journal article·2018-01-15Open access

Electrical properties of a liquid crystal dispersed in an electrospun cellulose acetate network

Doina Manaila Maximean, Octavian Danila, Pedro L Almeida, Constantin Paul Ganea

Abstract

Electro-optical devices that work in a similar fashion as PDLCs (polymer-dispersed liquid crystals), produced from cellulose acetate (CA) electrospun fibers deposited onto indium tin oxide coated glass and a nematic liquid crystal (E7), were studied. CA and the CA/liquid crystal composite were characterized by multiple investigation techniques, such as polarized optical microscopy, dielectric spectroscopy and impedance measurements. Dielectric constant and electric energy loss were studied as a function of frequency and temperature. The activation energy was evaluated and the relaxation time was obtained by fitting the spectra of the dielectric loss with the Havriliak–Negami functions. To determine the electrical characteristics of the studied samples, impedance measurements results were treated using the Cole–Cole diagram and the three-element equivalent model.
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OpenAlex topics: Liquid Crystal Research Advancements · Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies · Photonic Crystals and Applications

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