Eastern Mediterranean Chemical Engineering Conference 9, Ankara, Türkiye, 30 Ağustos - 01 Eylül 2018, ss.1
Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) are a fascinating genre among the
liquid crystalline material family due to their unique optical properties arising
from its periodic helical structure characterized by pitch length.[1]
CLCs can reflect selected wavelengths of light within the visible wavelengths.
The structural color change by temperature, chemicals, electric field, and magnetic
field.[2] The ability to change the color in response to a suitable
stimulus exhibit behavior that are forming the basis of numerous passive and
active electro-optic applications.[3] Motivated by this opportunity,
we recently produce polymeric micro particles templated from CLC by using
photolithography and microwell molding methods on the purpose of sensor
applications. This study includes the synthesis and characterization of
polymeric micro particles synthesized from cholesteric LC templates, including
their shape, size, polydispersity, internal structure, and optical properties. Finally,
response of CLC templated polymeric micro particles to volatile organic
compounds was tested for sensor applications.
Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) are a fascinating genre among the
liquid crystalline material family due to their unique optical properties arising
from its periodic helical structure characterized by pitch length.[1]
CLCs can reflect selected wavelengths of light within the visible wavelengths.
The structural color change by temperature, chemicals, electric field, and magnetic
field.[2] The ability to change the color in response to a suitable
stimulus exhibit behavior that are forming the basis of numerous passive and
active electro-optic applications.[3] Motivated by this opportunity,
we recently produce polymeric micro particles templated from CLC by using
photolithography and microwell molding methods on the purpose of sensor
applications. This study includes the synthesis and characterization of
polymeric micro particles synthesized from cholesteric LC templates, including
their shape, size, polydispersity, internal structure, and optical properties. Finally,
response of CLC templated polymeric micro particles to volatile organic
compounds was tested for sensor applications.