title: Dual photo-functionalized amphiphile for photo-reversible liquid crystal alignments.
abstract: Without the conventional polymer-based liquid crystal (LC) alignment process, a newly synthesized dual photo-functionalized amphiphile (abbreviated as ADMA1 ) was successfully applied as a robust photo-reversible LC alignment layer by self-assembly and photo-polymerization. The LC alignment layer constructed by directly adding dual photo-functionalized amphiphiles into LC media significantly cuts the manufacturing cost as well as opens new doors for the fabrication of novel electro-optical devices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer-Nano Science and Technology, Polymer Materials Fusion Research Center, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 561-756 (Korea).
authors.forename: Dae-Yoon
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang-A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Minwook
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kwang-Un
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Jeong
keywords: amphiphiles; azobenzene; diacetylene; liquid crystal alignment; photochemistry