Enhanced Electro-Optic Behavior for Shaped Polymer Cholesteric Liquid-Crystal Flakes Made Using Soft Lithography
Journal Article
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· Advanced Functional Materials
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Polymer cholesteric liquid-crystal (PCLC) flakes were investigated for their electro-optic behavior under an applied alternating-current field. Shaped flakes, fabricated using soft lithography and suspended in dielectric-fluid-filled cells, reoriented more uniformly than randomly shaped flakes made by fracturing of PCLC films. Extensive characterization found shaped flakes to be smooth and uniform in size, shape, and thickness.
- Research Organization:
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC52-92SF19460
- OSTI ID:
- 836987
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SF-19460-586; 1526; 2004-79
- Journal Information:
- Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 15; ISSN 1616-301X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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