Liquid Crystal Alignment Stability of Polyvinylcinnamate Photonslignment Layer

Polyvinylcinnamate 광배향막의 액정 배향 안정성

  • Lim Ji-Chul (LG. Philips LCD) ;
  • Choi Sie-Hyung (LG. Philips LCD) ;
  • Kim Whanki (Materials Research Center for Information Display, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim Sung Soo (Materials Research Center for Information Display, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Song Kigook (Materials Research Center for Information Display, Kyung Hee University)
  • Published : 2005.07.01

Abstract

Orientations of liquid crystal molecules on a surface of a film of photoreactive polyvinylcinnamate were investigated in order to apply as an alignment layer of LCD. When the polyvinylcinnamate film was exposed to linearly polarized W light, optical anisotropy was induced in the film through a selective photoreaction. Liquid crystal molecules on a surface of the film was aligned along the oriented polymer chain direction through intermolecular interactions. Thermal and light stability of the photoaligned LC cell were studied by investigating LC alignment changes after the alignment layer was treated with heat and W light. When the film was exposed with linearly polarized UV several times, the LC alignment was induced only along the final UV exposure direction.

LCD 배향막으로 응용하기 위하여 광반응성 polyvinylcinnamate 필름 위에서 액정 분자들의 배향에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 선편광 UV를 polyvinylcinnamate 필름에 노광하면 선택적인 광반응에 의하여 필름 내에 이방성이 형성되고, 필름 표면에 인접한 액정 분자는 고분자와 분자간 상호작용으로 고분자 배향 방향과 동일한 방향으로 늘어선다. 광배향막을 사용한 액정 셀의 열 및 빛에 대한 안정성은 배향막에 UV를 다시 노광하고 열을 가한 후 유도된 액정 배향 변화를 측정하여 조사하였다. 선편광 UV를 여러번 노광한 필름의 경우 처음 노광 방향에 관계없이 최종으로 노광한 편광 UV의 방향에 따라 액정 배향이 유도되었다.

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