Fiber‐Oriented Liquid Crystal Polarizers Based on Anisotropic Electrospinning

Abstract

A novel fiber-oriented scattering polarizer is prepared by infiltrating liquid crystal into an aligned-fiber film (schematically shown in the figure), which is fabricated by using an optimized strategy of anisotropic electrospinning. The new-style polarizer has a high polarizing efficiency, is simple to fabricate and has uniform and controllable optical characteristics. It could be used in flat-panel displays, antiglare sunglasses, photography filters or optical instruments. Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2089/2007/c1212_s.pdf or from the author. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.