TY - JOUR
T1 - Polar anchoring energy measurement of photoaligned nematic liquid crystal on nanodimensional chalcogenide glass films
AU - Gelbaor Kirzhner, Miri
AU - Kumar, Tatipamula Arun
AU - Chaudhary, Ashok
AU - Klebanov, Matvey
AU - Abdulhalim, Ibrahim
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was partially supported by the Binational Science Foundation ( BSF ) ( 2012123 ) in collaboration with Prof. Satyen Kumar group at Kent State University. We are thankful to Prof. Kumar for valuable discussions.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - The polar anchoring energy of nematic liquid crystals on nanodimensional films of chalcogenide glasses irradiated with linearly polarized visible light is measured using the optical retardation at high electric field method. It is found that the polar anchoring energy is increasing with irradiation time and comparable to that reported using other UV photoalignment polymers. Together with the fact that this is a solid transparent photoalignment layer, can be deposted in large area and on curved surfaces, photoconductive, and can be patterned, the hybrid liquid crystal devices have a great potential in displays and other photonic applications.
AB - The polar anchoring energy of nematic liquid crystals on nanodimensional films of chalcogenide glasses irradiated with linearly polarized visible light is measured using the optical retardation at high electric field method. It is found that the polar anchoring energy is increasing with irradiation time and comparable to that reported using other UV photoalignment polymers. Together with the fact that this is a solid transparent photoalignment layer, can be deposted in large area and on curved surfaces, photoconductive, and can be patterned, the hybrid liquid crystal devices have a great potential in displays and other photonic applications.
KW - AsS
KW - Chalcogenide glass
KW - High electric field method
KW - Liquid crystal device
KW - Photoalignment
KW - Polar anchoring energy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.02.088
DO - 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.02.088
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85042946783
SN - 0167-7322
VL - 267
SP - 182
EP - 186
JO - Journal of Molecular Liquids
JF - Journal of Molecular Liquids
ER -