High-Resolution and High-Throughput Plasmonic Photopatterning of Complex Molecular Orientations in Liquid Crystals

Authors

Yubing Guo, Kent State University
Miao Jiang, Kent State University
Chenhui Peng, Kent State University
Kai Sun, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Oleg Yaroshchuk, Kent State UniversityFollow
Oleg Lavrentovich, Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of UkraineFollow
Qi Huo Wei, Kent State University

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.

Publication Title

Advanced Materials

Recommended Citation

Guo, Y., Jiang, M., Peng, C., Sun, K., Yaroshchuk, O., Lavrentovich, O., & Wei, Q. (2016). High-Resolution and High-Throughput Plasmonic Photopatterning of Complex Molecular Orientations in Liquid Crystals. Advanced Materials, 28 (12), 2353-2358. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201506002