Abstract
Successful photoalignment of a mesostructured inorganic material synthesized through supramolecular templating of surfactants is performed via hierarchically relayed multiple transfer among heterointerfaces. The directional information possessed by linearly polarized light is initially captured by a latent photochromic monolayer and then fixed by a robust polymer. The photoaligned polymer film is eventually inherited to an oriented nucleation of a mesostructured surfactant/silica hybrid in the sol-gel polymerization.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2842-2844 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Chemistry of Materials |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 Jul 27 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Chemical Engineering(all)
- Materials Chemistry