A reversed duckweed polymeric LB film was fabricated by a new kind of amphiphilic polymer which was composed of hexanedlamine-epichlorohydrin slightly crosslinked hydrophilic network and hydrophobic chains conatining ...A reversed duckweed polymeric LB film was fabricated by a new kind of amphiphilic polymer which was composed of hexanedlamine-epichlorohydrin slightly crosslinked hydrophilic network and hydrophobic chains conatining p-nitroazobenzene group. This amphiphilic polymer can form stable liquid-condensed monolayer and be transferred as Z-type polymeric LB films. This LB film combines the order and mobility and it has a well-estab- lished layer structure and azo chromphore is in an isotropic state in each layer. Optical birefringence and dichroism can be laser induced and erased and this reversible birefringence and dichroism can be cycled many times without appearance of any fatigue and show a very good stability. On the basis of photo-induced optical blrefringence and dichroism, it is greatly anticipated that this polymer thin films bearing azo groups can be used as advanced materialsfor optical information storage.展开更多
With interfering illumination of Ar++ laser beams (488 nm),surface relief gratings (SRGs) were photo-inscribed on epoxy-based azo polymer (BP-AZ-CN) films.The modulation depth was about 160 nm and the spatial period w...With interfering illumination of Ar++ laser beams (488 nm),surface relief gratings (SRGs) were photo-inscribed on epoxy-based azo polymer (BP-AZ-CN) films.The modulation depth was about 160 nm and the spatial period was about 670 nm.The quartz slides covered with SRG films were assembled to liquid crystal (LC) cell to study the LC alignment behavior.Homogeneous liquid crystal alignment was observed in the surface relief gratings regions of the LC cell.Alignment of LC molecules was monitored by measuring the transmittance passing through the cell between crossed polarizers as a function of the angle of the cell rotating around the experiment optical axis.The transmittance changed periodically with a regular 90° separation of the rotational angle and the pretilt angle of the cell was found to be 3.2°.This alignment technique could have useful applications in the future LC displays.展开更多
文摘A reversed duckweed polymeric LB film was fabricated by a new kind of amphiphilic polymer which was composed of hexanedlamine-epichlorohydrin slightly crosslinked hydrophilic network and hydrophobic chains conatining p-nitroazobenzene group. This amphiphilic polymer can form stable liquid-condensed monolayer and be transferred as Z-type polymeric LB films. This LB film combines the order and mobility and it has a well-estab- lished layer structure and azo chromphore is in an isotropic state in each layer. Optical birefringence and dichroism can be laser induced and erased and this reversible birefringence and dichroism can be cycled many times without appearance of any fatigue and show a very good stability. On the basis of photo-induced optical blrefringence and dichroism, it is greatly anticipated that this polymer thin films bearing azo groups can be used as advanced materialsfor optical information storage.
文摘With interfering illumination of Ar++ laser beams (488 nm),surface relief gratings (SRGs) were photo-inscribed on epoxy-based azo polymer (BP-AZ-CN) films.The modulation depth was about 160 nm and the spatial period was about 670 nm.The quartz slides covered with SRG films were assembled to liquid crystal (LC) cell to study the LC alignment behavior.Homogeneous liquid crystal alignment was observed in the surface relief gratings regions of the LC cell.Alignment of LC molecules was monitored by measuring the transmittance passing through the cell between crossed polarizers as a function of the angle of the cell rotating around the experiment optical axis.The transmittance changed periodically with a regular 90° separation of the rotational angle and the pretilt angle of the cell was found to be 3.2°.This alignment technique could have useful applications in the future LC displays.
