| Abstract: | Dispersing liquid crystal droplets in a rigid polymer matrix results in an electrically controllable light scattering medium. A polymer with high glass transition temperature phase-separated with a low molecular weight liquid-crystalline material is a good binder for polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLC). Main-chain liquid-crystalline epoxies were synthesized for the phase separation with low molecular weight nematic liquid crystals E7 (mixture of 4-alkyl-4′-cyanobiphenyls) and studied for their mesomorphic properties and response to an applied electrical field. |
