采用layer by layer(LBL)的方法,将基板依次在具有光敏双键的季铵盐水溶液和聚乙烯基苯磺酸钠水溶液中浸泡,石英基板表面形成了自组装多层沉积膜。经线性偏振紫外光辐照后,LBL多层膜表现出明显的紫外吸收各向异性。将两片带有各向异性...采用layer by layer(LBL)的方法,将基板依次在具有光敏双键的季铵盐水溶液和聚乙烯基苯磺酸钠水溶液中浸泡,石英基板表面形成了自组装多层沉积膜。经线性偏振紫外光辐照后,LBL多层膜表现出明显的紫外吸收各向异性。将两片带有各向异性薄膜的基板做成平行液晶器件,在正交的偏光显微镜下观察,发现取得均一、稳定的取向效果。该种光控取向膜有望用作LCoS微显示的取向层。展开更多
Controlling architecture of hierarchical microstructures in liquid crystals(LCs]plays a crucial role in the development of novel soft-matter-based devices.Chiral LC fingerprints are considered as a prospective candida...Controlling architecture of hierarchical microstructures in liquid crystals(LCs]plays a crucial role in the development of novel soft-matter-based devices.Chiral LC fingerprints are considered as a prospective candidate for various applications;however,the efficient and real-time command of fingerprint landscapes still needs to be improved.Here,we achieve elaborate rotational fingerprint superstructures via dual photopatterning semifree chiral LC films,which combine the photoalignment technique and a dynamic light patterning process.An intriguing spatial-temporal rotational behavior is presented during the patterning of chiral superstructures.This work opens new avenues for the applications of chiral LCs in soft actuators,sensing,and micromanufacturing.展开更多
We propose a depolarizer based on the principle of a collection of half-wave plates with randomly distributed optic axes. The design is demonstrated by means of dynamically photopatterning liquid crystal into randomly...We propose a depolarizer based on the principle of a collection of half-wave plates with randomly distributed optic axes. The design is demonstrated by means of dynamically photopatterning liquid crystal into randomly aligned homogeneous domains. We characterize the liquid crystal depolarizer for 1550 nm and C-band(1520–1610 nm). A degree of polarization of less than 5% is obtained for any linearly polarized light. This study provides a practical candidate for high-performance depolarizers.展开更多
In order to improve the damage threshold and enlarge the aperture of a laser beam shaper, photolithographic patterning technology is adopted to design a new type of liquid crystal binary mask. The inherent conductive ...In order to improve the damage threshold and enlarge the aperture of a laser beam shaper, photolithographic patterning technology is adopted to design a new type of liquid crystal binary mask. The inherent conductive metal layer of commercial liquid crystal electro-optical spatial light modulators is replaced by azobenzene-based photoalignment layers patterned by noncontact photolithography. Using the azobenzene-based photoalignment layer, a liquid crystal binary mask for beam shaping is fabricated. In addition, the shaping ability, damage threshold, write/erase flexibility and stability of the liquid crystal binary mask are tested. Using a 1 Hz near-IR(1064 nm) laser, the multiple-shot nanosecond damage threshold of the liquid crystal mask is measured to be higher than 15 J/cm^2. The damage threshold of the azobenzenebased photoalignment layer is higher than 50 J/cm^2 under the same testing conditions.展开更多
Discussion is presented on the use of the photoisomerization of azobenzene chromophore in the design andpreparation of novel functional materials. The two systems reviewed are azobenzene polymer-stabilized liquid crys...Discussion is presented on the use of the photoisomerization of azobenzene chromophore in the design andpreparation of novel functional materials. The two systems reviewed are azobenzene polymer-stabilized liquid crystals andazobenzene elastomers. In the first case, a polymer network containing azobenzene moieties is used to optically induce andstabilize a long-range liquid crystal orientation without the need of treating the surfaces of the substrates. This optical andrubbing-free approach was applied to nematic and ferroelectric liquid crystals. In the second case, an azobenzene side-chainliquid crystalline polymer is grafted onto a styrene-butadiene-styrene triblock copolymer to yield a photoactive thermoplasticelastomer. Coupled mechanical and optical effects make possible the formation of dimaction gratings that may be useful formechanically tunable optical devices.展开更多
文摘采用layer by layer(LBL)的方法,将基板依次在具有光敏双键的季铵盐水溶液和聚乙烯基苯磺酸钠水溶液中浸泡,石英基板表面形成了自组装多层沉积膜。经线性偏振紫外光辐照后,LBL多层膜表现出明显的紫外吸收各向异性。将两片带有各向异性薄膜的基板做成平行液晶器件,在正交的偏光显微镜下观察,发现取得均一、稳定的取向效果。该种光控取向膜有望用作LCoS微显示的取向层。
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2021YFA1202000 and 2022YFA1405000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52003115)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,Major Project(No.BK20212004)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20200320)the support of Xiaomi Young Scholar program。
文摘Controlling architecture of hierarchical microstructures in liquid crystals(LCs]plays a crucial role in the development of novel soft-matter-based devices.Chiral LC fingerprints are considered as a prospective candidate for various applications;however,the efficient and real-time command of fingerprint landscapes still needs to be improved.Here,we achieve elaborate rotational fingerprint superstructures via dual photopatterning semifree chiral LC films,which combine the photoalignment technique and a dynamic light patterning process.An intriguing spatial-temporal rotational behavior is presented during the patterning of chiral superstructures.This work opens new avenues for the applications of chiral LCs in soft actuators,sensing,and micromanufacturing.
基金sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Nos.11304151,61490714,61435008 and61575093)
文摘We propose a depolarizer based on the principle of a collection of half-wave plates with randomly distributed optic axes. The design is demonstrated by means of dynamically photopatterning liquid crystal into randomly aligned homogeneous domains. We characterize the liquid crystal depolarizer for 1550 nm and C-band(1520–1610 nm). A degree of polarization of less than 5% is obtained for any linearly polarized light. This study provides a practical candidate for high-performance depolarizers.
基金supported by the International Partnership Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 181231KYSB20170022)
文摘In order to improve the damage threshold and enlarge the aperture of a laser beam shaper, photolithographic patterning technology is adopted to design a new type of liquid crystal binary mask. The inherent conductive metal layer of commercial liquid crystal electro-optical spatial light modulators is replaced by azobenzene-based photoalignment layers patterned by noncontact photolithography. Using the azobenzene-based photoalignment layer, a liquid crystal binary mask for beam shaping is fabricated. In addition, the shaping ability, damage threshold, write/erase flexibility and stability of the liquid crystal binary mask are tested. Using a 1 Hz near-IR(1064 nm) laser, the multiple-shot nanosecond damage threshold of the liquid crystal mask is measured to be higher than 15 J/cm^2. The damage threshold of the azobenzenebased photoalignment layer is higher than 50 J/cm^2 under the same testing conditions.
文摘Discussion is presented on the use of the photoisomerization of azobenzene chromophore in the design andpreparation of novel functional materials. The two systems reviewed are azobenzene polymer-stabilized liquid crystals andazobenzene elastomers. In the first case, a polymer network containing azobenzene moieties is used to optically induce andstabilize a long-range liquid crystal orientation without the need of treating the surfaces of the substrates. This optical andrubbing-free approach was applied to nematic and ferroelectric liquid crystals. In the second case, an azobenzene side-chainliquid crystalline polymer is grafted onto a styrene-butadiene-styrene triblock copolymer to yield a photoactive thermoplasticelastomer. Coupled mechanical and optical effects make possible the formation of dimaction gratings that may be useful formechanically tunable optical devices.
