| Abstract: | We investigated cholesteric liquid crystals containing an anisotropic polymer network created by in situ photo-polymerization of a mesogenic diacrylate. In contrast to previous studies, we used a liquid crystalline diacrylate to achieve bistable switching between the reflecting Grandjean texture and the diffuse scattering focal conic texture. The switching behavior depends considerably on the orientation of the liquid crystal during the polymerization. For polymerization in the Grandjean texture, the response times for switching to the reflecting state were lowered compared to the pure liquid crystal. The chromaticity coordinates indicate that this new type of display is very promising for additive color mixing. |
