Hot pen and laser writable photonic polymer films

Monali Moirangthem; Jelle E. Stumpel; Baran Alp; Pit Teunissen; Cees W M Bastiaansen; Albertus P H J Schenning

doi:10.1117/12.2209065

Hot pen and laser writable photonic polymer films

Monali Moirangthem, Jelle E. Stumpel, Baran Alp, Pit Teunissen, Cees W M Bastiaansen, Albertus P H J Schenning

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Abstract

An orange-reflecting photonic polymer film has been fabricated based on a hydrogen-bonded cholesteric liquid crystalline (CLC) polymer consisting of non-reactive (R)-(+)-3-methyladipic acid as the chiral dopant. This polymer film can be patterned easily by evaporating the chiral dopant at specific locations with a hot pen or a laser beam. Removal of chiral dopant leads to a decrease in the helical pitch at the heat treated areas leading to a change in color from orange to green revealing a high contrast pattern. The photonic patterns are irreversible and stable at ambient conditions. This makes such a CLC polymer film interesting as writable photonic paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XI
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	9769
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510600041
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209065
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XI - San Francisco, United States Duration: 16 Feb 2016 → 17 Feb 2016

Conference

Conference	Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XI
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	16/02/16 → 17/02/16

Keywords

Cholesteric liquid crystals
laser writing
patterned surface
photonic paper
thermal writing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Applied Mathematics

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