Blue phase liquid crystal: Strategies for phase stabilization and device development
The blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) is a highly ordered liquid crystal (LC) phase found very close to the LC-isotropic transition. The BPLC has demonstrated potential in next-generation display and photonic technology due to its exceptional properties such as sub-millisecond response time and wide...
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| description | The blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) is a highly ordered liquid crystal (LC) phase found very close to the LC-isotropic transition. The BPLC has demonstrated potential in next-generation display and photonic technology due to its exceptional properties such as sub-millisecond response time and wide viewing angle. However, BPLC is stable in a very small temperature range (0.5-1 degrees C) and its driving voltage is very high (similar to 100 V). To overcome these challenges recent research has focused on solutions which incorporate polymers or nanoparticles into the blue phase to widen the temperature range from around few degrees C to potentially more than 60 degrees C. In order to reduce the driving voltage, strategies have been attempted by modifying the device structure by introducing protrusion or corrugated electrodes and vertical field switching mechanism has been proposed. In this paper the effectiveness of the proposed solution will be discussed, in order to assess the potential of BPLC in display technology and beyond. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-158472016-06-10T00:12:04Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/15847/ Blue phase liquid crystal: Strategies for phase stabilization and device development Rahman, M.D.A. Said, S.M. Balamurugan, S. T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering The blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) is a highly ordered liquid crystal (LC) phase found very close to the LC-isotropic transition. The BPLC has demonstrated potential in next-generation display and photonic technology due to its exceptional properties such as sub-millisecond response time and wide viewing angle. However, BPLC is stable in a very small temperature range (0.5-1 degrees C) and its driving voltage is very high (similar to 100 V). To overcome these challenges recent research has focused on solutions which incorporate polymers or nanoparticles into the blue phase to widen the temperature range from around few degrees C to potentially more than 60 degrees C. In order to reduce the driving voltage, strategies have been attempted by modifying the device structure by introducing protrusion or corrugated electrodes and vertical field switching mechanism has been proposed. In this paper the effectiveness of the proposed solution will be discussed, in order to assess the potential of BPLC in display technology and beyond. IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/15847/1/Blue_phase_liquid_crystal_strategies_for_phase_stabilization.pdf Rahman, M.D.A. and Said, S.M. and Balamurugan, S. (2015) Blue phase liquid crystal: Strategies for phase stabilization and device development. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 16 (3). p. 21. ISSN 1468-6996, DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/16/3/033501 <https://doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/16/3/033501>. http://iopscience.iop.org/1468-6996/16/3/033501/pdf/1468-6996_16_3_033501.pdf http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015STAdM..16c3501A 10.1088/1468-6996/16/3/033501 |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Rahman, M.D.A. Said, S.M. Balamurugan, S. Blue phase liquid crystal: Strategies for phase stabilization and device development |
| title | Blue phase liquid crystal: Strategies for phase stabilization and device development |
| title_full | Blue phase liquid crystal: Strategies for phase stabilization and device development |
| title_fullStr | Blue phase liquid crystal: Strategies for phase stabilization and device development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blue phase liquid crystal: Strategies for phase stabilization and device development |
| title_short | Blue phase liquid crystal: Strategies for phase stabilization and device development |
| title_sort | blue phase liquid crystal strategies for phase stabilization and device development |
| topic | T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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