Effects of Curing Temperature on Switching Between Transparent and Translucent States in a Polymer-Stabilized Liquid-Crystal Cell

In this paper, we present the effects of curing temperature on switching between the transparent and translucent states in a polymer-stabilized liquid-crystal (PSLC) cell. When cured at a low temperature, polymer structures are formed without disturbing the initial alignment of LCs so that haze in the transparent state is dramatically reduced. Moreover, we can achieve very fast switching between the haze-free transparent and high-haze translucent states because there is a little degradation in the performance of the transparent and translucent states when the polymer concentration is increased. We demonstrated an ON-OFF response time of less than 3 ms and a gray-to-gray response time of less than 6 ms in a PSLC cell.