Polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) have kindled a spark of interest because of their
unique characteristic of electrically controlled switching. However, some issues including …

The paper focuses on the synthesis and characterization of new drug delivery systems for
local therapy. They were prepared by in situ hydrogelation of chitosan biopolymer with …

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 …

Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) composites were prepared by the encapsulation of
cholesteryl acetate (L-ChAc) in polyvinyl alcohol boric acid (PVAB) by microemulsion …

Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films are fabricated by well-known polymerization-
induced phase separation method. In this paper, the dispersion of multi-walled carbon …

Stimuli-responsive,“smart” polymeric materials used in the biomedical field function in a bio-
mimicking manner by providing a non-linear response to triggers coming from a …

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 series of five eco-friendly PDLC composite films based on cholesteryl acetate liquid crystal
and chitosan were obtained and characterized. The resulted composites were evaluated in …

Pure organic luminescent hydrogels were synthesised using the condensation reaction of
amino groups of chitosan with a photoactive aldehyde bearing a phenothiazine moiety. The …

In this work, the methods of doping different fluorine-containing monomers and fluorine-
containing nanoparticles into the mixture were adopted to boost the electro-optical …