Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 36, Issue 10, 1362(2021)

Effects of monomer alkyl chain length on electro-optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystal film

ZENG Teng, HE Tao-yu, and WANG Ying-han
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    Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) is a thin film formed by liquid crystal (LC) droplets embedded in a continuous polymer matrix in the form of micron-sized droplets. The use of click chemistry method to prepare PDLC can avoid the problems of dye decomposition caused by traditional photopolymerization-induced phase separation. In this study, four polyethylene glycol diacrylates (PEGDA) of different alkyl chain lengths were used as raw materials to synthesize PDLC films through thiol-ene click reaction and thiol-isocyanate coupling reaction, to study the effects of different alkyl chain length olefin monomers on the electro-optical properties of PDLC films. The results showed that as the chain length of olefin alkyl chain in the system increased, the threshold voltage (Vth) , saturation voltage (Vsat) and contrast ratio (CR) decreased, while off-state transmittance (Toff) and on-state transmittance (Ton) increased. By selecting olefin with appropriate alkyl chain length, PDLC films with good electro-optical properties can be prepared.

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    ZENG Teng, HE Tao-yu, WANG Ying-han. Effects of monomer alkyl chain length on electro-optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystal film[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2021, 36(10): 1362

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    Received: Jun. 26, 2021

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    Published Online: Nov. 6, 2021

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    DOI:10.37188/cjlcd.2021-0153

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