Fig. 1. Fabrication process diagram of patterned assembly of guest-host liquid crystal device. (a)Filling the liquid crystals mixture into cell; (b) UV polymeri‑zation; (c) Wash out; (d) Refilling liquid crystals and dichroic dyes.

Fig. 2. Molecular structure of azobenzene-dichroic dye

Fig. 3. Optical system of response time measurement of guest-host liquid crystal device

Fig. 4. (a) Transmission textures of patterned assembly of guest-host liquid crystal device. 1:Parallel-aligned region, 2: Helical structure region; Ⅰ: Absorption axis of dichroic dye parallel to incident light polarization (indicated by the white arrow), Ⅱ: Angle of 45° between the absorption axis of dichroic dye and incident light polarization (indicated by the white arrow). The scale is 200 μm. (b) Transmittance spectra of guest-host liquid crystal device.

Fig. 5. Diagram (a) and electro-optical curves (b) of the transmittance of patterned assembly of guest-host liquid crystal device dynamically regulated by electric field

Fig. 6. Diagram (a) and curves of transmittance (b) of patterned assembly of guest-host liquid crystal device dynamically regulated by polarization direction

Fig. 7. Response time curve of sample, the scale is 200 μm.

Fig. 8. Dynamic display of patterned guest-host liquid crystal device by electric field. Polarization response: (a) 0°,(b) 15°,(c) 45°,(d) 90°. Electric field response: (e) 0 V, (f) 2.0 V, (g) 3.6 V, (h) 24 V.