CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS FOR OPTICAL APPLICATIONS
- 15 March 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 18 (6) , 231-233
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1653642
Abstract
The optical and thermal properties of mixtures of MBBA and COC are reported on as an example of cholesteric liquid crystals incorporating molecules which are not cholesterol derivatives. These materials exhibit relatively broad optical bandwidths, efficient polarizing characteristics, extremely weak temperature dependences, and high structural order properties which should be useful in optical devices.Keywords
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