LIGHT CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME
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1. A light controlling apparatus comprising:
- a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit facing each other;
a liquid crystal unit between the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit and the liquid crystal unit including;
a liquid crystal;
a network having a first polymer polymerized from a first monomer having a similar shape as the liquid crystal and a second polymer polymerized from a second monomer having a shape different from the first monomer; and
a wall having the first polymer and the second polymer.
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Provided are a light controlling apparatus and a method of fabricating the same. The light controlling apparatus comprises: a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit facing each other; a liquid crystal unit between the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit, the liquid crystal unit including: a liquid crystal; a network having a first polymer polymerized from a first monomer having a similar shape as the liquid crystal and a second polymer polymerized from a second monomer having a shape different from the first monomer; and a wall having the first polymer and the second polymer.
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1. A light controlling apparatus comprising:
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a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit facing each other; a liquid crystal unit between the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit and the liquid crystal unit including; a liquid crystal; a network having a first polymer polymerized from a first monomer having a similar shape as the liquid crystal and a second polymer polymerized from a second monomer having a shape different from the first monomer; and a wall having the first polymer and the second polymer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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19. A method of fabricating a light controlling apparatus, comprising:
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laminating a first electrode unit to a second electrode unit; forming a liquid crystal unit between the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit, the liquid crystal unit including a mixed liquid crystal having a first monomer, a second monomer and a liquid crystal; forming a wall corresponding to a pattern of a mask on the first electrode unit or on the second electrode unit by polymerizing the first monomer and the second monomer; and forming a network by polymerizing the first monomer and the second monomer with a lower irradiation energy than the forming of the wall. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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20. The method of fabricating a light controlling apparatus, further comprising disposing of a spacer on at least one among the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit.
- 25. A mixed liquid crystal in which a liquid crystal, a first monomer and a second monomer are present, wherein the first monomer has a similar shape as the liquid crystal and the second monomer has a shape different from the first monomer, and wherein the first monomer and the second monomer are configured to have both a network and a wall in a light controlling apparatus.
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