An investigation on a novel PDLC film's fabrication and its electro-optical properties

  • Hongliu Ding
  • , Ting Zhao
  • , Yuxiao Cheng
  • , Yuehong Pang
  • , He Xu
  • , Guoyue Shi
  • , Litong Jin*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film that has good electro-optical properties is produced by the method of polymerized-induced phase separation. Based on the application foreground, its capability parameters, such as contrast ratio, work voltage, and visual angle, are characterized for the first time by a white light but not a fixed wavelength light. The results show the PDLC film has a low work-voltage of 20 V, more than 150° visual angle, high stability, and long lifetime. The differences between plastic and glass ITO-coated substrates of PDLC films are also studied in this paper. The plastic substrate has better property and will have a wider perspective especially in the portable, tender and folded display devices. Due to adjustable properties of film by electric field, PDLC has the potential application for display device, sensor, switch, grating, and new generation analytical apparatus.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)358-363
Number of pages6
JournalScience in China, Series B: Chemistry
Volume50
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2007

Keywords

  • Bisphenol-A epoxy resin
  • Electro-optical properties
  • Nematic liquid crystal
  • Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC)

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