Langmuir films of flexible polymers transferred to aqueous/liquid crystal interfaces induce uniform azimuthal alignment of the liquid crystal

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-135

  Kinsinger, Michael I ^a   Buck, Maren E ^b   Meli, Maria Victoria ^a   Abbott, Nicholas L ^a   Lynn, David M ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Interfaces; Langmuir Schaefer; Liquid crystals; Polymer; Uniform alignment

Indexed keywords

AIR INTERFACE; AMPHIPHILIC POLYMERS; AQUEOUS PHASIS; CRYSTAL INTERFACES; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; IN-PLANE ALIGNMENT; INTERFACES; LANGMUIR FILMS; LANGMUIR-SCHAEFER; LANGMUIRS; LONG RANGE ORDERS; LONG-RANGE ORDERING; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; POLY(VINYL STEARATE); POLYMER BACKBONES; POLYMER CHAINS; SIDE CHAINS; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION; UNIFORM ALIGNMENT;

ALIGNMENT; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ESTERS; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE INTERFACES; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THIN FILMS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

4 CYANO 4' PENTYLBIPHENYL; AMPHOPHILE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; POLY(2 VINYL 4,4' DIMETHYLAZLACTONE); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLY(VINYL STEARATE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LANGMUIR SCHAEFER FILM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PHASE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 70350620961     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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