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Optical Filters with Asymmetric Transmittance Depending on the Incident Angle, Produced Using Liquid Crystalline Ink (Louver LC Filters)

In many situations in everyday life, sunlight levels need to be reduced. Optical filters with asymmetric transmittance dependent on the incident angle would be useful for sunglasses and vehicle or architectural windows, among others. Herein, we realized the production of optical filters, called “lou...

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Autores principales: Takatoh, Kohki, Kobayashi, Mika, Ito, Masahiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10456562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37629875
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16165584
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Sumario:In many situations in everyday life, sunlight levels need to be reduced. Optical filters with asymmetric transmittance dependent on the incident angle would be useful for sunglasses and vehicle or architectural windows, among others. Herein, we realized the production of optical filters, called “louver filters”, comprising HAN-type LC film produced using liquid crystalline ink with dichroic dyes. For the formation of the HAN-type LC film, the liquid crystalline ink was aligned on a rubbed polyimide layer and polymerized by UV irradiation. Two kinds of filters are proposed: one is a filter composed of HAN-type LC film and a polarizer, and the other is composed of two HAN-LC films with a half-wave plate between them. The dependence of the asymmetric transmittance on the incident angle was confirmed for these filters. The dependence changed depending on the pretilt angle of the alignment layers. Photographs taken with the optical filters displayed their effectiveness.