Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 37, Issue 8, 997(2022)

Reflection band gap broadening of polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal by low voltage

Wen-hui GAO, Rui-cai GUO, Xiao-shuai LI, Mei-shan ZHANG, and Yu-bao SUN*
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  • Department of Applied Physics,Hebei University of Technology,Tianjin 300401,China
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    The reflection band gap of cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) is usually between 50 and 100 nm. To enhance the usefulness of CLC, the external stimulation can be applied to broaden the reflection bad gap. The polymer network can be moved by the action of direct current voltage in polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal (PSCLC) with negative dielectric anisotropy, results in broadening the reflection band gap, which is usually driven by a large voltage. In this paper, the influence of polymer monomer’s concentration, cell thickness of liquid crystal, and ultraviolet absorption dye on the reflection band was studied. The reflection band of PSCLC is broadened by 3 times, and the required driving voltage is lowered to 7.5 V. After the driving voltage is removed, PSCLC system quickly returns to the original optical performance, shows the good reversible change.

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    Wen-hui GAO, Rui-cai GUO, Xiao-shuai LI, Mei-shan ZHANG, Yu-bao SUN. Reflection band gap broadening of polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal by low voltage[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2022, 37(8): 997

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 12, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 15, 2022

    The Author Email: Yu-bao SUN (sun_yubao@163.com)

    DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2022-0164

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