Title

Refractive-index matching between liquid crystals and photopolymers

Authors

Authors

J. Li; G. Baird; Y. H. Lin; H. W. Ren;S. T. Wu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Soc. Inf. Disp.

Keywords

liquid crystals; norland polymers; refractive index; polymer-dispersed; liquid crystals; POLYMER; DROPLETS; DISPERSIONS; SCATTERING; FIELD; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Materials Science, ; Multidisciplinary; Optics; Physics, Applied

Abstract

Refractive indices of two photocurable polymers, NOA65 and NOA81 (Norland Optical Adhesive), and two series of Merck liquid crystals, E-series (E44, E48, and E7) and BL-series (BL038, BL003 and BL006), and two UCF high-birefringence liquid-crystal mixtures were measured using an Abbe refractometer in the visible spectral region and 15-55 degrees C temperature range. Some liquid crystals have excellent index matching with NOA65 in the red, while some fit better in the blue spectral region. To validate this index-matching property found in the material level, we prepared some polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal devices. Good correlations between material and device performances are obtained.

Journal Title

Journal of the Society for Information Display

Volume

13

Issue/Number

12

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1889/1.2150371

Language

English

First Page

1017

Last Page

1026

WOS Identifier

WOS:000236283400007

ISSN

1071-0922

Recommended Citation

"Refractive-index matching between liquid crystals and photopolymers" (2005). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 5397.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/5397