Journal
LIQUID CRYSTALS
Volume 44, Issue 7, Pages 1086-1092Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2016.1262069
Keywords
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal; electro-optical properties; liquid crystals; morphology; photopolymerisation
Funding
- Major Project of Beijing Science and Technology Program [Z141100003814011]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51272026, 51273022, 51372029, 51333001]
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In this paper, polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) films which based on the acrylate and the thiol monomers were first prepared by ultraviolet-initiated polymerisation. The electro-optical properties and morphologies of the PDLC films were systematically investigated. The functionality of thiol monomers and their feed ratio showed great influence on the properties of the fabricated PDLC films because of the existence of competition between thiol-acrylate reaction and acrylate monomer polymerisation reaction. This made the polymer network and electro-optical properties of the PDLC films easily tunable by the introduction of the thiol monomers. When added four-functional thiol monomer PETMP with appropriate concentration into the PDLC system, lower driven voltage and higher contrast ratio were achieved. [GRAPHICS] .
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