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  2. Liquid Crystalline Amorphous Blue Phase and Its Large Electrooptical Kerr Effect
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Abstract
An amorphous blue phase III with low and wide thermal range (similar to 20 degrees C) including room temperature is induced by doping a bent-core nematic with a strong chiral material. We confirm that the electrooptical response is due to the Kerr effect, with the Kerr constant being up to two orders of magnitude larger than conventional Kerr materials such as nitrobenzene.
Format
Article
Publication Date
2011-01-01
Publication Title
Journal of Materials Chemistry
Volume
21
Issue
9
First Page
2855
Last Page
2857
Subject
Community
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Comments
Available on publisher's site at http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0jm04009.
Permalink https://oaks.kent.edu/cpippubs/55
Le, K., Aya, S., Sasaki, Y., Choi, H., Araoka, F., Ema, K., Mieczkowski, J., Jakli, A., Ishikawa, K., & Takezoe, H. (2011). Liquid Crystalline Amorphous Blue Phase and Its Large Electrooptical Kerr Effect. Journal of Materials Chemistry. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/1204
Le, Khoa, Satoshi Aya, Yuji Sasaki, Hyunhee Choi, Fumito Araoka, Kenji Ema, Jozef Mieczkowski, Antal Jakli, Ken Ishikawa, and Hideo Takezoe. 2011. “Liquid Crystalline Amorphous Blue Phase and Its Large Electrooptical Kerr Effect”. Journal of Materials Chemistry. https://oaks.kent.edu/node/1204.
Le, K., S. Aya, Y. Sasaki, H. Choi, F. Araoka, K. Ema, J. Mieczkowski, A. Jakli, K. Ishikawa, and H. Takezoe. Liquid Crystalline Amorphous Blue Phase and Its Large Electrooptical Kerr Effect. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 1 Jan. 2011, https://oaks.kent.edu/node/1204.