Topological defects stabilized by a soft twist-bend dimer and quantum dots lead to a wide thermal range and ultra-fast electro-optic response in a liquid crystalline amorphous blue phase
Nurjahan Khatun, Vimala Sridurai, K. Fodor Csorba, Geetha G. Nair
Abstract
Adding an NTB material to BPLC increases the thermal range of BPI. Further doping with QDs leads to the induction of BPIII, with a wide thermal range of 34 °C, spanning ambient and below/above ambient temperatures with enhanced display parameters.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceRange (aeronautics)Amorphous solidThermalTwistDimerPhase (matter)DopingOptoelectronicsCrystallographyComposite materialNuclear magnetic resonanceMathematicsChemistryMeteorologyGeometryPhysicsOrganic chemistryLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsPhotonic Crystals and ApplicationsPhase-change materials and chalcogenides