Novel monomers for photopolymer networks

H Lai, X Peng, L Li, D Zhu, P Xiao - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Photopolymerization technology to transform monomers into polymer network materials has
been widely applied to enable various conventional and emerging applications such as …

Encryptable Electrochromic Smart Windows: Uniaxially Oriented and Polymerized Hierarchical Nanostructures Constructed by Self-Assembly of Tetrathiafulvalene …

M Rim, DG Kang, W Kim, J Jang, M Oh, Y Wi, S Park… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF)-based reactive mesogens (TTF-E and TTF-T) are synthesized, self-
assembled, uniaxially oriented, and polymerized for the development of encryptable …

Giant surfactants for the construction of automatic liquid crystal alignment layers

WJ Yoon, KM Lee, DR Evans, ME McConney… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
There has been considerable interest in nanomaterials for the development of anisotropic
molecular alignment layers for electronic and biomedical applications. This review covers …

Shear-induced polydomain structures of nematic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal disodium cromoglycate

H Baza, T Turiv, BX Li, R Li, BM Yavitt, M Fukuto… - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) represent aqueous dispersions of organic disk-
like molecules that form cylindrical aggregates. Despite the growing interest in these …

Patterning of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals by photoalignment with photonic metamasks

C Peng, Y Guo, T Turiv, M Jiang, QH Wei… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling supramolecular self‐assembly in water‐based solutions is an important problem
of interdisciplinary character that impacts the development of many functional materials and …

High-performance all-solid-state polymer electrolyte with controllable conductivity pathway formed by self-assembly of reactive discogen and immobilized via a facile …

S Wang, X Liu, A Wang, Z Wang, J Chen… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
All-solid-state polymer electrolytes (SPEs) have aroused great interests as one of the most
promising alternatives for liquid electrolyte in the next-generation high-safety, and flexible …

Anisotropic thermal interface materials: directional heat transfer in uniaxially oriented liquid crystal networks

DG Kang, H Ko, J Koo, SI Lim, JS Kim… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
For the development of anisotropic thermal interface materials (TIMs), a rod-shaped reactive
monomer PNP-6MA is newly designed and successfully synthesized. PNP-6MA reveals a …

Imidazolium‐Functionalized Diacetylene Amphiphiles: Strike a Lighter and Wear Polaroid Glasses to Decipher the Secret Code

YJ Choi, S Park, WJ Yoon, SI Lim, J Koo… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The development of smart inks that change color and transparency in response to external
stimuli is very important for various fields, from modern art to safety and anticounterfeiting …

Precise control of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal alignment through surface topography

Y Guo, H Shahsavan, ZS Davidson… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Many emerging applications, such as water-based electronic devices and biological
sensors, require local control of anisotropic properties. Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals …

Free-standing and circular-polarizing chirophotonic crystal reflectors: photopolymerization of helical nanostructures

DY Kim, C Nah, SW Kang, SH Lee, KM Lee, TJ White… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The preparation of materials exhibiting structural colors has been intensively studied in
biomimetic science and technology. Utilizing a newly synthesized cholesteric liquid-crystal …