title: Electrically tunable wettability of liquid crystal/polymer composite films.
abstract: An electrically tunable wettability in a liquid crystal/ polymer composite film is demonstrated, in which liquid crystal molecules are anchored among polymer grains. The tunable wettability of the composite films originates from the reorientation of the anchored liquid-crystal molecules, which is switched by an in-plane electric field with squared pulses of voltages. These liquid crystal/polymer composite films with electrically tunable wettability have potential applications in polarizer-free displays, ink-jet printing, microfluidic devices, and lab-on-a-chip.
authors.affiliation: Department of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan. yilin@mail.nctu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Yi-Hsin
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Hongwen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Yung-Hsun
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shin-Tson
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jiyu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Hung-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lin