期刊
LIQUID CRYSTALS
卷 37, 期 9, 页码 1221-1224出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2010.492247
关键词
liquid crystal; cholesteric liquid crystal; smectic A; nematic; transition temperature; pitch
资金
- National Science Council of the Republic of China [NSC 96-2112-M-027-001-MY3]
The phase of a liquid crystal (LC) changing from a nematic phase to a cholesteric (Ch) mesophase is achieved by adding different ratios of chiral dopants S811. By studying the transmission spectrum, we are able to measure the helical pitch in cholesteric phase. The pitch in the mixtures of nematic E7 and chiral dopants S811 as a function of the concentration of the dopant and temperature is investigated. The sensitivity of the selective reflection notch of the cholesteric phase to the thermal tuning depends strongly on the ratios of the chiral dopants. It reveals that the influence of temperature is more profound for those cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) which exhibit smectic A (SmA) at lower temperatures. When fitted using Keating's formula, the helical pitch calculated from our experimental results lies on the predicted curve. Optimised ratios of the mixture CLCs for the optimised reflection band with the specified wavelength ranging from 467 nm to 2123 nm are suggested.
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