TY - JOUR
T1 - Electro-optical properties of polymer-stabilized blue phase with different monomer combination and concentration
AU - Mizunuma, Tatsuro
AU - Oo, Thet Naing
AU - Nagano, Yasutomo
AU - Ma, Hengyi
AU - Haseba, Yasuhiro
AU - Higuchi, Hiroki
AU - Okumura, Yasushi
AU - Kikuchi, Hirotsugu
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Ms. Chihiro Tamura for in-plane-switching cell preparation and technical support. This work has been supported by Regional Research and Development Resources Utilization Type Program, A-STEP of Japan Science and Technology Agency.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Electro-optical properties of the polymer-stabilized blue phase (PSBP) liquid crystals (LCs) with different monomer combination and concentration were studied. Kerr constant, voltage-dependent transmittance, response time, residual birefringence and hysteresis were measured for PSBP LCs prepared using acrylate and methacrylate monomer composites. Operating voltages of PSBP LCs prepared by acrylate composites were lower than those of PSBP LCs prepared by methacrylate composites. By contrast, residual birefringence and hysteresis of PSBP LCs prepared by acrylate composites were higher than those of PSBP LCs prepared by methacrylate composites. Faster response and lower hysteresis were observed in PSBP LCs with higher monomer concentration. It was found that monomer combination and concentration strongly affected the electrooptical properties of PSBP LCs.
AB - Electro-optical properties of the polymer-stabilized blue phase (PSBP) liquid crystals (LCs) with different monomer combination and concentration were studied. Kerr constant, voltage-dependent transmittance, response time, residual birefringence and hysteresis were measured for PSBP LCs prepared using acrylate and methacrylate monomer composites. Operating voltages of PSBP LCs prepared by acrylate composites were lower than those of PSBP LCs prepared by methacrylate composites. By contrast, residual birefringence and hysteresis of PSBP LCs prepared by acrylate composites were higher than those of PSBP LCs prepared by methacrylate composites. Faster response and lower hysteresis were observed in PSBP LCs with higher monomer concentration. It was found that monomer combination and concentration strongly affected the electrooptical properties of PSBP LCs.
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U2 - 10.1364/OME.1.001561
DO - 10.1364/OME.1.001561
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84862233434
SN - 2159-3930
VL - 1
SP - 1561
EP - 1568
JO - Optical Materials Express
JF - Optical Materials Express
IS - 8
ER -