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Synthesis and Characterization of a Tetrathiafulvalene-Based Polymer

  • Lee, Se-Hyun;Wang, Lei;Hwang, Seok-Ho;Lee, Myong-Hoon;Jeong, Kwang-Un
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.1451-1456
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    • 2012
  • A novel tetrathiafulvalene (TTF)-based main-chain polymer (6TTF-polymer) was successfully synthesized via a condensation polymerization between a newly synthesized dihydroxy TTF derivative and a malonyl chloride, and its chemical structure was characterized by spectroscopic techniques. Molecular weight of the 6TTF-polymer (9,030 g/mol by gel permeation chromatography) was large enough to form the ductile film. The electrochemical and optical properties of the 6TTF-polymer were further estimated by cyclic voltammetry, ultraviolet and photoluminescence spectroscopes. The highest occupied molecular orbital level ($E_{HOMO}$=-4.79 eV) and band-gap energy ($E_g$=1.91 eV) of the 6TTF-polymer suggested that TTF-based polymer could act as a good electron donating material for the optoelectronic applications.

Frustration of Rod-Disc Molecule in Reorientation under Vertical Electric Field

  • Jung, Jun-Ho;Ha, Kyung-Su;Chae, Mi-Na;Park, Seul-Ki;Song, Eun-Gyoung;Lee, Myong-Hoon;Jeong, Kwang-Un;Lee, Seung-Hee
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.610-613
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    • 2009
  • New rod-disc liquid crystal (LC) molecule RD12 (12 is the number of carbon atoms between the rod and disc mesogenic liquid crystals) was synthesized via the chemical attachment of six cyanobiphenly calamitic mesogens linked to the triphenyl discotic mesogen with six alkyl chain linkage. Aligning characteristics associated with homogenous alignment is investigated at first and then field-dependent molecular reorientation under a vertical electric field is studied. Interestingly, they show abnormal slow molecular transition from initiate state (no electric field condition) to certain voltage. In this condition, we observe the molecular competition during reorientation. However, once a tilting direction of disk molecules are defined, the frustration is not observed anymore. The origin of this phenomenon is explained with a suggested model for the first time.

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Novel Processing Technology of Nanocomposites Using supercritical fluid

  • Hong, Young-Ki;Lee, Hyun-Jung;Lee, Sang-Soo;Park, Min;Kim, Jun-Kyung;Lim, Soon-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.215-215
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    • 2006
  • The cyclic butylene terephthalte oligomer was synthesized and the composition of butylenes terephthalate cyclic oligomers was 51.2 % of dimer, 28.1 % of trimer, 7.9 % of tetramer, 8 % of pentamer and 4.8% of hexamer. Polybuthylene terephthalate was polymerized using this cyclic oligomer in the condition of melt process and supercritical process. And PBT/clay nanocomposite were manu- factured from melt process and supercritical process. Chlorodifluoro- methane(HCFC-22) was used as a solvent which has critical point ($Tc=96.2^{\circ}C$, Pc=49.7bar). Also polymer nanocomposite were manufactured using rapid expansion of supercritical solution process.

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Realization of Optically Compensated Bend State using Surface Polymer Stabilization

  • Jeon, E.J.;Kang, B.G.;Kwon, D.W.;Lim, Y.J.;Lee, M.H.;Lee, S.H.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.657-660
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    • 2009
  • Optically compensated bend (OCB) mode has intrinsic characteristics such as wide viewing angle and fast response time. However, in order to operate the OCB mode in bend state, this device needs quick transitions from the initial splay state to bend state. In this paper, we proposed OCB mode with initially bend state using reactive mesogen (RM) monomer for surface polymer stabilization. The device shows continuous reorientation of the LC with applied field and a very fast response time.

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X-Ray Scattering Studies on Molecular Structures of Star and Dendritic Polymers

  • Jin, Sang-Woo;Jin, Kyeong-Sik;Yoon, Jin-Hwan;Heo, Kyu-Young;Kim, Je-Han;Kim, Kwang-Woo;Ree, Moon-Hor;Higashihara, Tomoya;Watanabe, Takumi;Hirao, Akira
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.16 no.8
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    • pp.686-694
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    • 2008
  • We studied the molecular shapes and structural characteristics of a 33-armed, star polystyrene (PS-33A) and two $3^{rd}$-generation, dendrimer-like, star-branched poly(methyl methacrylate)s with different architectures (pMMA-G3a and PMMA-3Gb) and 32 end-branches under good solvent and theta ($\Theta$) solvent conditions by using synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The SAXS analyses were used to determine the structural details of the star PS and dendrimer-like, star-branched PMMA polymers. PS-33A had a fuzzy-spherical shape, whereas PMMA-G3a and PMMA-G3b had fuzzy-ellipsoidal shapes of similar size, despite their different chemical architectures. The star PS polymer's arms were more extended than those of linear polystyrene. Furthermore, the branches of the dendrimer-like, star-branched polymers were more extended than those of the star PS polymer, despite having almost the same number of branches as PS-33A. The differences between the internal chain structures of these materials was attributed to their different chemical architectures.

Viewing Angle Switching using Hybrid Aligned Nematic Liquid Crystal Display Driven by a Fringe-Field

  • Chin, Mi-Hyung;Jeong, Eun;Lim, Young-Jin;Kim, Jin-Ho;Srivastava, Anoop Kumar;Lee, Seung-Hee
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.1386-1389
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    • 2008
  • Conventional viewing angle switching electrode requires pixel division and additional liquid crystal panel. Hence the conventional viewing angle switching has low aperture ratio and high thickness. In this paper we proposed new viewing angle switching using hybrid aligned nematic mode by fringe-field electrode field (named HAN-FFS) with single liquid crystal panel. The fringe-field switching electrode is located at the bottom, and the additional common electrode is located at the top of the cell to control viewing angle. The proposed device is free from additional liquid crystal panel and pixel division. Consequently, the suggested structure has not only high aperture ratio but also show an excellent potential for viewing angle switching.

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