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arxiv: cond-mat/0109473 · v1 · submitted 2001-09-25 · ❄️ cond-mat.soft

Effect of Director Distortions on Polymer-Liquid Crystal Phase Separation

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keywords crystaldirectornon-uniformphasepolymerseparationarchitecturesassemble
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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.

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