| Recent theoretical progress in understanding the effect of silver nanoparticles on photo-induced orientation of liquid crystalline polymer was reviewed. The observed enhancement of photo-induced rate results from the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of silver nanoparticles. And the observed reducing phenomena are attributed to the interaction between materials and silver nanoparticles. And then the both interactions between silver nanoparticles and liquid crystalline polymer strongly depend on polarized light wavelength, concentration and the structure of liquid crystalline polymer. Furthermore, the enhancement mechanism of photo-induced rate, and physical process between silver nanoparticles and liquid crystalline polymer was also discussed in details, which are very important to further improvement of photo-induced orientation rate and application on liquid crystalline polymer for the surface plasmon resonance of silver nanoparticles. |
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