title: Alignment control of a cyanine dye using a mesoporous silica film with uniaxially aligned mesochannels.
abstract: The feasibility of alignment control of low-molecular-weight guest species by controlling the orientation of mesochannels in a mesoporous silica host has been shown for the first time; spectroscopically anisotropic absorption behaviour of a cyanine dye was observed upon its incorporation into the mesochannels of a mesoporous silica film with uniaxially aligned porous structure, proving that the preferred alignment of the dye molecules was achieved on a macroscopic scale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Ayumu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: Hirokatsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyatab
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuroda