Droplet manipulation on a liquid crystal and polymer composite film

Yi-Hsin Lin; Yu-Shih Tsou; Ting-Yu Chu; Jun-Lin Chen

doi:10.1117/12.860580

17 August 2010 Droplet manipulation on a liquid crystal and polymer composite film

Yi-Hsin Lin, Yu-Shih Tsou, Ting-Yu Chu, Jun-Lin Chen

Proceedings Volume 7775, Liquid Crystals XIV; 77750M (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860580
Event: SPIE Photonic Devices + Applications, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A droplet manipulation on a switchable surface using a liquid crystal and polymer composite film (LCPCF) based on phase separation is developed recently. The wettability of LCPCF is electrically tunable because of the orientation of liquid crystal directors anchored among the polymer grains. A droplet on LCPCF can be manipulated owning to the wettability gradient induced by spatially orientation of LC directors. We discuss the droplet manipulation on LCPCF and demonstrate several applications of LCPCF, such as polarizer-free displays, and human semen sensing.

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Yi-Hsin Lin, Yu-Shih Tsou, Ting-Yu Chu, and Jun-Lin Chen "Droplet manipulation on a liquid crystal and polymer composite film", Proc. SPIE 7775, Liquid Crystals XIV, 77750M (17 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.860580

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