Abbreviated Journal Title
Opt. Express
Keywords
CONTACT-ANGLE; SURFACE; Optics
Abstract
An electrically tunable wettability in a liquid crystal/polymer composite film is demonstrated, in which liquid crystal molecules are anchored among polymer grains. The tunable wettability of the composite films originates from the reorientation of the anchored liquid-crystal molecules, which is switched by an in-plane electric field with squared pulses of voltages. These liquid crystal/polymer composite films with electrically tunable wettability have potential applications in polarizer-free displays, ink-jet printing, microfluidic devices, and lab-on-a-chip.
Journal Title
Optics Express
Volume
16
Issue/Number
22
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
17591
Last Page
17598
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1094-4087
Recommended Citation
Lin, Yi-Hsin; Ren, Hongwen; Wu, Yung-Hsun; Wu, Shin-Tson; Zhao, Yue; Fang, Jiyu; and Lin, Hung-Chun, "Electrically tunable wettability of liquid crystal/polymer composite films" (2008). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 629.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/629
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