Abstract
Polymer-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals (PSFLCs), in which a photocurable mesogenic monomer is doped into a ferroelectric liquid crystal and a UV photocure is carried out in the SmC* phase under the application of a bipolar AC electric field, show the monostable V-shaped electrooptical characteristics. In this research, we investigate the dependence of the molecular reorientational motion on the photocuring condition such as the tilt angle which FLC molecules take in the photocure stage and the frequency of the bipolar AC electric field, in terms of the response time measured from the electrooptical characteristics.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 108-114 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Ferroelectrics |
| Volume | 365 |
| Issue number | 1 PART 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| Event | 11th International Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals, FLC 2007 - Sapporo, Japan Duration: 3 Sept 2007 → 8 Sept 2007 |
Keywords
- Ferroelectric liquid crystal
- Photocuring condition
- Polymer stabilization
- Response time
- Tilt angle