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Cover Feature: Large Electro‐Optic Kerr Effect in Ionic Liquid Crystals: Connecting Features of Liquid Crystals and Polyelectrolytes (ChemPhysChem 18/2018)
Author(s) -
Schlick M. Christian,
Kapernaum Nadia,
Neidhardt Manuel M.,
Wöhrle Tobias,
Stöckl Yannick,
Laschat Sabine,
Giesselmann Frank
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201800802
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , birefringence , kerr effect , phase diagram , ionic bonding , polyelectrolyte , chemical physics , isotropy , ionic liquid , materials science , optics , condensed matter physics , chemistry , phase (matter) , optoelectronics , physics , polymer , ion , organic chemistry , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , catalysis
The Cover Feature shows an ionic liquid crystal (ILC, see molecular model) on interdigitating platinum‐electrodes (background) which were used to measure the huge electro‐optic Kerr effect in the isotropic phase of this ILC. The diagram in the lower left corner depicts the field‐induced birefringence plotted according to Kerr's law. More information can be found in the Article by M. C. Schlick et al. on page 2305 in Issue 18, 2018 (DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800347).