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Optical and electrical switching of cholesteric liquid crystals containing azo dye

Seung‐Won Oh, Jongmin Baek, Sang-Hyeok Kim, Tae‐Hoon Yoon

RSC Advances · 2017 · 70 citations · 26 references

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Concepts

Materials ScienceOptical MaterialsElectrical SwitchingEngineeringOptical PropertiesApplied PhysicsMolecular SwitchLiquid Crystalline ElastomerCrystalsFunctional MaterialsCholesteric Liquid CrystalsChemistryOptoelectronicsAzo DyeBiophysicsPush–pull Azo Dye

Abstract

We propose an optically and electrically switchable cholesteric liquid crystal (ChLC) cell doped with a push–pull azo dye.

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