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Article Dans Une Revue EPL - Europhysics Letters Année : 2011

Anchoring transition in confined discotic columnar liquid crystal films

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We report the achievement of ultrathin films (down to 25 nm thick) of thermotropic columnar liquid crystals in homeotropic alignment (columns normal to the interface) confined between a glass slide and a thin metallic electrode (about 150nm thick). The face-on orientation of the discotic compound is obtained by anchoring transition of a columnar liquid crystalline phase from a degenerate planar orientation to the homeotropic alignment without any phase transition to the isotropic liquid phase. The kinetic dependence on temperature of such anchoring transition is investigated revealing various diffusive growth regimes of the homeotropic domains. Finally, confining effects are also considered by varying the thickness of the columnar liquid crystal film to reach the typical value required in organic solar cells thus demonstrating the reliability of such alignment process in a photovoltaic context.
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hal-00562045 , version 1 (02-02-2011)

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Thomas Brunet, Olivier Thiebaut, Emilie Charlet, Harald Bock, Julien Kelber, et al.. Anchoring transition in confined discotic columnar liquid crystal films. EPL - Europhysics Letters, 2011, 93 (16004), pp. 1-6. ⟨10.1209/0295-5075/93/16004⟩. ⟨hal-00562045⟩

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