Abstract
Molecular alignment enhancement phenomenon of polymer formed from a liquid crystal monomer in a liquid crystal solvent was reported. The sandwiched monomer film was illuminated with infrared, linearly polarized light from a semiconductor laser. It was found that a highly aligned polymer could be obtained by polymerizing a liquid crystalline monomer in a heated liquid crystal solvent. The anisotropy in the polymer alignment was three times greater than that of a nematic-phase monomer or polymer.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1622-1624 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 Mar 10 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)