Fabrication of Zigzag Parylene Nanofibers in Liquid Crystals with Electric Field-Induced Defect Structures.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
; 16(8): 11125-11133, 2024 Feb 28.
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| ID: mdl-38373224
ABSTRACT
Liquid crystals (LCs) have been adopted to induce tunable physical properties that dynamically originated from their unique intrinsic properties responding to external stimuli, such as surface anchoring condition and applied electric field, which enables them to be the template for aligning functional guest materials. We fabricate the fiber array from the electrically modulated (in-plain) nematic LC template using the chemical vapor polymerization (CVP) method. Under an electric field, an induced defect structure with a winding number of -1/2 contains a periodic zigzag disclination line. It is known that LC defect structures can trap the guest materials, such as particles and chemicals. However, the resulting fibers grow along the LC directors, not trapped in the defects. To show the versatility of our platform, nanofibers are fabricated on patterned electrodes representing the alphabets 'CVP.' In addition, the semifluorinated moieties are added to fibers to provide a hydrophobic surface. The resultant orientation-controlled fibers will be used in controllable smart surfaces that can be used in sensors, electronics, photonics, and biomimetic surfaces.
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En
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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
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ACS appl. mater. interfaces (Online)
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ACS applied materials & interfaces (Online)
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BIOTECNOLOGIA
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ENGENHARIA BIOMEDICA
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2024
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