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P.137L: Late‐News Poster : Polymer Dispersed Blue Phase Liquid Crystals
Author(s) -
Kemiklioglu Emine,
Chien LiangChy
Publication year - 2013
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.2168-0159.2013.tb06473.x
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , birefringence , polymer , materials science , phase (matter) , crystal (programming language) , chemical engineering , optoelectronics , optics , organic chemistry , chemistry , composite material , physics , engineering , computer science , programming language
We have demonstrated polymer dispersed blue phase (PDBP) liquid crystal films by encapsulating blue phase liquid crystal in a matrix of polymer. The phase‐separated blue phase liquid crystal molecules show droplets with a small size distribution and exhibit a blue phase at room temperature. The PDBP films enable field‐induced birefringence at low switching voltage. Details of preparation of PDBP and their thermal, optical and electro‐optical properties will be presented.