National Sun Yat-sen University of Kaohsiung

Brilliant Optronics Co., Ltd.

Hung-Chang Jau

Tsung-Hsien Lin

Cheng-Chang Li

Heng-Yi Tseng

Li-Min Chang

Kuan-Wu Lin

Chun-Ta Wang

Duan-Yi Guo

Sin-An Lin

Jin-Wei Lin

An intelligent window includes two substrates and a dimming layer. Each substrate is electrically connected to a voltage source. A switchable electric field is formed between the two substrates. The dimming layer is formed by filling a liquid crystal material between the two substrates. The liquid crystal material is formed by mixing a chiral molecule, a dichroic dye, and a salt ion in a nematic liquid crystal. A weight percentage concentration of the chiral molecule in the liquid crystal material is determined according to a limitation formula (I). C is the weight percentage concentration, n is a birefringence index of the liquid crystal material, p is a chiral force of the chiral molecule in micrometer, D is a thickness of the dimming layer in micrometer, mis a constant of multiaxial absorption condition in micrometer, and mis a constant of normally transparent condition.

Intelligent window

A one-way glass with switching modes includes an absorbing layer located on a weak light side, a reflecting layer located on an intense light side, and a converting layer stacked between the absorbing layer and the reflecting layer. The absorbing layer absorbs first polarized light and allows second polarized light to pass through. The reflecting layer reflects the first polarized light and allows the second polarized light to pass through. Unpolarized light incident from the weak light side or from the intense light side is respectively converted into the polarized light. During the process of gradually adjusting the converting layer from a twisted state to a vertical state, rotated angles of polarization directions of the first polarized light and the second polarized light gradually decrease.

One-way glass with switching modes

A smart window includes two transparent substrates and a liquid crystal layer. The two transparent substrates are opposite to each other and are electrically connected to a voltage supply. A first pulse voltage or a second pulse voltage is provided between the two transparent substrates by the voltage supply. The liquid crystal layer is located between the two transparent substrates and has a liquid crystal material. The liquid crystal material has a pitch of at most 250 nanometers or at least 500 nanometers. The liquid crystal material includes a nematic liquid crystal, a rotatory molecule, and a photochromic dye mixed with each other. The liquid crystal material changes a transmittance corresponding to a specific light wavelength range when receiving a light. The liquid crystal material is switched between a planar texture and a focal-conic texture respectively according to the first pulse voltage and the second pulse voltage.

Smart window and method for switching the same

A transmittable lighting device is provided. The transmittable lighting device includes two substrates, a transmittable layer, two polarizers and a light source. The two substrates are respectively electrically connected to a voltage supply. A switchable electric field is provided between the two substrates, and two alignment directions of the two substrates are orthogonal to each other. The transmittable layer is located between the two substrates and has a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. Each of the plurality of liquid crystal molecule is arranged along the alignment direction of the substrate nearby, and the plurality of liquid crystal molecules is arranged in a 90-degree twisted arrangement. The two polarizers are located at two outer surfaces of the two substrates, respectively. Each polarizer has a polarization direction parallel to the alignment direction of the substrate on the same outer surface. The light source emits a lateral light entering the transmittable layer laterally.

Transmittable lighting device

A multi-function light-adjusting glass includes first and second substrates delimiting an intermediate space therebetween, a light-adjusting layer disposed in the intermediate space, and a first polarizing board located at an outer side of the first substrate away from the intermediate space, and a second polarizing board located at an outer side of the second substrate away from the intermediate space. Each substrate includes an electrically conductive film on an inner surface of the substrate facing the intermediate space, and an alignment film disposed between the electrically conductive film and the intermediate space. The two alignment films respectively have two alignment directions orthogonal to each other. The light-adjusting layer includes liquid crystal molecules and salt-in ions. When the two electrically conductive films apply a voltage to the light-adjusting layer, the liquid crystal molecules are in a discontinuous and chaotic arrangement and cause an incident light to scatter in the light-adjusting layer.

Multi-function light-adjusting glass

A method for fabricating micro-cell structures is provided and has providing a liquid crystal mixture; performing a heating step on the liquid crystal mixture at a temperature ranging from 45&#xb0; C. to 150&#xb0; C., performing a heat induced phase separation step on the liquid crystal mixture at a thermal phase separation temperature for a thermal phase separation titre such that the liquid crystal mixture forms liquid crystal particles and a network light-curing adhesive, wherein the thermal phase separation temperature and the thermal phase separation time are determined by a changing rate of a bright area ratio of the liquid crystal mixture; and performing a photo-curing step on the liquid crystal mixture by emitting an ultraviolet light so that a plurality of micro-cell structures are formed. The micro-cell structures with different transparency are fabricated based on different values of the thermal phase separation temperature and the thermal phase separation time.

Method for fabricating micro-cell structures

A dynamic driving method of tri-stable cholesteric liquid crystals is described, and used to switch a planar arrangement stable state, a focal-conic arrangement stable state, and an uniform lying helix arrangement stable state of a cholesteric liquid crystal material by a two-stage selecting step. A switching time among the three stable states driven by a passive matrix method is effectively reduced.

Dynamic driving method of tri-stable cholesteric liquid crystals

A transparent display device is provided with a first liquid crystal layer having a first electrode, a second electrode, a plurality of first liquid crystal molecules, and a plurality of first chiral molecules disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second liquid crystal layer having a third electrode, a fourth electrode, a plurality of second liquid crystal molecules, a plurality of second chiral molecules, and a dichroic dye disposed between the third electrode and the fourth electrode. The first liquid crystal molecules and the second liquid crystal molecules both have positive anisotropies, and the dichroic dye has a visible absorption wavelength ranged from 400 to 780 nm.

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