Molecular alignment of axially-symmetric sheared polymer network liquid crystals

Yung Hsun Wu; Yi-Hsin Lin; Ju Hyun Lee; Hongwen Ren; Xiangyi Nie; Shin Tson Wu

doi:10.1080/15421400600656046

Molecular alignment of axially-symmetric sheared polymer network liquid crystals

Yung Hsun Wu^*, Yi-Hsin Lin, Ju Hyun Lee, Hongwen Ren, Xiangyi Nie, Shin Tson Wu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Photonics

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Abstract

An axially-symmetric sheared polymer network liquid crystal (AS-SPNLC) device is demonstrated and its performances characterized. The formation mechanism of the AS-SPNLC is investigated by observing the dynamic pattern change of the structure during the fabrication process. We also analyze the structure from the electro-optic properties and then construct a simulation model to explain the observed phenomena. Several potential applications, such as tunable-focus negative lens and spatial polarization converter, are discussed.

Original language	English
Journal	Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume	454
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15421400600656046
State	Published - 1 Sep 2006

Keywords

Axially-symmetric and polymers
Liquid-crystal devices

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