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The optical transmission of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) doped with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) has been studied in comparison to the analogous system without MWNTs. The transmission of MWNT-doped PDLC cells in crossed polarizers exhibits an anomalous dependence on the control voltage. The anomalous behavior is attributed to a preliminary partial orientation of molecules in the presence of carbon nanotubes in the dispersed liquid crystal droplets.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Sadovoy, V.F. Nazvanov, 2006, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2006, Vol. 32, No. 15, pp. 30–34.
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Sadovoy, A.V., Nazvanov, V.F. Optical transmission of polymer dispersed liquid crystals doped with carbon nanotubes. Tech. Phys. Lett. 32, 659–660 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785006080062
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