Reactive oligo(dimethylsiloxane) mesogens and their nanostructured thin films

K. Nickmans; Ph. Leclère; J. Lub; D. J. Broer; A. P. H. J. Schenning

doi:10.1039/C7SM00673J

Reactive oligo(dimethylsiloxane) mesogens and their nanostructured thin films†

K. Nickmans,^a Ph. Leclère,^b J. Lub,^ac D. J. Broer^ad and A. P. H. J. Schenning

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^a Laboratory of Functional Organic Materials and Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
E-mail: a.p.h.j.schenning@tue.nl

^b Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials, Center for Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), University of Mons (UMONS), Place du Parc 20, B 7000 Mons, Belgium

^c Philips Research Laboratories, Prof. Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands

^d Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Abstract

Oligo(dimethylsiloxane)-based reactive mesogens were prepared and shown to form room-temperature smectic phases which were ‘frozen-in’ by photopolymerization. Homeotropically aligned, nanostructured thin films were obtained by spincoating, and micropatterning was demonstrated. These hybrid reactive mesogens are suitable for the preparation of aligned nanostructured polymer thin films with potential applications ranging from stimuli responsive coatings to nanoporous membranes.

This article is part of the themed collection: Liquid Crystal Elastomers

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SM00673J
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 04 Apr 2017
Accepted: 08 May 2017
First published: 09 May 2017
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Soft Matter, 2017,13, 4357-4362

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K. Nickmans, Ph. Leclère, J. Lub, D. J. Broer and A. P. H. J. Schenning, Soft Matter, 2017, 13, 4357 DOI: 10.1039/C7SM00673J

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Reactive oligo(dimethylsiloxane) mesogens and their nanostructured thin films†

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