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10.3: Polymerization Effect on Electro‐Optic Properties of Blue Phase Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
Zhu JiLiang,
Ni ShuiBin,
Zhong EnWei,
Lu JianGang,
Su Yikai
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-0159.2012.tb05722.x
Subject(s) - polymerization , materials science , liquid crystal , monomer , phase (matter) , kerr effect , polymer , constant (computer programming) , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , composite material , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , chemistry , physics , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics , computer science , engineering , programming language
The effect of polymerization on electro‐optic properties of blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) is investigated. Once the monomer is added to the pure BPLC, chiral pitch and Kerr constant increase, but decay time decreases. In spite that the chiral pitch of polymer stabilized BPLC is almost no change after polymerization, Kerr constant decreases significantly and the decay time increases.