Micropatterning in Nematic Liquid Crystals: A General Control Strategy to Micropattern Topological Defects in Nematic Liquid Crystals Using Ionically Charged Dielectric Surface (Adv. Mater. Interfaces 11/2021). Issue 11 (10th June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sasaki, Yuji; Takahashi, Junnosuke; Yokokawa, Shunsuke; Kikkawa, Takuho; Mikami, Ryota; Orihara, Hiroshi
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials interfaces. Volume 8:Issue 11(2021)
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• Publication Date: 2021-06-10
• Subjects: area‐selective deposition -- liquid crystals -- pattern formation -- self‐organization of microstructures -- surface modification; Materials science -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/admi.202170063
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2196-7350

Abstract

Abstract : In article number 2100379, Yuji Sasaki and co‐workers introduce a general method for fabricating functional surfaces enabling a micropattern formation of topological defects in nematic liquid crystals irrespective of the chemical structure of compounds. Area‐selective modification of surfaces using ultraviolet‐ozone treatment allows to obtain highly self‐organized microstructures with tunability, which dramatically improves the fabrication efficiency.