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Photo-responsive dye-doped liquid crystals for smart windows.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Talukder, Javed Rouf Lee, Yun-Han Wu, Shin-Tson |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | An electric field drives most dye-doped liquid crystal devices. Here, we demonstrate a new photo-responsive dye-doped self-organized cholesteric liquid crystal device. Upon UV or blue light exposure, the helical twisting power of the chiral azobenzene changes because of the trans-cis isomerization. As a result, the initially vertically aligned liquid crystal directors and dye molecules will change from transparent state to dark state. Such a polarizer-free photo-activated dimmer can be used for wide range of applications, such as diffractive photonic devices, portable information system, vehicular head-up displays, and as a smart window for energy-saving buildings. |
| Starting Page | 4480 |
| Ending Page | 4487 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1364/OE.27.004480 |
| PubMed reference number | 30876066 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 27 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www2.creol.ucf.edu/Research/Publications/13255.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://lcd.creol.ucf.edu/Publications/2019/oe-27-4-4480.pdf |
| Journal | Optics express |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |