Electro-Optics of Electrospun TiO2 Anatase Submicron Wire Based Dipole Particle Suspension Device

Optical Materials 2014
Andris Šutka, Silver Leinberg, Vambola Kisand, Kristjan Saal, Rünno Lõhmus, Urmas Joost, Ergo Nõmmiste, Martin Timusk

Electro-optical properties of electrospun anatase TiO2 submicron wire dispersion in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) were investigated. The optical properties of the dispersion were altered by electrophoretic manipulation of submicron wires (SMWs) in the PDMS matrix. SMWs were aligned in the electric field at a field strength of 0.1 V/lm, resulting in a change in transmittance of up to 23%. Transmittance changes can be attributed to a decrease of light scattering cross-sections during the SMW orientation in the electric field.

Keywords
Electro-optics, Anatase, TiO2, Electrospinning
DOI
10.1016/j.optmat.2014.08.021
Hyperlink
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925346714004054

Šutka, A., Leinberg, S., Kisand, V., Saal, K., Lõhmus, R., Joost, U., Nõmmiste, E., Timusk, M. Electro-Optics of Electrospun TiO2 Anatase Submicron Wire Based Dipole Particle Suspension Device. Optical Materials, 2014, Vol.37, pp.740-744. ISSN 0925-3467. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2014.08.021

Publication language
English (en)