The relation between nanofiber layer thickness and response time in aligned nanofiber / liquid crystal composite

Abstract

Nanofiber has characteristics such as high specific surface area and nano size effects. Nanofiber / liquid crystal (LC) composites were prepared by implanting aligned nanofiber obtained from electrospinning method into LC cell. In the composites, we confirmed that LC molecules oriented along the direction of nanofibers. We also confirmed that thicker nanofiber layer in the composite results in faster response time on the removal of control voltage of the LC.