Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1): 165.

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Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Photo Alignment Layer for Liquid Crystal Based on Epoxy

YU Hai-Feng, BAI He, LIAN Yan-Qing, WANG Xiao-Gong, LIU De-Shan   

  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2001-11-21 Online:2003-01-24 Published:2003-01-24

Abstract: The precursor EP-AN was synthesized by means of the polymerization between aniline and Biphenol-A epoxy which is industrial products. Then the cinnamate groups were attached to the chains of the hydroxyl-containing precursor to prepare EP-AN-CI, which is the potential photo alignment layer for liquid crystal. They were characterized by 1H-NMR, FTIR, and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). EP-AN-CI was spin-coated on a ITO glass substrate from chloroform solution, resulting in a thin film, then though the linearly polarized polymerization(LPP) it was changed into photo alignment layer. LC cells of a 10 μm-thick were assembled via a capillary action. The photomocrographies were obtained which can be used to explain that EP-AN-CI can be applied in photo alignment layer.

Key words: Photo alignment layer, Liquid crystal alignment, Epoxy-resin, Linearly polarized polymerization

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