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, the first electrode unit comprising a first substrate, the second electrode unit comprising a second substrate, and at least one of the electrode units comprising at least one electrode;
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, mixed together with the liquid crystal, having a first polymer polymerized from a first monomer having a similar shape as the liquid crystal to assist in vertical alignment of the liquid crystal when an electric field is not applied and a second polymer polymerized from a second monomer having a shape different from the first monomer to assist in random alignment of the liquid crystal when an electric field is applied; and
a wall, configured in a mesh structure to correspond with boundaries related to a plurality of pixels P at a display device, formed from the first polymer and the second polymer,wherein the light controlling apparatus operates in a transparent mode with the liquid crystal in a homeotropic state and operates in a light shielding mode with the liquid crystal in a random state.
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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, the first electrode unit comprising a first substrate, the second electrode unit comprising a second substrate, and at least one of the electrode units comprising at least one electrode; 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, mixed together with the liquid crystal, having a first polymer polymerized from a first monomer having a similar shape as the liquid crystal to assist in vertical alignment of the liquid crystal when an electric field is not applied and a second polymer polymerized from a second monomer having a shape different from the first monomer to assist in random alignment of the liquid crystal when an electric field is applied; and a wall, configured in a mesh structure to correspond with boundaries related to a plurality of pixels P at a display device, formed from the first polymer and the second polymer, wherein the light controlling apparatus operates in a transparent mode with the liquid crystal in a homeotropic state and operates in a light shielding mode with the liquid crystal in a random state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 22. 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 to assist in vertical alignment of the liquid crystal when an electric field is not applied and the second monomer has a shape different from the first monomer to assist in random alignment of the liquid crystal when an electric field is applied, and wherein the mixed liquid crystal having the first monomer and the second monomer is configured to have both a network and a wall in a light controlling apparatus.
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