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High‐Resolution and High‐Throughput Plasmonic Photopatterning of Complex Molecular Orientations in Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
Guo Yubing,
Jiang Miao,
Peng Chenhui,
Sun Kai,
Yaroshchuk Oleg,
Lavrentovich Oleg,
Wei QiHuo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201506002
Subject(s) - throughput , plasmon , scalability , materials science , planar , orientation (vector space) , nanotechnology , high resolution , service (business) , computer science , optoelectronics , computer graphics (images) , telecommunications , database , archaeology , geometry , mathematics , wireless , economy , economics , history
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.