the vitreous phase of a nematic liquid crystal. Dependences of the band shift and the splitting on the type of alignment of impurity molecules, the polarization of transition moments in absorption and emission, and the host-impurity anisotropic interactions of different ranks are established. For both types of host matrices, characteristic features of orientational statistics of impurity molecules at a high degree of orientation ordering are studied. These features are revealed in a qualitative difference between the dependences of positions and splittings of polarized impurity fluorescence bands on the order parameter of the impurity molecules axially ordered in stretched polymer films and relevant dependences in nematic glasses. Specific features of the polarized impurity-related photoluminescence and electroluminescence in the matrices under study, observed experimentally, are interpreted.     

Azimuthal anchoring energy at the interface between a nematic liquid crystal and a PTFE substrate

The azimuthal anchoring energy of the nematic liquid crystal 4-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenil (5CB) on a poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (teflon, PTFE) film is measured for the first time. The PTFE film is deposed using the Wittmann and Smith technique which consists on rubbing a bar of this polymer against a glass substrate at a controlled temperature and pressure. Measurements of the azimuthal anchoring energy are made with a reflectometric technique which provides high accuracy and sensitivity. The dependence of the azimuthal anchoring energy on temperature and on the rubbing pressure is investigated. The extrapolation length remains virtually constant in the whole temperature range of the nematic phase except for an increase of 25% close to the clearing temperature. The azimuthal anchoring energy is somewhat strong and increases with increasing the deposition pressure of PTFE. The observation of a relevant pre-transitional anisotropy of the reflection coefficients in the isotropic phase proves that the surface interactions favor an excess of orientational order. Ageing of the anchoring energy and gliding of the easy axis are experimentally observed. Both these phenomena suggest the presence of an anisotropic adsorbed layer of nematic molecules on the PTFE film.     

Static and dynamic electro-optic properties of a SmC* phase in surface stabilized geometry and dispersed in the polymer matrix

Comparative electro-optical measurements have been made on a ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) in surface stabilized geometry and confined to an ellipsoidal cavity within a polymer matrix. The static and dynamic electro-optical characteristics were measured for both systems and show qualitatively similar behaviours. A fast switching and important bistability were observed and characterized as a function of the applied electric field strength. The switching time between the two stable states of the surface stabilized cell was found to be longer than that found for the composite films. We argue that the faster switching dynamic of the FLC in cavities is due to the enhance of the rotational mobility of the molecules, probably (and partly) because of the soft anchoring character of the molecules at the cavity walls. Using a collective switching model in the high field regime, which assume a linear coupling between the spontaneous polarization and the local cavity electric field, we give an estimate of the rotational viscosity of the FLC molecules in the droplets.Received: 5 October 2003, Published online: 5 February 2004PACS: 61.30.Pq Microconfined liquid crystals: droplets, cylinders, randomly confined liquid crystals, polymer dispersed liquid crystals, and porous systems - 61.30.Hn Surface phenomena: alignment, anchoring, anchoring transitions, surface-induced layering, surface-induced ordering, wetting, prewetting transitions, and wetting transitions - 77.80.Fm Switching phenomena     

Photo-orientation at liquid crystal—polymer interfaces

It is suggested that liquid crystal—polymer interfaces are coupled systems, in which the components mutually influence the orientational state of each other. The photo-orientation process at liquid crystal-polymer interfaces provides a striking example of such a coupling. Experiments show that the anisotropic structure generated by polarised light at a polymer surface is strongly affected by the phase of the liquid crystal covering the polymer. Photo-orientation is significantly more efficient when the liquid crystal is in the isotropic phase than when it exhibits orientational order. The observations are interpreted by assuming that in the smectic and nematic phases the liquid crystal stabilises to a large extent polymer chain-segments aligned parallel to the director, while it blocks the photo-induced formation of chain-segments in the perpendicular direction. Other situations, in which the coupling between the liquid crystal and the polymer can be important, are also discussed briefly.