화학공학소재연구정보센터
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.368, 4013-4022, 2001
Molecular imprinting in polymer stabilized liquid crystals
An initial investigation on the probability of molecular imprinting on polymer stabilized liquid crystal systems is presented. In this study, no alignment layer was used and traditional molecular imprinting monomers- vinyl pyrridine and methyl methacrylic acid - were mixed with nematic and chiral-nematic LCs. Initial electro-optic measurement show that the transmittance behavior of the films is dependent on the interaction between the LC and the polymer. For the nematic set, the scattering and transparent state is due to the orientation of the LC molecules anchored at the I-C-polymer interface. For the chiral set, the stabilization of the textures leading to a scattering or transparent state is again due to the anchoring of the polymer on the LC molecules around it.