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[P1-85]
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Title:Patterned Polymer Networks Formed in Nematic Liquid Crystals
Vijay Kumar Baliyan, Sudarshan Kundu, Vineet Kumar, Seung Hee Lee, and Shin-Woong Kang (Chonbuk Nat'l Univ., Korea)
Abstract: We have investigated patterned polymer networks formed by using photo polymerization of mesogenic monomer in nematic liquid crystal as a template. The polymer networks have been both orientationally and spatially templated by manipulating positional as well as orientational order of the nematic LC host, achieved by using patterned electrodes with a homeotropic alignment layers. Spatial order of the polymer networks are precisely determined by the patterned electrode while orientational order is transferred from the local director of LC host. Consequently, the templated polymer networks reveal not only a morphological pattern but also a pattern of optical birefringence indicating orientational order of the network in molecular level.
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