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The Behavior of Liquid Crystal Alignment Layers on Water

Smith, Timothy J.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1332266544

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2012, Master of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Chemical Engineering.
Bent-core molecules are an exciting field in liquid crystal technology that has attracted significant research interest in recent years due to their many unusual properties. However, the used of bent-cores in many possible applications has been stunted by the difficulty of aligning them. One possibility is to use an alignment monolayer to control the orientation of liquid crystals in the bulk phase. This thesis discusses atomistic modeling of the usage of an alignment monolayer of bent-cores. The layer forms a stable Langmuir film on the surface of water. Its orientation can be controlled by compression and decompression of the surface, which is done experimentally by moving the barriers in a Langmuir trough. This results in a film that has been shown capable of aligning the common rod-like crystal 5CB.
Daniel J. Lacks, PhD (Committee Chair)
J. Adin Mann, PhD (Committee Member)
James A. Van Orman, PhD (Committee Member)
Antal Jákli, PhD (Other)
Elizabeth K. Mann, PhD (Other)
52 p.
Chemical Engineering
bent core liquid crystals; molecular dynamics; simulations; modeling; surfaces; monolayers

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  • Smith, T. J. (2012). The Behavior of Liquid Crystal Alignment Layers on Water [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1332266544

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Smith, Timothy. The Behavior of Liquid Crystal Alignment Layers on Water. 2012. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1332266544.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Smith, Timothy. "The Behavior of Liquid Crystal Alignment Layers on Water." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1332266544

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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