Fabrication of Microcapsules for Dye-Doped Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal-Based Smart Windows

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 17904-17909

  Kim, Mingyun ^a   Park, Kyun Joo ^a   Seok, Seunghwan ^a   Ok, Jong Min ^a   Jung, Hee Tae ^a   Choe, Jaehoon ^b   Kim, Do Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b LG Chemical Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

core shell structure; dye doped PDLC; optical materials; polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC); polyurethane capsule; smart windows

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGENICS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FABRICATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLYMERS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; DYE-DOPED; FABRICATION METHOD; HIGH CONTRAST RATIO; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS; PRACTICAL PLATFORMS; SMART WINDOWS; THERMOCHROMIC MATERIALS;

ENCAPSULATION;

EID: 84939865513     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04496     Document Type: Article

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