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T. Imae, T. Takeshita and M. Kato, “Phase Separation in Hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Perfluorinated and Hydrogenated Amphiphiles. Examination by Atomic Force Microscopy,” Langmuir, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2000, pp. 612-621. doi:10.1021/la9902237

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• TITLE: Composite Materials Containing Perfluorinated and Siloxane Units for Vertical Alignment of Liquid Crystals

  AUTHORS: Rasha Ata Alla, Gurumurthy Hegde, Lachezar Komitov, Andrea Morelli, Emo Chiellini, Giancarlo Galli

  KEYWORDS: VA; Nematic; Self Assembling; Vertical Alignment; Anchoring Energy

  JOURNAL NAME: Soft Nanoscience Letters, Vol.3 No.1, January 9, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Here we report on the study of vertical alignment of a nematic liquid crystal due to the segregation between perfluorinated and the polysiloxane groups of a multi-component composite alignment material. The measured surface anchoring energy was found to depend on the relative amount of polysiloxane matrix in the composite material. These kind of self-assembly will reduce the preparation time for display by eliminating few steps.