Effect of Director Distortions on Polymer-Liquid Crystal Phase Separation
arXiv:cond-mat/0109473
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.
7 pages, 4 figures