Effect of electric field on phase separation of polymer dispersed liquid crystal

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1635-1640

  Zhang, Wenjie ^a   Lin, Jiaping ^a   Yu, Tianshi ^a   Lin, Shaoliang ^a   Yang, Dianzhi ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Clearing temperature (TNI); Depolarized light intensity (DLI); Electric field; Morphology; Phase separation process; Polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLARIZATION;

DEPOLARIZED LIGHT INTENSITY (DLI);

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0038825126     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-3057(03)00074-0     Document Type: Article

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