Issue 17, 2012
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RSC Advances

Thermally responsive microlens arrays fabricated with the use of defect arrays in a smectic liquid crystal†

Jung Hyun Kim,a   Yun Ho Kim,b   Hyeon Su Jeong,c   Mohan Srinivasarao,d   Steve D. Hudsone  and  Hee-Tae Jung*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
E-mail: heetae@kaist.ac.kr
Fax: +82-42-350-3910
Tel: +82-42-350-3931

b Advanced Functional Materials Research Group, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon 305-600, Korea

c Optical Materials Lab, SK innovation, Daejeon, Korea

d School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

e Polymer Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

Abstract

Defects in a smectic liquid crystal, toric focal conic domains (TFCDs), were developed for the fabrication of thermally responsive microlens arrays. In this system, each TFCD acts as a separate focusing unit via the intrinsic molecular orientation of the TFCDs, and the focusing ability of the microlens varies with local environmental temperature.

Graphical abstract: Thermally responsive microlens arrays fabricated with the use of defect arrays in a smectic liquid crystal

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA20561K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Mar 2012
Accepted
04 Jun 2012
First published
13 Jun 2012

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 6729-6732

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Thermally responsive microlens arrays fabricated with the use of defect arrays in a smectic liquid crystal

J. H. Kim, Y. H. Kim, H. S. Jeong, M. Srinivasarao, S. D. Hudson and H. Jung, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 6729 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20561K

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