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Liquid crystalline epoxy resins in polymer dispersed liquid crystal composites
Author(s) -
Carfagna C.,
Amendola E.,
Giamberini M.,
Hakemi H.,
Pane S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0126(199712)44:4<465::aid-pi850>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - epoxy , materials science , liquid crystal , polymer , composite material , liquid crystalline , characterization (materials science) , composite epoxy material , matrix (chemical analysis) , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , engineering
Liquid crystalline epoxy resins can be used as a matrix to encapsulate low molecular weight liquid crystalline droplets to produce PDLC devices. The presence of the low mass liquid crystal decreases the rate of reaction of the resin, that also hardens in a mesomorphic structure for high concentrations of liquid crystal. The optical characterization of the PDLC indicates an improvement of the angular transmission of visible light. ©1997 SCI