Blue phase III of chiral liquid crystals in an electric field
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 37 (10) , 4001-4005
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.37.4001
Abstract
We have studied the effect of electric fields on the blue phase III (BPIII) of chiral liquid crystals. A temperature–electric-field phase diagram is presented and the behavior of the BPIII selective reflections over this diagram is shown. The selective reflection consists of a broad peak situated on a sloping background; we argue that the background may be a remnant of additional structure at lower wavelength. A comparison of our data with three models for BPIII structure is made.Keywords
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