Photopatterning: On‐Demand Wrinkling Patterns in Thin Metal Films Generated from Self‐Assembling Liquid Crystals (Adv. Funct. Mater. 9/2015). (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: de Haan, Laurens T.; Leclère, Philippe; Damman, Pascal; Schenning, Albertus P. H. J.; Debije, Michael G.
• Is Part Of: Advanced functional materials. Volume 25:Number 9(2015)
• Page Start: 1472
• Page End: 1472
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: diffraction -- gold -- liquid crystal -- photopatterning -- wrinkling; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201570066
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1616-301X

Abstract

Abstract : Unique wrinkling patterns with oscillating amplitudes in any arbitrarily complex fashion are generated by M. G. Debije and team on page 1360 by controlling the alignment director of a liquid crystal network using photoalignment layers in combination with photomasks. The wrinkled gold surfaces are strikingly visual which is interesting for applications ranging from diffractive elements to fine jewelry.