Moon, Jihyeon; Seo, Kyutae; Kang, Hyo published the artcile< Vertical alignment of liquid crystals on comb-like renewable chavicol-modified polystyrene>, Formula: C9H9Cl, the main research area is vertical alignment liquid crystal chavicol polystyrene copolymer; alignment; chavicol; liquid crystal; phytochemical; renewable.
This study demonstrates liquid crystal (LC) alignment behaviors on the surface of phytochem.-based and renewable chavicol-modified polystyrene (PCHA#, # = 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100, where # represent the molar content of chavicol moiety in the side group) via polymer modification reactions. Generally, a LC cell fabricated with a polymer film containing a high molar content of the chavicol side group exhibited a vertical LC alignment property. There is a correlation between the vertical alignment of LC mols. and the polar surface energy value of the polymer films. Therefore, vertical LC alignment was observed when the polar surface energy values of these polymer films were smaller than about 1.3 mJ/m2, induced by the nonpolar chavicol moiety having long and bulky carbon groups. Aligning stability under harsh conditions such as UV irradiation of about 5 J/cm2 was observed in the LC cells fabricated from PCHA 100 film. Therefore, it was found that the plant-based chavicol-substituted polymer system can produce an eco-friendly and sustainable LC alignment layer for next-generation applications.
Polymers (Basel, Switzerland) published new progress about Contact angle (water, diiodomethane). 1592-20-7 belongs to class chlorides-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C9H9Cl, Formula: C9H9Cl.
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