A bistable polarizer-free electro-optical switch using a droplet manipulation on a liquid crystal and polymer composite film

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 10104-10111

  Lin, Yi Hsin ^a   Li, Jiong Kuan ^a   Chu, Ting Yu ^a   Hsu, Hsu Kuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chimei Optoelectronics Corp   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FILMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POLYMERS;

BISTABLES; CONTRAST RATIO; DROPLET MANIPULATION; ELECTRO-OPTICAL SWITCHES; ELECTRONIC PAPERS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REFLECTIVE DISPLAY; REFLECTIVE MODES; WETTABILITY GRADIENTS;

DROP FORMATION;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 77952703648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.010104     Document Type: Article

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