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71.2: Color Displays Using Reconfigurable Liquid Droplets
Author(s) -
Xu Su,
Ren Hongwen,
Liu Yifan,
Wu ShinTson
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.1889/1.3621000
Subject(s) - materials science , voltage , optics , dielectric , polarization (electrochemistry) , liquid crystal , substrate (aquarium) , optoelectronics , physics , chemistry , oceanography , quantum mechanics , geology
We demonstrate a transmissive color display using reconfigurable liquid droplets whose surface profile can be reshaped by voltage. At V=0, the incident light is absorbed by the black surrounding liquid, resulting in a dark state. As the dielectric force increases, the dome of the liquid droplet could touch the top substrate and become flat, a dielectric effect‐induced light channel is open and the beam is transmitted. While the voltage is removed, the droplet recovers to its original spherical shape. This polarization‐independent liquid display shows a fast response.

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