| Autor: |
Marysia C. W. van Boxtel, Dick J. Broer, Cees W. M. Bastiaansen, Rob H. C. Janssen |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2001 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Applied Physics, 89(2), 838-842. American Institute of Physics |
| ISSN: |
0021-8979 |
| Popis: |
Liquid crystal colloid materials are described based on the liquid crystal (LC) E7 and submicron sized poly(methyl methacrylate-co-divinylbenzene) particles. Application of a thermal treatment to the composite material produces a finely dispersed network of the internally crosslinked polymeric inclusions in the LC-E7. Dynamic rheological measurements on the LC colloids show that the presence of this network imposes pronounced viscoelastic behavior on the material, which may be exploited in the manufacturing of large-area twisted nematic (TN) electro-optical cells via continuous methods as an alternative to the currently available batchwise routes. The electro-optical characteristics of TN cells based on the composite material are approximately comparable to the electro-optical characteristics of a reference cell filled with pure LC E7, which ensures that the largely increased viscoelasticity of the composite does not lead to a degradation of electro-optical properties. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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