THE POLYMER SOCIETY OF KOREA

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세션명 신진연구자 특별 심포지움 (I)
발표장 401호
논문코드 1L9-6
발표일 2019-10-10
발표시간 15:55-16:20
논문제목 Chemically Actuated Nano- and Microscale Polymer Printer Based on Liquid Crystals
발표자 김영기
발표자 소속 포항공과대학교
저자 김영기
소속 포항공과 대학교
논문초록 Liquid crystal (LC) is an anisotropic fluid with the mobility of liquids and long-range order of crystals. Due to the combination of properties, LCs has been used to design reconfigurable materials that can optically signal a wide range of stimuli, such as temperature and bio-molecules. Recently, we have designed a new class of LC materials that autonomously sense and report a target stimulus and then transform their environment via triggered release of microcargo that are initially trapped in LCs.1 In this presentation, we will show that the smart LC materials can be programmed to print polymeric structure with diverse sizes and morphologies. Specifically, we demonstrated the microcargo containing initiator to be released upon a targeted stimulus and trigger the formation of hydrogels or amphiphilic polymers. We envisage the smart LCs to find applications in a variety of fields including self-healing system, nano printer, bacteria trap. 1Y.-K.Kim et. al., Nature, 557, 539 (2018).