Surface Dipole Control of Liquid Crystal Alignment

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b02026" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b02026</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b02026" target="_blank" >10.1021/jacs.6b02026</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Surface Dipole Control of Liquid Crystal Alignment

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Detailed understanding and control of the intermolecular forces that govern molecular assembly are necessary to engineer structure and function at the nanoscale. Liquid crystal (LC) assembly is exceptionally sensitive to surface properties, capable of transducing nanoscale intermolecular interactions into a macroscopic optical readout. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) modify surface interactions and are known to influence LC alignment. Here, we exploit the different dipole magnitudes and orientations of carboranethiol and-dithiol positional isomers to deconvolve the influence of SAM-LC dipolar coupling from variations in molecular geometry, tilt, and order. Director orientations and anchoring energies are measured for LC cells employing various carboranethiol and-dithiol isomer alignment layers. The normal component of the molecular dipole in the SAM, toward or away from the underlying substrate, was found to determine the in-plane LC director orientation relative to the anisotropy axis of the surface. By using LC alignment as a probe of interaction strength, we elucidate the role of dipolar coupling of molecular monolayers to their environment in determining molecular orientations. We apply this understanding to advance the engineering of molecular interactions at the nanoscale.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Surface Dipole Control of Liquid Crystal Alignment

Popis výsledku anglicky

Detailed understanding and control of the intermolecular forces that govern molecular assembly are necessary to engineer structure and function at the nanoscale. Liquid crystal (LC) assembly is exceptionally sensitive to surface properties, capable of transducing nanoscale intermolecular interactions into a macroscopic optical readout. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) modify surface interactions and are known to influence LC alignment. Here, we exploit the different dipole magnitudes and orientations of carboranethiol and-dithiol positional isomers to deconvolve the influence of SAM-LC dipolar coupling from variations in molecular geometry, tilt, and order. Director orientations and anchoring energies are measured for LC cells employing various carboranethiol and-dithiol isomer alignment layers. The normal component of the molecular dipole in the SAM, toward or away from the underlying substrate, was found to determine the in-plane LC director orientation relative to the anisotropy axis of the surface. By using LC alignment as a probe of interaction strength, we elucidate the role of dipolar coupling of molecular monolayers to their environment in determining molecular orientations. We apply this understanding to advance the engineering of molecular interactions at the nanoscale.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

CA - Anorganická chemie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of the American Chemical Society

ISSN

0002-7863

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

138

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

18

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

5957-5967

Kód UT WoS článku

000375889100037

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84971231478