• 폴리머
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.209-217
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• 2002

편광 푸리에 변환 적외선 분광법과 자외선 분광법을 이용하여 액정 display (LCD)의 배향막으로 널리 사용되는 폴리이미드 (PI) 필름의 편광 자외선 (PUV) 조사에 따른 액정의 배향 메카니즘을 연구하였다. UV 측정 결과, PI 필름은 360 nm 이하 파장의 자외선을 주로 흡수하여 광화학 반응이 유도됨을 알 수 있었다. 또한, PUV가 조사된 PI의 경우, PI 분자들의 분해로 인해 FT-IR 흡수 피크들의 강도가 조사시간에 따라 감소하였고, $3244 cm^{-1}$ 부근에서 완만한 곡선 형태의 새로운 피크가 형성되었다. 또한 조사된 PUV의 극성 방향에 평행한 PI 분자들의 우선적인 광분해 반응으로 인하여 PUV 조사 후 남아 있는 PI 분자들은 조사된 PUV 극성 방향과 수직 배향을 나타내었다. 하지만 러빙 처리된 PI 필름은 러빙 방향과 평행하게 PI 분자들의 재배향이 유도됨을 확인하였다. 또한 러빙 처리 및 PUV가 조사된 PI 배향막을 차용하여 제조된 액정 셀에서는 액정이 러빙 방향에 대해서는 평행하게, 조사된 PUV의 극성방향과는 수직으로 배향함을 확인하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.6
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• pp.520-521
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• 2005

To observe the orientation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) dispersed in nematic liquid crystal (NLC), CNT-doped homogeneously-aligned NLC cells driven by in-plane field was fabricated. The CNTs were aligned with a LC director in the initial state, whereas the CNTs disturbed the LC director above critical ac field. We observed motional textures in the form of vertical stripes in the local area between electrodes, which were associated with a deformation of the LC director orientation. This suggests that CNTs start to vibrate three dimensionally with translational motion. The hysteresis studies of voltage-dependent transmittance under dc electric field show that the amount of residual dc is greatly reduced due to ion trapping by CNT.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2006년도 6th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.838-841
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• 2006

Orientational alignment patterns proved that they are very useful for realizing diverse properties of liquid crystals. Here we tried to produce the patterns combining interfered laser light and double irradiations. A photo-isomerizable polymer doped with azo dye, which induce uniform liquid crystal alignment to the uniform laser irradiation, was used as the alignment layer. Double irradiations into two orthogonal directions brought the orientation patterns similar to the checkerboard. It indicates the possibility of bistability on those patterns.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2003

We have studied liquid crystal (LC) molecular alignment on rubbed and photoaligned surfaces. Particular attention was paid to the intermolecular liquid crystalline interaction. We will first show that uniform molecular orientation on a rubbed surface does not mean spatially uniform interaction between the surface and LC molecules. Rather LCs tend to align themselves through LC interaction. The existence of nonuniformity of rubbing was successfully visualized by double surface treatment. The importance of intermolecular LC interaction was also found in the orientation formation process in 5CB evaporated on rubbed and photoaligned surfaces. By simultaneously analyzing polarized UVNIS absorption and second-harmonic generation (SHG) using the maximum entropy method, we succeeded in obtaining the temporal variation of the orientational distribution functions in the film forming process. The distribution anisotropy and pretilt are found to be generated under the influence of intermolecular LC interaction.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2009년도 9th International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.879-882
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• 2009

A pixel isolation wall of liquid crystal display is fabricated by the anisotropic photoreaction of a cinnamate based prepolymer. The various oligomers containing a cinnamate moiety were synthesized and used for the formation of the pixel isolation wall. The anisotropic photoreaction of cinnamate moiety was closely related with the liquid crystal orientation at the polymer wall boundary.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.82-85
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• 2013

This paper introduces 6,13-bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl) pentacene (TIPS pentacene) doped liquid crystal (LC) alignment properties on a rubbed polyimide (PI) layer as a function of the doping concentration of TIPS pentacene. Pretilt angles, photomicrographs, and electro-optical properties of TIPS pentacene doped LCs were comparable to those of pure LCs. However, TIPS pentacene in a LC medium supported twisted nematic-liquid crystal displays (TN-LCDs) to improve electro-optical properties. The threshold voltages observed in the TN cells decreased as the TIPS pentacene concentration increased. In addition, suitable response times were observed in TN cells.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.357-360
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• 2019

We demonstrate an alignment technology using an imprinting process on an inorganic NiOx film. The aligned nanopattern was fabricated on a silicon wafer by laser interference lithography. The aligned nano pattern was then imprinted onto the sol-gel driven NiOx film using an imprinting process at an annealing temperature of $150^{\circ}C$. After the imprinting process, parallel grooves had been formed on the NiOx film. Atomic force microscopy and water contact angle measurements were performed to confirm the parallel groove on the NiOx film. The grooves caused liquid crystal alignment through geometric restriction, similar to grooves formed by the rubbing process on polyimide. The liquid crystal cell exhibited a pretilt angle of $0.2^{\circ}$, which demonstrated homogeneous alignment.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2007년도 7th International Meeting on Information Display 제7권1호
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• pp.493-495
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• 2007

Cinnamate groups are well-known for a dimerization reaction upon exposure to ultraviolet irradiation and a thermal reaction after being heated. In this study, to verify the thermal reaction of the cinnamate group in detail, we investigated the thermal crosslinking of cinnamate oligomers. The thermal reaction of cinnamate oligomers of low molecular weight is induced more readily by thermal energy compared with that of cinnamate polymers. The orientation of the liquid crystal depended on the length of the spacers in the cinnamate oligomers.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2005년도 하계학술발표회
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• pp.142-143
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• 2005

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.33-37
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 이온빔을 조사한 폴리스타일렌 기판에 일정강도의 이온빔을 조사한 경우에 발생되는 액정배향의 특성에 대해서 연구하였다. 폴리스타일렌은 기계적강도 및 절연성에서 액정표시소자의 배향막으로 사용되는 폴리이미드 계열의 대체 물질로서 주목받고 있으며, 특히 비접촉 배향에서의 가능성이 새롭게 평가되고 있는 소재이다. 이온빔을 조사하여 이방성을 발생시킨 박막의 표면에서의 액정배향상태를 편광현미경으로 관찰하고, 액정배향에 기여한 메커니즘의 규명을 위해서 XPS(X-ray photoelectron spetroscopy) 분석을 사용하였다. 분석한 결과 15초까지의 이온빔 조사는 액정의 배향을 유발하는 중요한 원인으로 작용함을 알 수 있었으며, 이온빔조사에 의한 액정의 배향방법은 고온안정성도 겸비하고 있는 것을 실험을 통해서 알 수 있었다.