A novel polymer dispersed liquid crystal film prepared by reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer polymerization |
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| Authors: | Jie He |
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| Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China |
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| Abstract: | Polymer as an important component of polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) has a great influence on electro-optical properties. In this letter, the effect of molecular weight of polymer matrix on the electro-optical properties of PDLC films was investigated with reversible addition fragmentation transfer (RAFT) polymerization. It was found that the saturation voltage and memory effect were apparently influenced by molecular weight of polymer which can be regulated efficiently by irradiation time, while the morphology of liquid crystal droplets kept unaltered. It was estimated that the increase of molecular weight of polymer enhanced entanglement between polymer and liquid crystal, which induced the different surface interaction and electro-optical properties. |
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| Keywords: | PDLC RAFT Molecular weight Electro-optical properties Memory effect |
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