This liquid crystal panel is transparent when a voltage is applied.
Turning the switch off causes the panel to become opaque. The effect is
reversible.
The liquid crystal panel slowly becomes clear as the applied voltage
is increased.
One application of these panels is as a window blind or shade. By
changing the applied voltage, the viewer can control the amount of transmitted
light. It can also serve as a privacy screen.
Some liquid crystals change color as the temperature changes and can
be used as thermometers.
A liquid crystal sheet placed over six square thermoelectric devices.
As the temperature of each square changes the liquid crystal color changes.
NiTi Transformation Front
When a NiTi wire is pulled, a phase transformation front moves through
the wire. In this movie the wire has been painted with a liquid crystal
to detect the temperature change that occurs during phase transformation.
The wire is initially cold (black). As the transformation front moves
from the top to the bottom of the image, the color changes to red at the
front with a trailing rainbow of yellow-green-blue behind the front. The
liquid crystal stays blue until the wire slowly cools.
More NiTi movies.
Crossed polarizers do not transmit light.
A calculator liquid crystal display on a hotplate.
A calculator liquid crystal display melted on a hotplate, then cooled back to the liquid crystalline state.
A calculator liquid crystal display melted on a hotplate, then cooled back to the liquid crystalline state.
A calculator liquid crystal display melted on a hotplate, then cooled back to the liquid crystalline state.
When the polarizer is removed from behind a calculator liquid crystal display the numbers can no longer be observed.
Rotating a polarizer under a calculator can invert the display colors of a liquid crystal display that is missing its normal polarizer.
Rotating a polarizer under a calculator can invert the display colors of a liquid crystal display that is missing its normal polarizer.
