Polymer Dispersed Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with a Toroidal Director Configuration under an Electric Field
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Approach
2.2. Computer Simulations
2.2.1. Calculations of the Droplet Structure
2.2.2. Calculation of the POM Textures
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Effect of an Electric Field on the Twisted Toroidal Structure
3.2. The Response of Cholesteric Droplets Doped with a Dichroic Dye
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gardymova, A.P.; Krakhalev, M.N.; Zyryanov, V.Y.; Gruzdenko, A.A.; Alekseev, A.A.; Rudyak, V.Y. Polymer Dispersed Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with a Toroidal Director Configuration under an Electric Field. Polymers 2021, 13, 732. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13050732
Gardymova AP, Krakhalev MN, Zyryanov VY, Gruzdenko AA, Alekseev AA, Rudyak VY. Polymer Dispersed Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with a Toroidal Director Configuration under an Electric Field. Polymers. 2021; 13(5):732. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13050732
Chicago/Turabian StyleGardymova, Anna P., Mikhail N. Krakhalev, Victor Ya. Zyryanov, Alexandra A. Gruzdenko, Andrey A. Alekseev, and Vladimir Yu. Rudyak. 2021. "Polymer Dispersed Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with a Toroidal Director Configuration under an Electric Field" Polymers 13, no. 5: 732. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13050732