Researchers in the United Kingdom have developed a smart window that combines switchable polymer-dispersed liquid crystal ...

Dr. Fontecchio’s research involves fundamental investigations of liquid crystal interactions to develop novel devices. Using Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (H-PDLC) Bragg ...

Controlling light with light is a long-sought goal for computing and communication technologies. Achieving this capability would allow optical signals to be processed without converting them into ...

The peculiarity of a PDLC system is that of scattering different amounts of an impinging light beam intensity, depending on the strength of an external electric field that is, eventually, applied to ...

A researcher at the University of Tsukuba develops a method for creating optically active polymers using a helical liquid crystal template, which may allow for future computer and TV displays to ...

Using polymer-stabilized liquid crystal as the active control layer and KCWO-PNIPAM (KPP) as the passive control layer, a KPP smart window was constructed, successfully achieving dual electro-thermal ...

In spite of their more recent commercialization, the discovery of liquid crystals dates back to the late 19th century to two European scientists, Austrian German Otto Lehmann and Friedrich Reinitzer.

Segment Insights & Market Share Analysis of the Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) Films Market: The global liquid crystal polymer (LCP) films market is segmented based on Grade type, Application type, ...

It’s long been established that retained fiber length has a direct impact on mechanical properties of composites. Shown above, flexural modulus is plotted against notched Charpy impact strength for a ...