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3125591 
Journal Article 
Flexible and Patterned Thin Film Polarizer: Photopolymerization of Peryl-ene-based Lyotropic Chromonic Reactive Mesogens 
Im, P; Kang, D; Kim, D; Choi, Y; Yoon, W; Lee, MH; Lee, InH; Lee, CRo; Jeong, KUn 
2016 
1 
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
ISSN: 1944-8244
EISSN: 1944-8252 
8 
1 
762-771 
English 
26616135 
WOS:000368563000091 
A perylene-based reactive mesogen (DAPDI) forming a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal (LCLC) phase was newly designed and synthesized for the fabrication of macroscopically oriented and patterned thin film polarizer (TFP) on the flexible polymer substrates. The anisotropic optical property and molecular self-assembly of DAPDI were investigated by the combination of microscopic, scattering and spectroscopic techniques. The main driving forces of molecular self-assembly were the face-to-face π-π intermolecular interaction among aromatic cores and the nanophase separation between hydrophilic ionic groups and hydrophobic aromatic cores. Degree of polarization for the macroscopically oriented and photopolymerized DAPDI TFP was estimated to be 99.81% at the λmax = 491 nm. After mechanically shearing the DAPDI LCLC aqueous solution on the flexible polymer substrates, we successfully fabricated the patterned DAPDI TFP by etching the unpolymerized regions selectively blocked by a photomask during the photopolymerization process. Chemical and mechanical stabilities were confirmed by the solvent and pencil hardness tests, and its surface morphology was further investigated by optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and three-dimensional surface nanoprofiler. The flexible and patterned DAPDI TFP with robust chemical and mechanical stabilities can be a stepping stone for the advanced flexible optoelectronic devices. 
lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal; reactive mesogen; perylene-diimide; photopolymerization; polarizability