Polymer network–stabilized liquid crystals

I Dierking - Advanced Materials, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The fabrication and properties of polymer network–stabilized liquid crystals, formed by
polymerization of a small amount of a bifunctional photoreactive monomer dissolved in a …

Dynamic color in stimuli-responsive cholesteric liquid crystals

TJ White, ME McConney, TJ Bunning - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
ROY G. BIV is the acronym used around the English-speaking world to aid children in the
memorization of the traditional colors of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue …

Temperature-responsive, multicolor-changing photonic polymers

AJJ Kragt, NCM Zuurbier, DJ Broer… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A new principle is developed to fabricate temperature-responsive, multicolor photonic
coatings that are capable of switching color. The coating is composed of a non-cross-linked …

Stable and scalable smart window based on polymer stabilized liquid crystals

X Hu, X Zhang, W Yang, XF Jiang… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A stable and scalable polymer‐stabilized liquid crystal window which
electrically switches from transparent to opaque has been fabricated. Scanning electron …

Sonochemical synthesis of CdSe hollow spherical assemblies via an in‐situ template route

JJ Zhu, S Xu, H Wang, JM Zhu, HY Chen - Advanced Materials, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
CdSe hollow spherical assemblies composed of 5 nm nanoparticles have been synthesized
sonochemically. During the process, amorphous Cd (OH) 2, which acts as the in‐situ …

Recent developments in polymer stabilised liquid crystals

I Dierking - Polymer Chemistry, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer stabilised liquid crystals describe systems in which a polymer network is formed
within an anisotropic liquid crystal matrix. During the polymerisation process a bi-continuous …

Photochemical modulation of color and transmittance in chiral nematic liquid crystal containing an azobenzene as a photosensitive chromophore

HK Lee, K Doi, H Harada, O Tsutsumi… - The Journal of …, 2000 - ACS Publications
All-optical switching of selectively reflected colors based on isomerization of an azobenzene
(Azo) and subsequent change in transmittance was investigated in cholesteric liquid crystals …

Effective electrically tunable infrared reflectors based on polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystals

X Hu, W Zeng, W Yang, L Xiao, LT De Haan… - Liquid …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Electrically tunable infrared (IR) reflectors based on polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid
crystals (PSCLC) have been fabricated. The influence of polymerisation time on bandwidth …

The association of structural chirality and liquid crystal anchoring in polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals

BP Radka, T Lee, II Smalyukh, TJ White - Soft Matter, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals (PSCLCs) are electrically reconfigurable
reflective elements. Prior studies have hypothesized and indirectly confirmed that the electro …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol selective optical sensor based on porous cholesteric liquid crystal polymer networks

TY Yeh, MF Liu, RD Lin, SJ Hwang - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
A responsive hydrogen-bonded cholesteric liquid crystal polymer (CLCP) film with controlled
porosity was fabricated as an optical sensor to distinguish between methanol and ethanol in …