Laser Rewritable Dichroics through Reconfigurable Organic Charge-Transfer Liquid Crystals

Van Winkle, Madeline; Scrymgeour, David A.; Kaehr, Bryan; Reczek, Joseph J.

doi:10.1002/adma.201706787

Laser Rewritable Dichroics through Reconfigurable Organic Charge-Transfer Liquid Crystals

Journal Article · Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201706787· OSTI ID:1473924

Van Winkle, Madeline ^[1]; Scrymgeour, David A. ^[2]; Kaehr, Bryan ^[2]; ^[1]

Denison Univ., Granville, OH (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Advanced Materials Lab.

Charge-transfer materials based on the self-assembly of aromatic donor–acceptor complexes enable a modular organic-synthetic approach to develop and fine-tune electronic and optical properties, and thus these material systems stand to impact a wide range of technologies. Through laser-induction of temperature gradients, in this paper, user-defined patterning of strongly dichroic and piezoelectric organic thin films composed of donor–acceptor columnar liquid crystals is shown. Finally, fine, reversible control over isotropic versus anisotropic regions in thin films is demonstrated, enabling noncontact writing/rewriting of micropolarizers, bar codes, and charge-transfer based devices.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Denison Univ., Granville, OH (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF) (United States); Denison Univ. Research Foundation (United States)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1473924

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1430588

Report Number(s):: SAND--2018-10060J; 667847

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 30; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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