%0 Journal Article
%T Composite Materials Containing Perfluorinated and Siloxane Units for Vertical Alignment of Liquid Crystals
%A Rasha Ata Alla
%A Gurumurthy Hegde
%A Lachezar Komitov
%A Andrea Morelli
%A Emo Chiellini
%A Giancarlo Galli
%J Soft Nanoscience Letters
%P 11-13
%@ 2160-0740
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/snl.2013.31003
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<span lang=\"EN-US\">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.</span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o:p></o:p></span> 
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%K VA
%K Nematic
%K Self Assembling
%K Vertical Alignment
%K Anchoring Energy
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=26447