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Triboelectric-optical responsive cholesteric liquid crystals for self-powered smart window, E-paper display and optical switch
- Source :
- Science Bulletin. 66:1986-1993
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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Abstract
- Highlights •Mechanical stimuli-triggered optical responses of cholesteric liquid crystal devices are realized.•Self-powered bistable smart window and E-paper are demonstrated.•Self-powered optical switch is developed for remote control.Intelligent responsive devices are crucial for a variety of applications ranging from smart electronics to robotics. Electro-responsive cholesteric liquid crystals (CLC) have been widely applied in display panels, smart windows, and so on. In this work, we realize the mechanical stimuli-triggered optical responses of the CLC by integrating it with a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), which converts the mechanical motion into alternating current electricity and then tunes the different optical responses of the CLC. When the voltage applied on the CLC is relatively low (15–40 V), the TENG drives the switching between the bistable planar state and focal conic state of the CLC, which shows potential applications in self-powered smart windows or E-paper displays. When the voltage supplied by the TENG is larger than 60 V, a self-powered optical switch is demonstrated by utilizing the transformation between focal conic state and instantons homeotropic state of the CLC. This triboelectric-optical responsive device consumes no extra electric power and suggests a great potential for future smart electronics.
- Subjects :
- Multidisciplinary
Materials science
Bistability
Cholesteric liquid crystal
business.industry
Homeotropic alignment
Nanogenerator
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
Optical switch
Liquid crystal
Optoelectronics
business
Triboelectric effect
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Voltage
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20959273
- Volume :
- 66
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Science Bulletin
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2a207fd18546db28abfff7b79c9ec521