Structured, photosensitive PVK and PVCN polymer layers for control of liquid crystal alignment

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-555

  Kaczmarek, Malgosia ^a   Dyadyusha, Andriy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Microstructure fabrication; Optics at surfaces; Photoconductive materials; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYMERS;

CRYSTAL REORIENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT; LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES; MICROSTRUCTURE FABRICATION; OPTICS AT SURFACE; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; POLY(VINYL-CINNAMATE); VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 1042279185     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021886350300164X     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. I. C. Khoo, Liquid Crystals: Physical Properties and Nonlinear Optical Phenomena (Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1995).
2. O. Francescangeli, S. Slussarenko, F. Simoni, D. Andrienko, V. Reshetnyak and Y. Reznikov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1855 (1999).
3. G. P. Wiederrecht, Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 31, 139 (2001).
4. P. Pagliusi and G. Cipparone, J. Appl. Phys. 92, 4863 (2002); 93, 9116 (2003).
5. P. Pagliusi and G. Cipparone, J. Appl. Phys. 92, 4863 (2002); 93, 9116 (2003).
6. D. Voloshchenko, A. Khyzhnyak, Y. Reznikov and V. Reshetnyak, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 34, 566 (1995).
7. W. M. Gibbons, P. J. Shannon, S.-T. Sun and B. J. Swetlin, Nature (London) 351, 49 (1991).
8. F. Simoni and O. Francescangeli, J. Phys.: Condens. Mat. 11, R439 (1999).
9. S.-T. Sun and W. M. Gibbons, Appl. Phys. Lett. 65, 2542 (1994).
10. H. G. Galabova and D. W. Allender, J. Chem. Phys. Rev. E55, 1627 (1997).
11. S. Perny, P. Le Barny, J. Delaire, Th. Buffeteau, C. Sourisseau, I. Dozov, S. Forget and P. Martinot-Lagard, Liq. Cryst. 27, 329 (2000).
12. I. Gerus, A. Glushchenko, S.-B. Kwon, V. Reshetnyak and Y. Reznikov, Liq. Cryst. 28, 1709 (2001).
13. H. Ono and N. Kawatsuki, Appl. Phys. Lett. 71, 1162 (1997).
14. S. Bartkiewicz, K. Matczyszyn, A. Miniewicz and F. Kajzar, Opt. Commun. 187, 257 (2001).
15. J. Zhang and K. D. Singer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2948 (1998).
16. J. Mun, Ch.-S. Yoon, H.-W. Kim, S.-A. Choi and J.-D. Kim, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 1933 (2001).
17. J. M. Pearson, "Vinyliquid crystalarbazole polymers" in Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering (Wiley, New York, 1989).
18. W. E. Moerner, Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci. 27, 585 (1997); Chem. Phys. Lett. 291, 553 (1998).
19. W. E. Moerner, Annu. Rev. Mater. Sci. 27, 585 (1997); Chem. Phys. Lett. 291, 553 (1998).
20. S. Bartkiewicz, A. Miniewicz, F. Kajzar and M. Zagorska, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 322, 9 (1998).
21. T. Ya. Marusiy, Yu. A. Reznikov, V. Yu. Reshetnyak, M. S. Soskin and A. I. Khizhnyak, JETP 64, 502 (1986).
22. J. Stöhr and M. G. Samant, J. Electron. Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 98-99, 189 (1999).
23. G. Bauer, V. Witter and D. Berreman, Phys. Lett. A56, 143 (1976).
24. D. Wright, M. A. Dyaz-Garcya, J. D. Casperson, M. DeClue, W. E. Moerner and R. J. Twieg, Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 1490 (1998).
25. A. Dyadyusha, M. Kaczmarek and S. Slussarenko, Proc. OLC 2003 Conf. France 2003, submitted.