Hysteresis of polymer stabilized blue phase liquid crystals

Hung-Shan Chen; Chun-Hung Wu; Michael Chen; Yi-Hsin Lin

doi:10.1117/12.930834

8 November 2012 Hysteresis of polymer stabilized blue phase liquid crystals

Hung-Shan Chen, Chun-Hung Wu, Michael Chen, Yi-Hsin Lin

Proceedings Volume 8475, Liquid Crystals XVI; 84750R (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930834
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate a hysteresis-free PSBP-LCs by inveistagating crystal growth and phase separation process of PSBP-LCs. By enlarging the domain size and uniformity of the crystal orientations of PSBP-LC, the hysteresis of PSBP-LCs can be eliminated. The large domain size and uniform crystal orientations of PSBP-LCs reduce the mismatch of the crystal orientations of PSBP-LCs. Based on this study, we also demonstrate a hysteresis-free electro-optical switch using dye-doped PSBP-LCs. Hysteresis-free PSBP-LC is important in many applications, such as displays, electro-optical switches, and electrically tunable focusing lenses.

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Hung-Shan Chen, Chun-Hung Wu, Michael Chen, and Yi-Hsin Lin "Hysteresis of polymer stabilized blue phase liquid crystals", Proc. SPIE 8475, Liquid Crystals XVI, 84750R (8 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.930834

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