화학공학소재연구정보센터
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.561, 194-202, 2012
Investigation of Transmittance and Small-Angle Light Scattering by Monolayer of Liquid Crystal Droplets with Modified Boundary Conditions
A numerical method for modelling transmittance and angular distribution of light scattered by a Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal (PDLC) film, containing droplets with inhomogeneous boundary conditions, is proposed. It is based on the anomalous diffraction approximation and an interference approximation. The internal structures of nematic LC droplets are calculated on the basis of the free energy minimization problem solution using the relaxation method. The results for a monolayer of spherical LC droplets with modified boundary conditions caused by the local increase of the concentration of surface-active ions at the polymer-LC interface are discussed.