Electro-optical effects of oxidized multi walled carbon nanotube doping on holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal films

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7414, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shriyan, Sameet K ^a   Fontecchio, Adam K ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electro optics; Holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Reflection efficiency; Wavefront analysis

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LEVEL; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DOPING LEVELS; ELECTRO-OPTIC RESPONSE; ELECTRO-OPTICS; HOLOGRAPHIC POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL; HOLOGRAPHIC POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SPECTROMETRY; PHOTO-POLYMERIZATION INDUCED PHASE SEPARATIONS; PHYSICAL BARRIERS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REDUCED SWITCHING; REFLECTION EFFICIENCY; REFLECTION MODES; RMS WAVEFRONT ERROR; SHACK-HARTMANN WAVEFRONT SENSORS; THIOL-ENES; TRANSMITTED WAVEFRONTS; WAVEFRONT ANALYSIS;

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUID FILMS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; REFLECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVEFRONTS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 70449338158     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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