CONTROL OF POLYMER ORIENTATION IN POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID-CRYSTAL (PDLC)

被引:42
作者
SHIMADA, E
UCHIDA, T
机构
[1] Department of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-Ku, Sendai
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 3B期
关键词
POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL; POLYMER ORIENTATION; UV-CURABLE POLYMER; LIQUID CRYSTAL; DISPLAY DEVICE; LIGHT SCATTERING;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.31.L352
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
It is considered that electrooptical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) strongly depend on the polymer network structure. Therefore, we have tried to control the orientation of the polymer network of PDLC, and we succeeded by means of photopolymerization of the nematic phase mixture of the monomer and liquid crystal material. In addition, the liquid crystal in the PDLC was roughly aligned parallel to the extended direction of the polymer network. This result predicts that uniform alignment of liquid crystal can be obtained by optimizing the polymerization condition.
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页码:L352 / L354
页数:3
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