Abstract
A one-dimensional pattern-forming state of a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) is used as a template for the self-organization of ordered, spatially orientated, acetylene-based semiconducting polymers. The polymers are formed by metathesis reaction with all chemical components contained in an ordinary electro-optic cell. The polymer morphology consists of parallel ∼ 1 μm thick bundles, uniformly spaced at ∼ 10 μm over the full macroscopic active area of the cell substrates. The polymer templating can be explained by a model that predicts a corrugation in polymer density determined by the spatially periodic profile of the orientational energy density associated with the pattern-forming CLC state.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 329-334 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Advanced Functional Materials |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2004.04 |
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