Interfacial Molecular Interactions Between Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal and Polyvinylalcohol Films as Probed by Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
作者:
Y. Suzuki,
S. Hasegawa,
A. Hatta,
期刊:
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
(Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 264,
issue 1
页码: 1-10
ISSN:1058-725X
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1080/10587259508037296
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Ferroelectric liquid crystal;interface;infrared absorption;moleculur alignment;PVA
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRAS) was used to study the molecular alignment of the ferroelectric liquid crystal material, (S)-4-(α-methylheptyloxy)-4′-(4″-n-octylphenyl-oxycarbonyl)biphenyl (MHOPOB), on a highly-purity polyvinylalcohol (PVA) film. The molecular alignment was characterized as a function of the temperature and the thickness of the liquid crystal. For the film of 200nm in thickness, the molecules in the chiral smectic C phase (SmC*) were aligned with their long axes perpendicular rather than parallel with respect to the PVA substrate surface. This alignment was found to disappear at the isotropic phase temperature. A similar molecular alignment was observed for a 20nm-thick MHOPOB film in the SmC* phase, but the detailed alignment was different from that in the 200nm-thick film. This alignment in the SmC* phase was sustained even at the isotropic temperature in contrast to the 200nm-thick film, suggesting a short-range interaction between the PVA film surface and MHOPOB molecules. An experimental support for this short-range interaction is furnished by our polarization modulation IRAS measurements. The effect of PVA rubbing on the alignment is also discussed.
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