121st General Meeting of the KCS

Type Poster Presentation
Area Polymer Chemistry
Room No. Event Hall
Time 4월 20일 (금요일) 11:00~12:30
Code POLY.P-19
Subject The Vertical Alignment of Liquid Crystals by Self-Assembled Fullerene Surfactant Monolayer
Authors Jahyeon Koo, Kwang-Un Jeong*
Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Tech, Chonbuk National University, Korea
Abstract We newly synthesized a fullerene nanosurfactant (FCBN) for the vertical alignment of liquid crystals. From microscopic observations, it was realized that the vertical alignment of the host LC molecules was automatically induced by doping a small amount of FCBN into the host LC. Because of self-assembly and phase separation, the vertical alignment of liquid crystals was induced. Electro-optical switching behavior and surface anchoring energy were further investigated by using the FCBN doped LC cell. This work was supported by BK21 Plus program, the BRL 2015042417, Mid-Career Researcher Program (2016R1A2B2011041).
E-mail kjh2496@jbnu.ac.kr