Pinning effect on the phase separation dynamics of thin polymer-dispersed liquid crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 468-474

  Lin, Yi Hsin ^a   Ren, Hongwen ^a   Wu, Yung Hsun ^a   Liang, Xiao ^a   Wu, Shin Tson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; GLASS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYIMIDES; SURFACE TREATMENT;

LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES; PHASE SEPARATION DYNAMICS; POLYMER MATRIX; POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS (PDLC);

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 13544260765     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000468     Document Type: Article

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