Comparative AFM measurements on an oligomeric liquid crystal filled with hydrophilic or hydrophobic aerosil

Anton Hauser; Anatoliy V. Glushchenko; Oleg V. Yaroshchuk; Horst Kresse

doi:10.1117/12.385677

12 May 2000 Comparative AFM measurements on an oligomeric liquid crystal filled with hydrophilic or hydrophobic aerosil

Anton Hauser, Anatoliy V. Glushchenko, Oleg V. Yaroshchuk, Horst Kresse

Proceedings Volume 4147, Liquid Crystals: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.385677
Event: XIII International Conference on Liquid Crystals: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications, 1999, Krynica Zdroj, Poland

Abstract

In a matrix of an oligomeric liquid crystal hydrophilic aerosil particles form agglomerates of about 1 (mu) length which consist of aggregates with a diameter of about 150 nm, observed by AFM. In the same matrix, but with hydrophobic aerosil, smaller aggregates with a length-to-breadth ratio 100 nm/60 nm appear. In thicker areas of both samples after heating to clearing temperature and cooling down the cholesteric fingerprint texture occurs, where the lower pitch is observed for the sample containing the hydrophilic aerosil.

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Anton Hauser, Anatoliy V. Glushchenko, Oleg V. Yaroshchuk, and Horst Kresse "Comparative AFM measurements on an oligomeric liquid crystal filled with hydrophilic or hydrophobic aerosil", Proc. SPIE 4147, Liquid Crystals: Chemistry, Physics, and Applications, (12 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.385677

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