Curing temperature effects on liquid crystal gels

被引：35

作者：

Du, F ^{[1
]}

Wu, ST ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cent Florida, CREOL, Sch Opt, Orlando, FL 32816 USA

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2003年 / 83卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1063/1.1602152

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

The curing temperature is found to greatly affect the operating voltage, contrast ratio, hysteresis, and response time of the reversed-mode liquid crystal (LC) gels. For the gels using E48 LC host, the optimal curing temperature is around 40-50degreesC. An LC gel with contrast ratio exceeds 2000:1 (at similar to2degrees collection angle), operating voltage lower than 7 V-rms, and response time of about 20 ms is demonstrated. Potential applications of such LC gels for optical switches, displays, and switchable polarizers are emphasized. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.

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