Neutron reflectometry-based in situ structural analysis of an aligning agent additive for the alignment of nematic liquid crystals on solid substrates-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Neutron reflectometry-based in situ structural analysis of an aligning agent additive for the alignment of nematic liquid crystals on solid substrates

Published:2022 Issue:3 Volume:18 Page:545-553
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Nemoto Fumiya¹²³^ORCID,Yamada Norifumi L.¹²^ORCID,Hino Masahiro⁴^ORCID,Aoki Hiroyuki¹²⁵,Seto Hideki¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 203-1 Shirakata, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan

2. Materials and Life Science Division, Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan

3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Defense Academy, 1-10-20 Hashirimizu, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-8686, Japan

4. Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 2-1010 Asashiro-Nishi, Kumatori, Sennan, Osaka 590-0494, Japan

5. Neutron Science Section, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan

Abstract

We investigated the structure of additives mixed with nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) adsorbed on substrates by neutron reflectometry. The alignment of NLCs and additives depends on the additive concentration and the surface condition.

Funder

Japan Science Society

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/SM/D1SM01355F

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