Pattern formation in polymer dispersed liquid crystal layers

Stanislaw J. Klosowicz

doi:10.1117/12.215562

2 August 1995 Pattern formation in polymer dispersed liquid crystal layers

Stanislaw J. Klosowicz

Proceedings Volume 2372, Liquid Crystals: Materials Science and Applications; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.215562
Event: Liquid Crystals: Materials Science and Applications, 1994, Zakopane, Poland

Abstract

The methods of creation of areas with different structural properties in one PDLC layer are described. It means that number, size, and shape of liquid crystal droplets, and also a director alignment, are different in particular areas of a polymer matrix. For this reason, optical and electro-optical properties of such a layer are unhomogeneous and an optical pattern may be obtained for the light passing through the layer. Possibilities of application of PDLC layers with structural pattern in optical devices are discussed.

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Stanislaw J. Klosowicz "Pattern formation in polymer dispersed liquid crystal layers", Proc. SPIE 2372, Liquid Crystals: Materials Science and Applications, (2 August 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.215562

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