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Photorefractive Effect in Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell with Sandwiched Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Hyun-Wuk Kim  and
Jong-Duk Kim
Hyun-Wuk Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
Jong-Duk Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
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Abstract

Optical responses and orientational photorefractivities of nematic liquid crystal cells doped with fullerene were investigated with a sandwiched structure. The photorefractive effect was attributed to the reorientation and switching of liquid crystals using a photoalignment layer for vertical alignment. When nematic liquid crystals were injected at a nematic phase, a better cell texture could be obtained due to the capillary flow-induced orientation effect. Samples with this method showed the higher photorefractive effects than those injected at an isotropic phase. Therefore, the state of molecular ordering is important for the orientational photorefractive effects.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 709: Symposium CC – Advances in Liquid Crystalline Materials and Technologies , 2001 , CC5.5.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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