@inproceedings{a3ba02751b214668aa88928ab180a1af,
title = "Smart window with reduced operating voltage and frequency by combining NMP-LC and EHDI scattering effects",
abstract = "Recently a new mode of liquid crystal LC SW was developed based on the doping of nanoporous microparticles in LCs called NMP-LC mode. However, all the works reported so far used an LC with positive dielectric anisotropy that gave a normally opaque window. Here we report on a normally transparent smart window based on NMP-LC mode using vertical alignment and an LC with negative dielectric anisotropy, doped with cochleate organic particles. The device exhibits a high transparency in the OFF state and a high scattering in the ON state compared with normally opaque NMP-LC. The durability test shows that the SW device switches at least 5184 times without degradation of optical contrast. The scattering mode is caused by the combination of two effects: the NMP effect and the electro-hydrodynamic instability effect. The synergy between these two effects manifests in lower operating voltage and frequency requirements for the device, hence less energy consumption. The electric power that is needed is estimated to be 0.25",
keywords = "electro-hydrodynamic instability effect, light scattering, liquid crystals, nano-porous micro-particles, smart windows",
author = "Niveen Huseen and Judeh, {Zaher M.A.} and Ibrahim Abdulhalim",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 SPIE.; Liquid Crystals Optics and Photonic Devices 2024 ; Conference date: 08-04-2024 Through 11-04-2024",
year = "2024",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1117/12.3017080",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Ibrahim Abdulhalim and Camilla Parmeggiani",
booktitle = "Liquid Crystals Optics and Photonic Devices",
address = "United States",
}