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SUBMITTER: Quiroga JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7113309 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Quiroga Juan Antonio JA Canga Ignacio I Alonso José J Crespo Daniel D
Scientific reports 20200401 1
In this work, we describe a new reversible photoalignment effect for the director in nematic liquid crystals that provides an approach for the creation of lenses whose optical power can be recorded and erased. The possibility of creating a rewritable lens has very important practical implications, for example, in the ophthalmic lens industry. A rewritable ophthalmic lens could be a convenient solution for patients whose compensation needs change over time due to age-related physiological changes ...[more]