A kind of preparation method of liquid crystal material of electronic paper material
Technical field
The invention belongs to the functional polymer field of liquid crystal display, relate to liquid crystal material, cholesterol compound and hydrogen bond self-assembly type chipal compounds.When outside temperature changed, the matrix material reflection colour changed, and has memory effect.It can be applicable to chromatic display and thermo-sensitivity temperature sensor etc.
Background technology
Liquid crystal is a kind of specific form that the occurring in nature material exists, and it is in liquid crystal state that with crystal and common liq difference the barycenter of liquid crystal molecule is unordered (crystal is orderly), and its to point to arrow be orderly (common liq is unordered).Thereby liquid crystal is a kind of optically anisotropic substance of external field sensitive.Because this special structure, liquid crystal can be modulated light, thereby is widely used in the demonstration field.
Cholesteric liquid crystal is the nematic liquid crystal that has chirality.Two kinds of sources are generally arranged: the one, liquid crystal molecule itself has chirality group, so be exactly the nematic phase that has spirane structure, i.e. cholesteryl phase naturally; Another kind of situation is to mix chipal compounds in nematic liquid crystal, and nematic structure is distorted, and obtains cholesteryl phase.In a single-domain body, cholesteryl phase molecule and screw shaft arranged vertical in the plane perpendicular to screw shaft, can be thought nematic phase; On the direction of screw shaft, the sensing generation successive of cholesteric liquid crystal molecule changes, when it revolves three-sixth turn the screw shaft length of process be called as pitch (representing) with P.This special spirane structure makes the cholesteric liquid crystal can be to satisfying bragg's formula: the light selective reflection of λ=nP (n is the mean refractive index of liquid crystal).The width of reflectance spectrum is: (n
e-n
o) P; N wherein
eAnd n
oBe respectively extraordinary ray and ordinary refraction index.In addition, if by mixing the cholesteric liquid crystal that chipal compounds forms, the size of pitch is relevant with the distortion ability with the content of chipal compounds so, and its magnitude relationship is
Wherein, X is the mass concentration of chipal compounds, and HTP is the helically twisted power of chipal compounds, and unit is μ m
-1Because cholesteric liquid crystal can carry out selective reflection to incident beam,,,, can change its reflection colour as electric field, thermal field, sound field, magnetic field etc. by changing ambient conditions if its selective reflection wave band is adjusted to the visible region.If the color that changes has certain memory effect, promptly can be applicable to the colored electronic paper that shows.
At present, along with the needs of energy-conserving and environment-protective, people show great interest to using liquid crystal material exploitation electronic paper product.Electronic paper is light as plain paper, thin, softness can fold, but can repeat erasable.Because itself is a kind of display screen, it can store a large amount of information, also is a kind of e-book simultaneously.Electronic paper can save the natural resources that is used to prepare paper in a large number, reduce the pollution to environment of paper-making industry and press.In case electronic paper is used widely, will cause the revolution of paper-making industry and press.
Aspect use liquid crystal material exploitation electronic paper, U.S. Kent state university utilizes double frequency driving liquid crystal come to send the electrical addressing electricity and wipes electronic paper.University of Science ﹠ Technology, Beijing wipes the electronic paper material except that developing novel electrical addressing electricity, also develops electronic paper materials such as electrical addressing heat is wiped, hot addressing electricity is wiped, hot addressing heat is wiped.U.S.'s Bell Laboratory also uses non-liquid crystal liquid crystal property developing material to go out electric ink in addition.But these materials mostly are by changing the orientation of various different conditions control liquid crystal molecules, and it is changed between clear state and scattering states, i.e. white and black displays pattern, and color is bright-coloured inadequately, has limited its application in some fields.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to overcome existing most of electronic paper material can only change between clear state and scattering states, be the shortcoming of white and black displays pattern, develop and to drive by thermal field, energy consumption is low, the colored demonstration of the reflection-type electronic paper that need not backlight (should be called hot paper with liquid crystal composite material, but for simplicity, use traditional appellation electronic paper here).It combines the sensitive characteristic of cholesteric liquid crystal and the decomposition and the self-assembly of hydrogen bond chipal compounds cleverly, thereby is made into the novel liquid crystal display material.In addition, this novel liquid crystal composite material manufacturing technology is easy, with low cost.
A kind of liquid crystal material of electronic paper matrix material is characterized in that concrete manufacturing process divided for six steps:
(1) preparation of liquid crystal cell: the polyvinyl alcohol water solution with 3%, be coated in the one side of glass substrate by the method for spin coating, 80 ℃ of bakings 30 minutes, use flannelette then along a direction friction orientation; The glass substrate that two orientations is good is that the polyethylene pad of 25.0 μ m is bonding along differently-oriented directivity thickness, makes the liquid crystal cell of planar orientation.
(2) preparation of cholesterol mixed crystal: with a series of cholesterol compound, ctystallizing point descends, makes to be liquid crystal state under its room temperature, and the cholesteric liquid crystal with broad liquid crystal phase temperature range.
(3) preparation of hydrogen bond class chipal compounds.Concrete preparation technology is: with imidazole chiral compound and carboxylic-acid chipal compounds, perhaps imidazole chiral compound and alcohols chipal compounds, perhaps imidazole chiral compound and itrile group class chipal compounds, perhaps imidazole chiral compound and phenols chipal compounds, perhaps pyridines chipal compounds and carboxylic-acid chipal compounds, perhaps pyridines chipal compounds and alcohols chipal compounds, perhaps pyridines chipal compounds and itrile group class chipal compounds, perhaps the pyridines chipal compounds mixes in twos with the phenols chipal compounds, the blended molar ratio is 1 in twos: 3-3: 1, it is mixed in organic solvent, solvent is slowly volatilized fully; Used organic solvent is acetone, tetrahydrofuran (THF), methylene dichloride etc.
(4) preparation of liquid crystal compound system.In cholesterol compound mixed crystal, add nematic liquid crystal and hydrogen bond class chipal compounds, be adjusted to partition ratio, the compound system reflection wavelength is adjusted in the visible-range.Wherein, nematic liquid crystal content is 15%-50%; Cholesterol mixed crystal content is 75%-40%; Hydrogen bond class chipal compounds content is 0%-20%.
(5) in the liquid crystal compound system that in (4), is mixed, add solvent, make it to mix, make mixture remain on vacuum state following 5 hours then, solvent is volatilized fully.Then compound system is injected the thick liquid crystal cell of 25 μ m through planar orientation.This moment, the liquid crystal compound system was a planar texture.After the intensification, the reflection wavelength generation blue shift of compound system, corresponding reflection colour changes.When the temperature of compound system was elevated to the hydrogen bond rupture of hydrogen bonding compound, the hydrogen bond chipal compounds decomposed, and the helically twisted power of system is undergone mutation, and liquid crystal system pitch is corresponding also undergos mutation, and causes reflection colour to change.When temperature was reduced to room temperature, because the hydrogen bond chipal compounds that has ruptured is not also finished self-assembly, the reflection colour of its variation can keep for some time (10 hours-120 hours), promptly has certain memory effect.Then, along with the carrying out of hydrogen bond self-assembly in the system, the hydrogen bond chipal compounds forms gradually, and the compound system composition returns to original state gradually, and reflection colour also returns to original state gradually.
(6) in (5) described compound system, add 1.5%-3.5% (wt%) liquid crystal liquid crystal property photopolymerizable monomer and trace (3%-5% of photopolymerizable monomer quality) light trigger, under the effect of photomask, under 15 ℃-30 ℃, carry out uv irradiating 10-60 minute (0.1-8.0mW/cm
-2, 365.0nm).Like this, the inner polymeric wall that forms of compound system.Polymeric wall can the conduction of caloric restriction in horizontal plane, and the information resolution of hot addressing input is improved greatly.
Planar orientation of the present invention is handled and is adopted rubbing manipulation, Vacuum Coating method or chemical method.
Cholesterol mixed crystal used in the present invention can be Cholesteryl pelargonate (CN), cholesterol oleyl alcohol carbonic ether (COC), cholesterol acid ester (CO), cholesterol benzoate (CB), cholesterol muriate (CC) etc.
Hydrogen bond type chipal compounds used in the present invention for being dissolved in the chiral additives in the nematic liquid crystal, can be the pyridines hydrogen bonding compound, carboxylic-acid hydrogen bonding compound, alcohols hydrogen bonding compound, phenols hydrogen bonding compound, itrile group class hydrogen bonding compound etc.
Nematic liquid crystal used in the present invention, its specific inductivity can be SLC1717, S7011, E7, E48 etc. for just.
Liquid crystal liquid crystal property photopolymerizable monomer used in the present invention, it can be dissolved in the nematic liquid crystal, and has mesomorphic phase, can be C6M, C6Cl etc.
Light trigger used in the present invention is benzoin isopropyl ether (light trigger 651) or benzophenone.
Moiety of the present invention is removed above-mentioned several compositions: cholesterol mixed crystal, nematic liquid crystal, hydrogen bond class chipal compounds, photopolymerizable monomer, outside the light trigger, also can be according to selected composition, technology and actual needs, whether decision adds other components such as dyestuff, uv-absorbing pigment.
The materials chemistry structural formula and other relevant information that are used among the present invention are seen Fig. 1.
The present invention has utilized the hydrogen bond in the hydrogen bond class chipal compounds to vary with temperature in the liquid crystal compound system can to rupture and the characteristics of self-assembly.In temperature-rise period, the hydrogen bond of hydrogen bond type chipal compounds ruptures, and hydrogen bond type chipal compounds decomposes, and the system composition changes, and pitch is undergone mutation, and reflection colour changes.After reducing to room temperature, because hydrogen bond can't very fast self-assembly, so the reflection colour of its change can be remembered for some time.After for some time, hydrogen bond is finished self-assembly gradually, and the system composition returns to original state again, and reflection colour also returns to original state.In addition, the material mixture ratio difference, temperature control is different, and its reflection colour is also different.So just reached the purpose that the reflection colour of matrix material can be controlled by temperature, be applicable as thermal field and drive colored electronic paper or the thermo-sensitivity temperature sensor etc. of showing of type.
Advantage or positively effect
(1) the realization reflection colour is controlled by temperature, and when returning to room temperature, the change of color has memory effect, and after for some time, also can spontaneously return to original state.
(2) it can be applicable to thermal field and drives the colored electronic paper that shows of type.This novel electron paper is driven by thermal field, need not backlight and polaroid, energy-conserving and environment-protective, and reflection colour can be regulated arbitrarily by material mixture ratio or controlled temperature.
(3) this method does not relate to technologies such as etched electrodes, thermopolymerization, and is so processing units is simple, with low cost.
Description of drawings
Associated materials chemical structural formula and other relevant information of Fig. 1 for using.
Fig. 2 is a hydrogen bond type chipal compounds alternating temperature infared spectrum.The hydrogen bond that shows the hydrogen bond chipal compounds begins to rupture at 60 ℃, and is complete to 65 ℃ of basic fractures.
Fig. 3-6 is respectively sample 1,2, the variation that 3 and 4 reflection wavelength position raises and takes place with temperature.
Fig. 7 is that the pitch of sample 5 is with variation of temperature trend.
Fig. 8 is the variation that the reflection wavelength position of sample 6 raises and takes place with temperature.
Embodiment
Embodiment 1:
The preparation of liquid crystal cell: the polyvinyl alcohol water solution with 3%, be coated in the one side of glass substrate by the method for spin coating, 80 ℃ of bakings 30 minutes, use flannelette then along a direction friction orientation.The glass substrate that two orientations is good is that the polyethylene pad of 25 μ m is bonding along differently-oriented directivity thickness, makes the liquid crystal cell of planar orientation.
(1) preparation hydrogen bond type chipal compounds HCD.Is that 1: 1 ratio mixes in organic solvent tetrahydrofuran with pyridines chipal compounds and carboxylic-acid chipal compounds according to molar ratio, and solvent is slowly volatilized fully.Measure the alternating temperature infrared spectra of hydrogen bond type chipal compounds HCD.Its result as shown in Figure 2.
(2) according to table 1 preparation sample.
Table 1. sample composition and proportioning
Sample dissolution is mixed in tetrahydrofuran solvent, and it is clean to be retained to solvent evaporates at ambient temperature; In the liquid crystal cell that utilizes wicking action to pour in the sample 1,2,3,4,6 that mixes then to prepare.With sample 1,2,3,4 heat up gradually, measure the temperature variant variation of reflection wavelength.Its result as shown in Figure 3.
(3) utilize wicking action to pour in the sample 5 that mixes and tiltedly split in the box, measure pitch with variation of temperature trend.Its result as shown in Figure 4.
(4) sample 6 is heated up gradually, measure the temperature variant variation of reflection wavelength.Its result as shown in Figure 5.
(5) utilize wicking action to pour in the liquid crystal cell in the sample 7 that mixes, under mask covers, carry out 20 minutes (0.8mW/cm of uv irradiating at 25 ℃
-2, 365.0nm), polymerisable monomer takes place crosslinked, forms polymeric wall at material internal.The heat pen that with temperature is 65 ℃ moves on the liquid crystal cell surface with the speed of 1.0cm/s, can finish the input of information.Like this, Lan Se information is imported on red background.After removing thermal field, information is kept 3 day time.Blue information fades away afterwards, and sample returns to original state.
The instrument that uses in the above-mentioned test process is ultraviolet-visible-near infrared spectrometer (JascoV-570), polarizing microscope (Olympus BX51), and fourier changes infrared spectrometer (Nicolet-510P).As seen from Figure 2, the hydrogen bond of hydrogen bond type chipal compounds begins to rupture at 60 ℃, and is complete to 65 ℃ of basic fractures.Fig. 3-6 represents sample 1,2,3 and 4 reflection wavelength raises with temperature blue shift all takes place, and moves to 610nm from 660nm respectively, and 605nm moves to 565nm, 540nm moves to 500nm, 520nm moves to 465nm, and corresponding reflection colour becomes the tangerine look by redness respectively, and yellow becomes green, green becomes blueness, and blueness becomes purple.Fig. 7 represents that the pitch of sample 5 sharply descends since 60 ℃, remains unchanged substantially before 60 ℃ and after 68 ℃, shows that the hydrogen bond rupture of hydrogen bond chipal compounds in the sample can make sample pitch undergo mutation.Fig. 8 represents that the reflection wavelength of sample 6 with the temperature rising blue shift phenomenon takes place.Rising to 60 ℃ of processes from 20 ℃, reflection wavelength moves to 650nm from 685nm, and corresponding reflection colour becomes the tangerine look by redness respectively; Rise to 68 ℃ of processes from 60 ℃, reflection peak occurs at the 465nm place, and reflection strength strengthens gradually, corresponding color sports blueness by the tangerine look.After returning to room temperature, blueness can keep 3 days left and right sides time.Return to the original state redness afterwards gradually.
Embodiment 2:
Wherein, preparation hydrogen bond type chipal compounds HCD technology is: is that 1: 2 ratio mixes in organic solvent tetrahydrofuran with imidazole chiral compound and alcohols chipal compounds according to molar ratio, and solvent is slowly volatilized fully.
All the other steps are with embodiment 1, and test result is similar to the test result of embodiment 1.
Embodiment 3:
Wherein, preparation hydrogen bond type chipal compounds HCD technology is: is that 3: 1 ratio mixes in organic solvent tetrahydrofuran with imidazole chiral compound and phenols chipal compounds according to molar ratio, and solvent is slowly volatilized fully.
All the other steps are with embodiment 1, and test result is similar to the test result of embodiment 1.
Embodiment 4:
Wherein, preparation hydrogen bond type chipal compounds HCD technology is: is that 1: 3 ratio mixes in organic solvent-acetone with pyridines chipal compounds and itrile group class chipal compounds according to molar ratio, and solvent is slowly volatilized fully.
All the other steps are with embodiment 1, and test result is similar to the test result of embodiment 1.
Embodiment 5:
Wherein, preparation hydrogen bond type chipal compounds HCD technology is: is that 2: 1 ratio mixes in organic solvent dichloromethane with pyridines chipal compounds and phenols chipal compounds according to molar ratio, and solvent is slowly volatilized fully.
All the other steps are with embodiment 1, and test result is similar to the test result of embodiment 1.