Title

22.3: Polymer System Effect on Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phase Liquid Crystals.

Authors

Zhu, Ji-Liang; Ni, Shui-Bin; Chen, Chao Ping; Lu, Jian-Gang; Su, Yikai; Song, Xiao-Long; Chen, Chao-Yuan

Abstract

The effect of polymer system on polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals (PSBPLCs) is investigated. The experimental results indicate that the electro-optic properties of PSBPLC are affected by the interface energy between the liquid crystal molecules and polymer system. As the anchoring energy of polymer system decreases, the driving voltage will decrease, but hysteresis and residual birefringence will increase. In addition, if the anchoring energy is less than a threshold value, the BPLC cannot be stabilized well by polymer network.

Subjects

POLYMERS; LIQUID crystals; ELECTROOPTICS; ELECTRO-optical effects; BIREFRINGENCE

Publication

SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers, 2013, Vol 44, Issue 1, p261

ISSN

0097-966X

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1002/j.2168-0159.2013.tb06195.x