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13 March 2019 A wide-color-gamut electrically-switchable color device with polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal (Conference Presentation)
Vinay Joshi, Daniel A. Paterson, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Liang-Chy Chien
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Abstract
A wide spectra color-reflective device based on polymer-sustained conical helix (PSCH) of cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) is demonstrated. The phase-separated three-dimensional polymer network transcribes the helicoidal structure of a CLC and sustains the deformation of helices by the external electric field for wide spectrum turning. Besides the selective reflection of light, the device also demonstrates light-scattering focal conic texture in off-state and transparent homeotropic state at high electric field. The new electro-chromic devices with PSCH that can reversibly change of wide-range colors in response to ascending and descending of electric field are promising in various fields including smart windows, sensors, displays, and camouflage applications.
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Vinay Joshi, Daniel A. Paterson, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, and Liang-Chy Chien "A wide-color-gamut electrically-switchable color device with polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10941, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XIV, 109410K (13 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2508851
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KEYWORDS
Polymers

Liquid crystals

Camouflage

Electric field sensors

Sensors

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