
Parallel anchoringPerpendicular anchoring radial axial bipolar bipolar E E torroidal bipolar axial axial E E Figure 2
ER ERPD PR PP Figure 8
(a) (b) (c) Template Capillary Filled Polymerizing (f) (d) Sonication (g) (e) Separated Before Sonication Etching Figure 9
(a) (b) (c) (d) Figure 10
1 PVA/H2O/LC Solution LC PET Substrate Meyer Rod Deposition PVA H20 H2O Evaporates 2 PET Substrate Evaporate off H20 LC 3 PVA Release PET Substrate Release Film from PET Figure 16
4 Minimat Free Standing PVA/LC Film 5 Prototype films Apply Tensile Strain (>100%) 6 Thin Film Scattering Polarizer Figure 17
stretch axis Transmission axis of conventional polarizer Figure 18
1mm 500 nm 10mm 10mm 10mm 10mm Uniaxial 50 % Uniaxial 100 % Biaxial 100 % Uniaxial 200 % Biaxial 100 % Uniaxial 400 % Figure 19