Self-Assembling Behavior of Smart Nanocomposite System: Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Conﬁned by Stretched Porous Polyethylene Film

Bubnov, A.; Bobrovsky, A.; Rychetský, I.; Fekete, L.; Hamplová, V.

Авторы: Alexej Bubnov, Alexey Bobrovsky, Ivan Rychetský, Ladislav Fekete, Vera Hamplová
Журнал: Nanomaterials
Том: 10
Год издания: 2020
Издательство: MDPI
Местоположение издательства: Basel, Switzerland
Первая страница: 1
Последняя страница: 16
Номер статьи: 1498
DOI: 10.3390/nano10081498
Аннотация: The control and prediction of soft systems exhibiting self-organization behaviorcan be realized by different means but still remains a highlighted task. Novel advanced nanocomposite system has been designed by filling of a stretched porous polyethylene (PE) film with pore dimensions of hundreds of nanometers by chiral ferroelectric liquid crystalline (LC) compound possessing polar self-assembling behavior. Lactic acid derivative exhibiting the paraelectric orthogonal smectic A* and the ferroelectric tilted smectic C* phases over a broad temperature range is used as a self-assembling compound. The morphology of nanocomposite film has been checked by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The designed nanocomposite has been studied by polarizing optical microscopy (POM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), small and wide-angle X-ray scattering and broadband dielectric spectroscopy. The effect of a porous PE confinement on self-assembling, structural, and dielectric behavior of the chiral LC compound has been established and discussed. While the mesomorphic and structural properties of the nanocomposite are found not to be much influenced in comparison to that of a pure LC compound, the polar properties have been toughly suppressed by the specific confinement. Nevertheless, the electro-optic switching was clearly observed under applied electric field of low frequency (210 V, 19 Hz). The dielectric spectroscopy and X-ray results reveal that the helical structure of the ferroelectric liquid crystal inside the PE matrix is completely unwound, and the molecules are aligned along stretching direction. Obtained results demonstrate possibilities of using stretched porous polyolefins as promising matrices for the design of new nanocomposites.
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