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ArticlePolymers2025

Low Threshold Voltage and Programmable Patterned Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Smart Windows.

Zhichao Ji, Zhenyuan Wang, Hongxu Jin, Xinying Cui, Meijun Liu, Tianzhen Chen, Lei Wang, Haibin Sun, Taoufik Soltani, Xinzheng Zhang

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zhichao JiCollege of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China.
Zhenyuan WangCollege of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China.
Hongxu JinCollege of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China.
Xinying CuiCollege of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China.
Meijun LiuCollege of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China.
Tianzhen ChenCollege of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China.
Lei WangCollege of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China.
Haibin SunCollege of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China.
Taoufik SoltaniLR99ES16 Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Molle et de la Modélisation Electromagnétique, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis 2092, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-1147-1591
Xinzheng ZhangThe MOE Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics and International Sino-Slovenian Join Research Center on Liquid Crystal Photonics, TEDA Institute of Applied Physics and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8128-3273

Funding

111 Project B23045Key project of Tianjin Natural Science Foundation 23JCZDJC00920Key Research Projects of Henan Provincial Department of Education 24B140008Nanhu Scholars Program for Young Scholars of XYNU NoNational Natural Science Foundation of China 12074201Natural Science Foundation of Henan 242300420356the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Nankai University 63241602the Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Xinyang Normal University No
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Abstract

Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) smart windows hold significant potential for energy-efficient buildings and vehicles, offering a promising pathway toward carbon neutrality. However, their widespread applications are hindered by critical limitations, including high driving voltages and the inability to achieve programmable patterning or multi-region addressable control. To address these challenges, we propose a pre-orientation strategy via low-voltage electric field (5 V, 1 kHz), which optimizes liquid crystal molecular alignment during the phase separation process. Vertically aligned liquid crystal molecules in the polymer network with enlarged pore structures reduce anchoring energy barriers for LC molecular reorientation, causing a 61.2% reduction in threshold voltage (

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low threshold voltagepatterned PDLCPDLCpre-orientationsmart windows

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PMCPMC12473949

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