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The effect of graphene on liquid-crystalline blue phases.
- Source :
- Applied Physics Letters; 9/30/2013, Vol. 103 Issue 14, p143116, 4p, 1 Color Photograph, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2013
-
Abstract
- The stabilization of liquid-crystalline blue phases is recently attracting considerable interest because of the envisioned applications in fast optical displays and tunable photonic crystals. We report on the effect of surface-functionalized graphene nanosheets on the blue phase range of a chiral liquid crystal. Calorimetric and optical measurements, reproducible on heating and cooling, demonstrate that the resulting soft nanocomposite exhibits an increased blue phase temperature stability range for a minute concentration of dispersed graphene. The impact is stronger on the ordered, cubic structured blue phase I. These findings suggest that anisotropic nanoparticles may be of great usefulness for stabilizing blue phases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00036951
- Volume :
- 103
- Issue :
- 14
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Applied Physics Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90559524
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4824424