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 …

Effect of the photoinitiator concentration on the electro-optical properties of thiol–acrylate-based PDLC smart windows

N Nasir, S Kumar, M Kim, VH Nguyen… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs), an indispensable class of electrically switchable
materials, where nano-or microsized liquid crystal (LC) droplets are phase-separated from …

Electrically switchable light transmittance of epoxy-mercaptan polymer/nematic liquid crystal composites with controllable microstructures

W Shen, L Wang, T Zhong, G Chen, C Li, M Chen… - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report the design, preparation and properties of epoxy-mercaptan
polymer/nematic liquid crystal (LC) composites with electrically switchable optical …

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 …

Effects of the methacrylate monomers with different end groups on the morphologies, electro-optical and mechanical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystals …

H Lin, S Zhang, MH Saeed, L Zhou, H Gao… - Liquid …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, the effects of the methacrylate monomers with various end groups (methyl,
hydroxyl, epoxy, tetrahydrofuran, cyclohexane, benzene and siloxane) on the morphologies …

Combined effect of hydroxylated and fluorinated acrylate monomers on improving the electro-optical and mechanical performances of PDLC-films

J Hu, W Hu, S Zhang, C Sun, R Lan, Y Cao, Y Ren… - Liquid …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, we prepared polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films with good
mechanical properties, high contrast ratio (CR), and low driving voltage (Vdr). These PDLC …

The regulation of electric-optical properties of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals via implantation of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) microstructure

Z He, P Yu, Y Zhao, Q Yang, Y Zhao, H Zhang, S Zi… - Liquid …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we report a simple and effective technique to improve the electro-optical
performance of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films via the implantation of …

Effects of rigid structures containing (meth) acrylate monomers and crosslinking agents with different chain length on the morphology and electro-optical properties of …

MH Saeed, S Zhang, L Zhou, G Chen… - Journal of Modern …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This contribution investigates the preparation of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC)
films based on meth (acrylate) monomers containing rigid structures. The current study …

An electrically light-transmittance-controllable film with a low-driving voltage from a coexistent system of polymer-dispersed and polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid …

S Guo, X Liang, H Zhang, W Shen, C Li, X Wang… - Liquid …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films have been successfully applied in the field of
smart windows, building partitions and projection screens. However, the high-driving voltage …

A polymer microsphere-filled cholesteric-liquid crystal film with bistable electro-optical characteristics

M Chen, X Liang, W Hu, L Zhang, C Zhang, H Yang - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we promote a new polymer microsphere-filled cholesteric-liquid crystal (PFLC)
system sandwiched between two flexible substrates for making a robust composite film with …