期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 8, 期 41, 页码 28040-28046出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09144
关键词
liquid crystal polymers; liquid crystals; photopolymerization; photoinitiator; displays
资金
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Materials and Manufacturing Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory
- NIH [1S10RR024539-01]
Liquid crystal monomers-are widely employed in industry to prepare optical compensating films as well as extend or enhance the properties of certain display modes. Because of the thennotropic nature of liquid crystalline materials, polymerization of liquid crystalline monomers (sometimes referred to as reactive mesogens) is often initiated by radical photoinitiation (photopolymerization) of (meth)acrylate functional groups. Here, we report on the initiatorless photopolymerization of commercially available liquid crystalline monomers upon exposure to 365 nm UV light. Initiatorless polymerization is employed to prepare thin films as well as polymer stabilizing networks in mixtures with low-molar-mass liquid crystals. EPR and FTIR confirm radical generation upon exposure to 365 nm light and- conversion of the acrylate functional groups. A potential mechanism is proposed, informed by control experiments that indicate that the monomers undergo,a type II Norrish mechanism. The initiatorless polymerization of the liquid crystalline monomers yield liquid crystalline polymer networks with mechanical properties that can be equal to those prepared with conventional radical photoinitiators. We demonstrate that initiatorless polymerization of display modes significantly increases the voltage holding ratio, which could result in a reduction in drive voltages in flat-panel televisions and hand-held devices, extending battery life and reducing power consumption.
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