POS4-0298
Anisotropic Liquid Crystal Networks for Optical Applications
Topic
S4. Colloids, Interfaces, and Molecular Assemblies for Functional Soft Materials
When and Where
Sep 30, 2026
08:30 - 09:30
Room 301 (Grand Ballroom)
Session Chairs
Heesuk KIM
Jinhye BAE
Presenter(s)
Kwang-un Jeong (Jeonbuk National University)
Co-Author(s)
Abstract
Anisotroptic liquid crystal (LC) polymer networks prepared from programmed reactive mesogens (RM) have numerous advantages in optoelectronic devices especially because of the excellent processability. To fabricate the robust LC thin films with excellent thermal, chemical and mechanical stabilities, the photo-polymerization of anisotropically pre-oriented RMs should be conducted on the optimized conditions. Since the final physical properties of anisotroptic LC networks depend on chemical functions and physical intermolecular interactions, the hierarchical superstructures of the programmed RMs with specific chemical functions should be controlled on the different length and time scales before polymerization. The presentation describes the fundamental characteristics and recent research interests of anisotropic LC networks, elastomers and gels fabricated using various programmed RMs.
