Abstract

Alignment structure and optical properties of Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films of urethane-substituted polydiacetylene (poly-4BCMU) was investigated. During compression, the coil to rod transition in molecular conformation of poly-4BCMU was induced and the polymer main chains were aligned perpendicular to the compressing direction. The dichroic ratio of absorption intensity of poly-4BCMU monolayer film was about 6. LC molecules were sandwiched with two glass plates covered with the poly-4BCMU monolayer films. LC molecules aligned spontaneously along the main chain direction of poly-4BCMU in the parallel cell. On the other hand, they formed a twisted structure of 90° in the crossed cell. The monolayer film of poly-4BCMU had a high potential as rubbing-free alignment layer of LC molecules.

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