Abstract
Alignment behavior of a discotic liquid crystalline triphenylene (C8OBTP) on substrates coated with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiol and asymmetrical alkyl disulfide was investigated by polarized microscopy. Discotic nematic (ND) and rectangular columnar (Colr) phases of C8OBTP shows a different alignment behavior depending on the element of SAMs. C8OBTP exhibits a fan-shaped texture on an alkanethiol SAM in Colr phase, while it has a tendency to show a planar alignment on asymmetrical alkyl disulfide SAM. The different elements of the SAM could influence the alignment behavior of discotic liquid crystal distinctly even in columnar mesophase which has highly self-cohesive forces of systems.
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