| 摘要 |
A cholesteric, liquid crystal device comprises a plurality of discrete spheroidal bodies of chiral nematic, liquid crystal, microencapsulated by a polymer shell and arranged in an electro-optical layer sandwiched between electrodes. The bodies of liquid crystal are selectively operable in at least two states, a first state that transmits light through a liquid crystal body and a second state that scatters or absorbs light in a liquid crystal body. Each body in the second state has an ordered liquid crystal texture that minimizes disclinations or domains within the liquid crystal body. The liquid crystal texture comprises a superstructure of helices of chiral nematic, liquid crystal. |
