Effect of Director Distortions on Polymer-Liquid Crystal Phase Separation
D. Voloschenko, O. P. Pishnyak, S. V. Shiyanovskii, O. D. Lavrentovich
Abstract
We study photopolymerization in a low-molecular weight liquid crystal with non-uniform director gradients. Phase separation results in spatially non-uniform distribution of polymer density controlled by the distorted nematic matrix. Director-gradient-controlled polymerization provides a new and useful technique to assemble micron-scale polymer architectures.
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