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Multistability in polymer-dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal film doped with ionic surfactant

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A memory effect has been discovered in composite films based on a polymer containing dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal, which is related to the modification of the surface anchoring by an ionic surfactant under the action of an applied electric field. Parameters of electric signals are selected that ensure the switching of the composite film between some stable states with different levels of optical transmittance.

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  1. Institute of Engineering Physics and Radio Electronics, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia

    A. P. Gardymova, V. Ya. Zyryanov & V. A. Loiko

  2. Kirensky Institute of Physics, Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia

    A. P. Gardymova, V. Ya. Zyryanov & V. A. Loiko

  3. Reshetnev Siberian State Aerospace University, Krasnoyarsk, 660014, Russia

    A. P. Gardymova, V. Ya. Zyryanov & V. A. Loiko

  4. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    A. P. Gardymova, V. Ya. Zyryanov & V. A. Loiko

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Original Russian Text © A.P. Gardymova, V.Ya. Zyryanov, V.A. Loiko, 2011, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2011, Vol. 37, No. 17, pp. 35–41.

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Gardymova, A.P., Zyryanov, V.Y. & Loiko, V.A. Multistability in polymer-dispersed cholesteric liquid crystal film doped with ionic surfactant. Tech. Phys. Lett. 37, 805–808 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785011090094

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