Liquid crystal aligning capabilities on a novel photo-crosslinkable polyitaconimide containing three kind of the substituent

  • Hwang, Jeoung-Yeon (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Whee-Won (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Seo, Dae-Shik (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Choi, Myon-Kil (School of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University) ;
  • Suh, Dong-Hack (School of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • 발행 : 2004.11.11

초록

In this paper, we synthesized a new photo-crosslinkable polyitaconimide containing cinnamoyl moiety by radical polymerization. Also, the NLC alignment capabilities on these photopolymer surfaces were studied. Good LC alignment with W exposure on the polyitaconimide surfaces can be obtained. A homogenous alignment using UV exposure on the polyitaconimide with 1-carbon chain cinnamoyl group and 4-carbon chain cinnamoly group can be obtained. However, the homeotripic alignment using UV exposure was observed on polyitaconimide with 6-carbon chain cinnamoyl. The LC aligning ability on the polyitaconimide depends on the side chain length of photopolymer.

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