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Article Dans Une Revue Liquid Crystals Année : 1999

PDLC-like patterns at the isotropic to cholesteric transition entrapped by in situ photopolymerization

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When investigated by optical microscopy between crossed polarizers, the isotropic to cholesteric transition may appear like fingerprint-patterned droplets embedded in a black isotropic matrix. In the present work, such PDLC-like (polymer dispersed liquid crystal) patterns, only occurring over 0.7 C, have been entrapped and stored at ambient temperature in a polymer film. We used a UV polymerization process with different sequences in which illumination time and UV power progressively vary. From a conceptual viewpoint, these PDLC-like patterns come solely from liquid crystalline material, whereas all the conventional PDLCs are binary mixtures of a macromolecular compound or 'prepolymer' with a conventional low molecular mass liquid crystal. The fact that isotropic matrix and cholesteric droplets differ only from the viewpoint of molecular order and not in their chemical nature, permits comparisons with the usual case for which the choice of polymer-forming material is crucial and the polymer/liquid crystal interface is an important factor for controlling PDLC electro-optic properties. The present system gives an opportunity to investigate by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) the droplet microstructure (isotropic-cholesteric interface, fingerprint patterns or defects), whereas previous SEM studies were focused on the shape and size of empty cavities, since the fluid liquid crystal was inevitably removed from the PDLC system.
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C. Binet, Michel Mitov, A. Boudet, M. Mauzac, P. Sopena. PDLC-like patterns at the isotropic to cholesteric transition entrapped by in situ photopolymerization. Liquid Crystals, 1999, 26 (12), pp.1735-1741. ⟨10.1080/026782999203355⟩. ⟨hal-03588799⟩
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