Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 39, Issue 3, 338(2024)

Full-color liquid crystal device with high reflectivity by photo-electric modulation

Shuangshuang ZENG1, Haiyi LIN1, Tao LIU1, Danxing HOU2, Jiaxing WANG2, Chuncheng CHE3, Xiaojuan WU2、*, and Jinbao GUO1、**
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  • 1College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
  • 2Beijing Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing 100176, China
  • 3Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing 100176, China
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    In this work, the oblique helicoidal cholesteric (ChOH) device with high reflectivity and full color displaying was obtained by means of photo-electric cooperative regulation. By introducing a left-handed chiral photoswitch (switch 1) into liquid crystal (LC) system, also based on the principle of chiral cancellation of the opposite handedness chiral additive, a chiral agent R811 was used to balance the difference in helical twisted power value before and after Z/E photoisomerization of switch 1, so that the system could reflect circularly polarized light with opposite handedness and the same red-green-blue colors by applying the same electric field intensity before and after light irradiations. On this basis, a double-layer LC cell was constructed, and the cell was subjected to photo-electric stimulation to induce the helical inversion of the upper layer, so that left- and right-handedness ChOH structure could be formed in the double-layer structure. As a result, the reflectance of the system was increased by around 60% in the device structure with full reflection effect. This study provides a new idea for the preparation of full-color electronic paper devices with high reflectivity, and also provides a useful exploration for the application of photoswitch materials in LC devices.

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    Shuangshuang ZENG, Haiyi LIN, Tao LIU, Danxing HOU, Jiaxing WANG, Chuncheng CHE, Xiaojuan WU, Jinbao GUO. Full-color liquid crystal device with high reflectivity by photo-electric modulation[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2024, 39(3): 338

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jan. 29, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 29, 2024

    The Author Email: Xiaojuan WU (wuxiaojuan@boe.com.cn), Jinbao GUO (guojb@mail.buct.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2024-0040

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