Effect of anisotropic lattice deformation on the Kerr coefficient of polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystals

Hiroki Tone; Hiroyuki Yoshida; Shuhei Yabu; Masanori Ozaki; Hirotsugu Kikuchi

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.89.012506

Effect of anisotropic lattice deformation on the Kerr coefficient of polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystals

Hiroki Tone, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Shuhei Yabu, Masanori Ozaki, Hirotsugu Kikuchi

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We investigate the effect of anisotropic lattice deformation on the Kerr coefficient of polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystals (PSBP-LCs). PSBPs with orthorhombic and tetragonal symmetry were prepared by polymer-stabilizing a blue-phase liquid crystal under electrostriction. Both orthorhombic and tetragonal PSBPs showed smaller Kerr coefficients than the cubic PSBP, despite an increase in the unit cell volume caused by the elongation of the lattice along the direction of light propagation. Our results indicate that the Kerr coefficient of PSBPs is not determined simply by the volume of the unit lattice but by the lattice size perpendicular to the direction of light propagation.

Original language	English
Article number	012506
Journal	Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume	89
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.012506
Publication status	Published - Jan 21 2014

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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Statistics and Probability
Condensed Matter Physics

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Effect of anisotropic lattice deformation on the Kerr coefficient of polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystals. / Tone, Hiroki; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Yabu, Shuhei; Ozaki, Masanori; Kikuchi, Hirotsugu.

In: Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, Vol. 89, No. 1, 012506, 21.01.2014.

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