Spontaneous helix formation in non-chiral bent-core liquid crystals with fast linear electro-optic effect

Liquid crystals that consist of rod-like molecules currently dominate the materials used in industry for display and photonic applications. Here, the authors demonstrate electro-optic grey-scale switching based on the spontaneous formation of a short-pitch helix in a tilted smectic phase of achiral...

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Main Authors:	Sithara P. Sreenilayam, Yuri P. Panarin, Jagdish K. Vij, Vitaly P. Panov, Anne Lehmann, Marco Poppe, Marko Prehm, Carsten Tschierske
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Language:	English
Published:	Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-01
Series:	Nature Communications
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11369

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spelling	doaj-733b56caab614a0d94e128636a6b2b322021-05-11T11:22:07ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232016-05-01711810.1038/ncomms11369Spontaneous helix formation in non-chiral bent-core liquid crystals with fast linear electro-optic effectSithara P. Sreenilayam0Yuri P. Panarin1Jagdish K. Vij2Vitaly P. Panov3Anne Lehmann4Marco Poppe5Marko Prehm6Carsten Tschierske7Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, The University of DublinDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, The University of DublinDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, The University of DublinDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, The University of DublinDepartment of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergDepartment of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergDepartment of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergDepartment of Chemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergLiquid crystals that consist of rod-like molecules currently dominate the materials used in industry for display and photonic applications. Here, the authors demonstrate electro-optic grey-scale switching based on the spontaneous formation of a short-pitch helix in a tilted smectic phase of achiral bent-core molecules.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11369
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spellingShingle	Sithara P. Sreenilayam Yuri P. Panarin Jagdish K. Vij Vitaly P. Panov Anne Lehmann Marco Poppe Marko Prehm Carsten Tschierske Spontaneous helix formation in non-chiral bent-core liquid crystals with fast linear electro-optic effect Nature Communications
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title	Spontaneous helix formation in non-chiral bent-core liquid crystals with fast linear electro-optic effect
title_short	Spontaneous helix formation in non-chiral bent-core liquid crystals with fast linear electro-optic effect
title_full	Spontaneous helix formation in non-chiral bent-core liquid crystals with fast linear electro-optic effect
title_fullStr	Spontaneous helix formation in non-chiral bent-core liquid crystals with fast linear electro-optic effect
title_full_unstemmed	Spontaneous helix formation in non-chiral bent-core liquid crystals with fast linear electro-optic effect
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publisher	Nature Publishing Group
series	Nature Communications
issn	2041-1723
publishDate	2016-05-01
description	Liquid crystals that consist of rod-like molecules currently dominate the materials used in industry for display and photonic applications. Here, the authors demonstrate electro-optic grey-scale switching based on the spontaneous formation of a short-pitch helix in a tilted smectic phase of achiral bent-core molecules.
url	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11369
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Spontaneous helix formation in non-chiral bent-core liquid crystals with fast linear electro-optic effect

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