title: High-Resolution and High-Throughput Plasmonic Photopatterning of Complex Molecular Orientations in Liquid Crystals.
abstract: A plasmonic photopatterning technique is proposed and demonstrated for aligning the molecular orientation in liquid crystals (LCs) in patterns with designer complexity. Using plasmonic metamasks in which target molecular directors are encoded, LC alignments of arbitrary planar patterns can be achieved in a repeatable and scalable fashion withunprecedentedly high spatial resolution and high throughput.
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Yubing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Chenhui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Harbor, MI, 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 03028, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yaroshchuk
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lavrentovich
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Qi-Huo
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Wei
keywords: liquid crystals; photoalignments; plasmonic metamasks; topological defects