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Novel Memory Effect Found in Nematic Liquid Crystal/Clay Mineral Composites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. Kawasumi ,
N. Hasegawa ,
A. Usuki ,
A. Okada  and
T. Kurauchi
M. Kawasumi
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-11, Japan, [email protected]
N. Hasegawa
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-11, Japan, [email protected]
A. Usuki
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-11, Japan, [email protected]
A. Okada
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-11, Japan, [email protected]
T. Kurauchi
Affiliation:
Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc., Nagakute, Aichi 480-11, Japan, [email protected]
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Abstract

Novel liquid crystalline composites composed of a nematic two-frequency-addressing liquid crystal and organized clay mineral have been prepared. The particles of the clay mineral were dispersed homogeneously in the liquid crystal. The composite cells displayed a reversible and multistable electro-optical effect between transparent and turbid light scattering states by changing the frequency of the electric field. The light transmittances of both transparent and light scattering memory states did not change after 15 hrs without the electric field applied.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 425: Symposium I – Liquid Crystals for Advanced Technologies , 1996 , 311
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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