Recent advances in the polymer dispersed liquid crystal composite and its applications

MH Saeed, S Zhang, Y Cao, L Zhou, J Hu… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) have kindled a spark of interest because of their
unique characteristic of electrically controlled switching. However, some issues including …

Ferroelectric nanoparticles in liquid crystals: recent progress and current challenges

Y Garbovskiy, A Glushchenko - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
The dispersion of ferroelectric nanomaterials in liquid crystals has recently emerged as a
promising way for the design of advanced and tunable electro-optical materials. The goal of …

Role of BaTiO3 nanoparticles on electro-optic performance of epoxy-resin-based PDLC devices

A Kumari, A Sinha - Liquid Crystals, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The physical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC) can be tuned as per the
application requirement by controlling their composition ratio and microstructure. The …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in multicomponent systems: Liquid crystal/nanoparticles/polymer

A Gridyakina, N Kasian, MS Chychłowski… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multicomponent systems based on liquid crystals are of great interest both in the field of
scientific research and in the field of practical application. To date, one of the most studied …

A facile route towards controllable electric-optical performance of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal via the implantation of liquid crystalline epoxy network in …

W Shen, L Wang, G Chen, C Li, L Zhang, Z Yang… - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
A liquid crystalline epoxide was synthesized and its curing reactivity was compared with that
of the conventional epoxy monomers. By utilizing the difference in curing reactivity between …

Terahertz birefringence anisotropy and relaxation effects in polymer-dispersed liquid crystal doped with gold nanoparticles

YY Ji, F Fan, X Zhang, JR Cheng, SJ Chang - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Terahertz (THz) birefringence anisotropy of the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC)
doped with gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) is investigated by using terahertz time domain …

Broadband optical switch based on liquid crystal dynamic scattering

MW Geis, PJ Bos, V Liberman, M Rothschild - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
This work demonstrates a novel broadband optical switch, based on dynamic-scattering
effect in liquid crystals (LCs). Dynamic-scattering-mode technology was developed for …

Effects of the fluorinated liquid crystal molecules on the electro-optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystal films

H Zhang, H Cao, M Chen, L Zhang, T Jiang… - Liquid …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The different fluorinated liquid crystal (LC) molecules doped to E8 were used as LC
component to prepare polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films. The mass fraction of …

A study on electro-optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystal films doped with barium titanate nanoparticles prepared by nucleophile-initiated thiol-ene click …

T He, B Yang, L Zhang, Z Shi, X Gong, P Geng… - Liquid …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films doped with barium titanate (BTO)
nanoparticles were prepared by nucleophile-initiated thiol-ene click reaction. The effects of …

Multielement polychromatic 2D liquid crystal dammann gratings

Z Zhao, B Chen, PS Salter, MJ Booth… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multielement and multiwavelength switchable Dammann gratings are demonstrated in
polymerizable nematic liquid crystal (LC) devices fabricated using two‐photon …