• Journal of Information Display
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2011

To come up with a bistable liquid crystal (LC) device using unpolarized UV light, single-step laser patterning on a photoalignment layer using a photomask was proposed to achieve an equilibrium configuration of LC molecules in contact with a periodically patterned substrate. The patterns were formed by stripes of alternating random planar and homeotropic anchoring on a submicrometer scale in the order of $0.5{\mu}m$. Two possible configurations of bistable LC cells that can be obtained by combining a micropatterned surface formed with alternating random-planar- and homeotropic-alignment with planar- or homeotropic-alignment surfaces were proposed. The alignment properties of the two proposed models were investigated, along with the microscopic switching behavior of micropatterned nematic LC cells.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.286-290
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• 2018

We investigated the dependence of the retardation dispersion on the polarization direction of ultraviolet (UV) light during the photopolymerization of self-organized smectic reactive mesogen (RM) molecules. RM retarder film that was photopolymerized with UV light linearly polarized parallel to the layer plane showed negative dispersion (ND) of retardation for a wide range of UV polymerization temperatures. On the other hand, film that was photopolymerized with unpolarized UV light showed negative dispersion in a narrow range of UV polymerization temperatures. With a certain UV polymerization temperature, the dispersion of retardation was converted from positive to negative, depending on the UV polarization.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.545-548
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• 1999

The electro-optical characteristics of photo-aligned vertical-alignment (VA)-liquid crystal display (LCD) with non-polarized ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation of 45\`on homeotropic polyimide (Pl) surface were investigated. LC alignment on photo-aligned VA-LCD is attributed to photo-depolymerized reaction of the polymer with non-polarized UV light irradiation on PI surface. We had good voltage-transmittance (V-T) characteristics of photo-aligned VA-LCD. The response time of photo-aligned VA-LCD was slower than that of the rubbing-aligned VA-LCD. Finally, we suggest that the slow response time of photo-aligned VA-LCD depends on the LC domain.

• 폴리머
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.350-355
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• 2011

고분자의 주사슬에 광반응을 할 수 있는 phenyldiacryloyl 그룹을 가지고, 곁사슬에 액정분자와 비슷한 메조겐인 biphenyl을 에테르 결합을 통해서 도입된 가용성 광반응성 폴리아미드를 합성하였다. 합성된 폴리아미드 고분자는 0.65 dL/g의 대수점도를 가지며, 일반적인 코팅 방법으로 여러 기질의 표면에 잘 도포되는 성질을 보였다. 광반응성 폴리아미드 고분자의 화학 구조는 $^1H$ NMR과 Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectroscopy를 이용해서 확인하였다. 합성된 고분자의 유리전이온도는 $150^{\circ}C$까지 관측되지 않았으며, 열분해 온도는 $280^{\circ}C$로 관측되어, 열안정성이 높음을 확인하였다. 합성된 폴리아미드 고분자 박막을 비편광된 자외선을 노광시켜 노광하는 에너지에 따른 변화를 조사했을 때, 좋은 광반응성을 보였다. 광반응성 폴리아미드를 이용하여 선편광된 자외선을 노광하여 제작한 액정 셀 내에서, 액정분자들은 노광된 선편광 자외선의 electric vector 방향의 수직으로 배향되는 것이 관측되었으며, 이러한 현상은 선편광 자외선의 노광량에는 무관함을 보였다. 액정 셀 내에서 액정분자들의 pretilt angle은 선편광된 자외선의 노광량에 따라 약간의 차이를 보이며 $0.2^{\circ}$에서 $0.5^{\circ}$사이의 값을 보였다.