| Budget Amount *help |
¥187,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥144,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥43,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥19,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,530,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥31,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥24,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥7,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥35,620,000 (Direct Cost: ¥27,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥8,220,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥37,570,000 (Direct Cost: ¥28,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥8,670,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥63,050,000 (Direct Cost: ¥48,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥14,550,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The photoalignment technology was initiated approximately 30 years ago, and now has become a significant tool in industry to fabricate liquid crystal display devices. However, many fundamental issues still need to be elucidated. This project dealt with the photoalighment behavior in systems containing mesoscopic structures, in restricted sized films, and further non-plane surface systems. Herein, we attempted to elucidate the mechanism in the photoalighment process of microphase separation structures in block copolymer films, phase separation structure of blended polymers in small sized state obtained by inkjet printing, and proposed the photoresponsive surface wrinkle systems. Through these approaches, deeper understandings on the photoalignment processes were obtained, and new procedures were proposed. In particular, we originally proposed the photoalignment processes based on the manipulation of the free surface of liquid crystal polymer films.
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