External-Voltage-Free Dielectrophoresis of Liquid Crystal Droplets

This work reports, for the first time, a dielectrophoresis (DEP) effect-induced motion of liquid crystal (LC) droplets in an LC/monomer mixture sample with a poly-(N-vinyl carbazole) PVK-coated substrate without an external voltage. With the UV pre-irradiation of the PVK layer through a binary mask,...

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Main Authors: Sheng-Kuang Wu, Ting-Shan Mo, Jia-De Lin, Shuan-Yu Huang, Hui-Chen Yeh, Lin-Jer Chen, Chia-Rong Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-07-01
Series:Crystals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/7/7/202