The effects of silica nanoparticles on blue-phase liquid crystals

Che Ju Hsu, Mao Kun Huang, Pei Chun Tsai, Chia Ting Hsieh, Kuan Lin Kuo, Chang Feng You, Kuang Yao Lo, Chi Yen Huang

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We investigate the effects of hydrophobic silica nanoparticles (SNs) on blue-phase liquid crystals (BPLCs). The optical microscope and reflection spectra observation reveal that a tiny hydrophobic SN dopant stabilises the BPLC phase, and widens the temperature range of the BP I phase. Furthermore, the doped dilute SNs can fine-tune their positions to relax the formation stress of the BPLC lattices, and slightly increase the platelet sizes of the BPLCs. The doped SNs also decrease the driving voltage and response time of the BPLC cell, because the added SNs decrease the elastic constant of the LC host and the relaxation time constant of the BPLC mixture.

原文English
頁（從 - 到）303-309
頁數7
期刊Liquid Crystals
卷45
發行號2
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 2018 一月 26

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Chemistry(all)
  • Materials Science(all)
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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    Hsu, C. J., Huang, M. K., Tsai, P. C., Hsieh, C. T., Kuo, K. L., You, C. F., Lo, K. Y., & Huang, C. Y. (2018). The effects of silica nanoparticles on blue-phase liquid crystals. Liquid Crystals, 45(2), 303-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2017.1324645