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Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals as Optical Storage Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

F. Simoni ,
S. Di Bella ,
L. Lucchetti ,
G. Cipparrone  and
A. Mazzulla
F. Simoni
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze dei Materiali e della Terra and INFM, University di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
S. Di Bella
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze dei Materiali e della Terra and INFM, University di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
L. Lucchetti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze dei Materiali e della Terra and INFM, University di Ancona, Ancona, Italy
G. Cipparrone
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica and INFM, Università della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy
A. Mazzulla
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica and INFM, Università della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy
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Abstract

Among the different methods used to prepare Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals (PDLC), the Polymerisation Induced Phase Separation technique (PIPS) can be exploited to obtain optical recording in these materials. The possibility of performing optical storage of binary images in PDLC during the curing process and post curing holographic recording, will be described and discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 559: Symposium D – Liquid Crystals Materials and Devices , 1999 , 65
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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