Formation of Polymer Walls through the Phase Separation of a Liquid Crystal Mixture Induced by a Spatial Elastic Energy Difference
Abstract We propose a method to form polymer walls without the use of a photomask in a liquid crystal (LC) cell by phase separation of an LC mixture induced by a spatial elastic energy difference. When an in-plane electric field is applied to a vertically aligned cell filled with a mixture of LC and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46810-8 |