• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.493-498
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• 2011

Reactive mesogens were used to prepare photo-cured liquid crystal films in which orientations of liquid crystal molecules were preserved by crosslinked networks of cured reactive mesogens. The molecular orientations of liquid crystal mixtures of photo-reative mesogens and non-reactive nematic liquid crystals were studied and compared before and after curing reactions. The effects of temperature and the amount of the non-reactive nematic liquid crystal in the mixture on birefringence of the liquid crystal films were investigated. It was found that optical compensation films with different birefringence could be prepared by controlling the amount of the nematic liquid crystals in the reactive mesogen mixtures.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1991.06a
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• pp.194-198
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• 1991

네마틱 액정셀에 사각전압펄스를 가하며 액정의 splay 변형시간을 조사하였다. 광학적 방법으로 복굴절 신호의 오름시간과 네팀시간을 측정하였으며 외부전압과 두께를 변화시키면서 신호 형태와 반응시간의 변화를 관찰하였다. 그 결과는 Leslie-Ericksen의 식으로 근사적으로 분석할 수 있으며 이로부터 점성 계수를 구할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.85-88
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• 2004

광 정보 처리 특성을 극대화하기 위해 실시간 동작이 가능한 공간 광 변조기를 사용하며 그중 액정 화면은 기존의 공간 광 변조기에 비해 가격이 저렴하고 특히 꼬인 네마틱 액정 화면 공간 광 변조기는 전기 신호에 따라 광을 변조 할 수 있다는 원리에 의해 여러 가지 이론과 설계 방법이 연구되었으며 기본 매개 변수들을 효과적으로 계산하는 방법이 계속 발표되었다. 본 논문에서는 원형 편광 된 광을 꼬인 네마틱 결정을 갖는 공간 광 변조기에 투사 시켜서 검광기에 통과한 세기 분포를 관찰하여 이상 굴절 축의 회전 방향을 결정하는 방법을 제안하였으며, 존스 행렬을 사용하여 수학적 타당성을 부여하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.32-34
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 액정디스플레이의 전기광학특성 분석에 사용되고 있는 두 가지 모델링 방법인 벡터접근법과 텐서접근법에서, 각각의 지배방정식을 시뮬레이션 함으로써 두 접근법의 결과를 비교 및 분석하였다. 이를 위하여 1차원적 시뮬레이션과 함께 측면전장효과 및 disclination line등의 영향을 모두 고려하기 위해 3차원적 액정분자배열 분포를 동일한 조건에 대하여 시뮬레이션 하였다. 두 접근방법에 대한 동적 특성은 단위화소 내의 국부 점에서 많은 차이를 보임을 확인하였으며, 이에 따라 네마틱액정의 방향자에 대한 네마틱 대칭성이 고려된 텐서접근법이 물리적으로 의미가 있으며 실제 현상도 명확하게 설명할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.123-123
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• 2000

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.161-168
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• 2008

We propose a novel bistable nematic liquid crystal cell, which has a dual-frequency liquid crystal material and pixel-isolating polymer wall formed by an anisotropic phase separation of a mixture of liquid crystals and UV-curable pre-polymers. The proposed cell has two stable states of left- and right-handed ${\pi}$-twist. The switching between the two states is achieved by using a sequential waveform of low and high frequencies. A transmissive bistable liquid crystal display is designed, which achieves high contrast ratio by using the proposed cell and optical films.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1988.06a
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• pp.23-23
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• 1988

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.133-134
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• 2007

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.116-125
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• 2010

The thermotropic liquid crystalline behavior of the homologous series of combined-type liquid crystalline polymers, tri-O-{4-(4'-cyanophenylazo)phenoxy}alkyl celluloses (CACETn, where n, the number of methylene units in the spacer, is 2~10) have been investigated. The CACETn with n of 5 and 7 exhibited enantiotropic nematic phases, while other polymers showed monotropic nematic phases. The isotropic-nematic transition temperature($T_{iN}$) increased when n is increased up to 4, but it decreased with increasing n more than 5. The entropy change at $T_{iN}$ also reaches a minimum at n=5, before it increases again for n=6. The sharp change at n=5 may be attributed to the difference in arrangement in the side groups. The nematic-crystalline transition temperatures, in contrast with $T_{iNS}$, exhibited a distinct odd-even effect, suggesting that the average shape of the side chains in the crystalline phase is different from that in the nematic phase. The mesophase properties of CACETn were significantly different from those reported for tri-O-alkyl celluloses and poly[1-{4-(4'-cyanophenylazo)phenoxyalkyloxy}ethylene]s. The results were discussed in terms of the difference in the chemical structures of the main and side chains and the number of the mesogenic units per repeating unit.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.603-611
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• 2009

Thermotropic liquid crystalline behavior of a homologous series of penta-O-4-{4'-(cyanophenylazo)phenoxy}alkyl-D-glucopyranoses(CAGETn, n = 2~10, the number of methylene units in the spacer) has been investigated. The CAGETn with n of 2 and 7 exhibited enantiotropic nematic phases whereas other derivatives showed monotropic nematic phases. This is the first report of glucose derivatives that form thermotropic nematic phases. The isotropic-nematic transition temperatures ($T_{iNS}$) of CAGETns and their entropy variation at $T_{iN}$ showed the odd-even effect as a function of n. This behavior was rationalized in terms of the change in the average shape of the side chains as the parity of the spacer is varied. This rationalization also accounts for the observed variation of nematic-crystalline phase transition temperatures ($T_{NkS}$) and associoated entropy change at $T_{Nk}$. The entropy change at $T_{iN}$ or $T_{Nk}$ reaches a mininum at n = 3, before it increases again for n = 4. This may be attributed to the difference in the arrangement of the side groups. The mesophase properties of CAGETns were entirely different from those reported for partially or fully alkylated glucopyranoses. This result suggests that the degree of substitution and chemical structure of the substituents play an important role in the formation of the mesophase structures in the liquid crystals.