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79‐1: Invited Paper : New Liquid Crystals for Light Guiding Application: From Automotive Headlights to Adaptive Indoor Lighting
Author(s) -
Parri Owain,
Wittek Michael,
Schroth Dieter,
Canisius Johannes
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1002/sdtp.11848
Subject(s) - robustness (evolution) , automotive industry , birefringence , automotive engineering , liquid crystal , materials science , optoelectronics , computer science , liquid crystal display , optics , environmental science , engineering , physics , aerospace engineering , chemistry , biochemistry , gene
Recently, there has been a renewed interest in using liquid crystal devices for lighting applications. The applications include car headlamps as well as indoor architectural lighting. In this paper we will present the status of liquid crystal mixtures that are suitable for these applications. or automotive applications, the properties of the liquid crystal mixtures are expected to include robustness towards extreme environmental conditions as well as robustness towards extreme light load. For architectural application, the liquid crystals mixtures are expected to have the highest possible birefringence whilst still having good light stability.