Liquid crystal polymer consumption

Khandelwal H, Loonen RCGM, Hensen JLM, Schenning APHJ, Debije MG (2014) Application of broadband infrared reflector based on cholesteric liquid crystal polymer bilayer film to windows and its impact on reducing the energy consumption in buildings. J Mater Chem A 2 14622-14627... 

Table 4.37 World consumption of liquid crystal polymers by sector for the period 1999-2002 (000 tonnes) ...

FIGURE 10.7 Power consumption simulation for a 2.2-in. full-color OLED display using Universal Display s phosphorescent OLEDs, small-molecule fluorescent devices, and polymer OLEDs along with a comparison of the power consumed by an active-matrix liquid crystal display backlight. R G B= 3 6 1, 50% polarizer efficiency, and 30% of pixels lit. (From Mahon, J.K., Adv. Imaging, June, 28, 2003. With permission.)... 

ICP thin films were used as driving electrodes for polymer-Dispersed Liquid-Crystals (PDLC) display devices. Liquid-crystalline-based display devices, which are commonly made of a liquid-crystal compound sandwiched between two substrates coated with a conducting layer of indium tin oxide (ITO), whose substitution with ICP electrodes could improve the optical and mechanical properties of the display devices. On the way to all-organic displays, PDLC sandwiched between two plastic substrates coated with ICP layers are promising devices for paper-like displays for electronic books which require flexibility, lightness, and low-power consumption. The electro-optical characteristics (transmission properties, drive voltages and switching times) of the PDLC devices depend on the nature of the ICP substrate used [13]. 

This volume is a comprehensive description of the recent advances in the science and technology of LCPs. At present, consumption of these polymers is rapidly expanding and is expected to increase in the coming years. This book will help newcomers obtain up-to-date developments in this field. It will also be useful for specialists engaged in various areas of research on liquid crystals. 

Although the electrochromism of polymer films contains problems in its relatively slow response and higher electricity consumption due to the redox or doping-undoping reactions in comparison with conventional liquid crystal devices, the rich variations of the coatings, the multi-coloured displays, and the easy construction of large-area devices with polymer films should lead to interesting applications. 

Polymer-dispersed chiral liquid crystals and polymer stabilized chiral liquid crystals are very promising materials for flat panel display applications allowing us to make thin, adapted to plastic, low-power consumption, lightweight displays particularly useful for numerous portable applications. The application potential of these materials has driven several basic scientific studies in this area. The particular area of interest addressed in this chapter is how confinement can modify the macroscopic and microscopic ordering of chiral nematics. Even in one of the simplest confined systems, where a chiral... 

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