主催: 応用物理学会, 高分子学会, 日本化学会 液晶討論会世話人会
会議名: 第23回 液晶討論会
回次: 23
開催地: 東京工業大学
開催日: 1997/09/25 - 1997/09/27
A polymer-dispersedliquid crystals (PDLC) provides novel display devices which take advantages of the scattering mode. It has been known that the photocontrol of in-plane liquid crystal alignment is achieved by linearly polarized light (LPL)irradiation of azobenzene polymer thin films. In the present study, we investigated the photocontrol of liquid crystal alignment in PDLC containing azobenzene chromophores.PDLC cells were fabricated by' heating of mixtures of an azobenzene monoacrylate monomer, a diacrylate and a nematic liquidcrystal which was sandwiched between two silicaplates.Dichroic absorption of azobenzene chromophores and birefringence were observed when 436 nm-LPL was irradiated because of the anisotropic orientation of both azobenzene chromophores and liquid crystals. Properties of this type of photosensitive PDLC was also discussed.