PDLC膜厚对其性能影响.docVIP

PDLC膜厚对其性能影响 　　摘要：用光聚合相分离的方法制备了不同厚度的聚合物分散液晶（PDLC）膜，研究了膜厚对于PDLC膜形态和电光性能各方面的影响，考察了不同厚度PDLC膜的聚合物网络形貌、饱和电压及对比度等方面。研究发现随着膜厚的增加，PDLC膜中聚合物网络的网眼分布均匀；其暗态的透过率降低，对比度明显增大；PDLC膜的饱和电压也随着膜厚的增加而升高。试验结果表明，当膜厚在30μｍ左右时，PDLC膜综合性能较好。 　　关键词：聚合物分散液晶；膜厚；电光性能；对比度 　　中图分类号：TN104.3文献标识码：A 　　 　　Effect of Membrane Thickness on Properties of 　　Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals 　　REN Jiao-yan1、2, FENG Ya-yun1、2, CUI Hong-qing1、2, 　　CHEN Dong-jing1、2, LING Zhi-hua1 　　（1.Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Jilin Changchun 130033, China; 　　2.Graduate School of Chinese Academe of Science, Beijing 100039, China） 　　 　　Abstract: PDLC films with different membrane thickness were prepared using photopolymerization induced phase separation method. The effects of membrane thickness on morphology and the electro-optical properties of PDLC films were investigated. The network appearance, contrast ratio and the saturation voltage of the films with different thickness were specially researched. It is found that with the increase of the membrane thickness the meshes of networks distribute uniform, the transmission of the opaque state decreases and the contrast radio enhancements evidently. The saturation voltage of the films along with the increase of membrane thickness rises. The experiment results indicates，the PDLC films have preferable properties when the membrane thickness is about 30μｍ. 　　Keywords: polymer dispersed liquid crystals(PDLC); membrane thickness; electro-optical proper- ties; contrast ratio 　　 　　1引言 　　 　　 聚合物分散液晶（PDLC）是将低分子液晶与预聚物相混合，经聚合反应，形成微米级的液晶微滴均匀分散在高分子聚合体网络中的电光复合材料，其电光特性基于液晶微滴的电控光散射性质，当在PDLC膜两端加一定的电场时，液晶微滴中分子的指向矢沿电场方向取向一致，若选取的液晶与高分子聚合体折射率匹配，则PDLC膜呈透射态；当外加电场消失时，由于液晶分子与高分子聚合体界面之间的锚定作用，液晶分子指向矢杂乱分布，此时，液晶微滴的有效折射率与高分子聚合体不匹配，则PDLC呈散射不透明乳白色状态[1~3]。相对于传统的液晶显示器件来说，聚合物分散液晶显示器（PDLCD）具有很多优点，例如不需偏振片，制备工艺简单，易于实现大面积柔性显示器等等，在光学调制器、智能玻璃、投影显示和电子书等方面有广阔的应用前景[4~7]。 　　制备PDLC膜的方法主要有聚合引发相分离（PIPS）、热引发相分离（TIPS）、溶剂引发相分离（SIPS）和微胶囊封装法[5]。影响PDLC膜性能的主