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Liquid Crystals Volume 41, 2014 - Issue 6
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Research Article

The Influence of polymer system on polymer-stabilised blue phase liquid crystals

Ji-Liang Zhua National Engineering Laboratory of TFT-LCD Materials and Technologies, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Shui-Bin Nia National Engineering Laboratory of TFT-LCD Materials and Technologies, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Chao Ping Chena National Engineering Laboratory of TFT-LCD Materials and Technologies, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Xiao-Long Songb The research and development center of flat-display materials engineering technology, The Jiangsu Hecheng Display Technology Co., Ltd, Nanjing, China
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Chao-Yuan Chenb The research and development center of flat-display materials engineering technology, The Jiangsu Hecheng Display Technology Co., Ltd, Nanjing, China
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Jian-Gang Lua National Engineering Laboratory of TFT-LCD Materials and Technologies, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yikai Sua National Engineering Laboratory of TFT-LCD Materials and Technologies, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Pages 891-896 | Received 18 Sep 2013, Accepted 07 Jan 2014, Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 
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Abstract

The influence of polymer system on polymer-stabilised (PS) blue phase (BP) liquid crystal (LC) is investigated. After polymer stabilisation, anchoring energy appears between the polymer network and LC molecules, which is related with the stiffness of the polymer system. As the stiffness of polymer system decreases, the Kerr constant can be improved with the degradation of response time, hysteresis, and residual birefringence. Furthermore, the Kerr constant and response time can be improved simultaneously by polymer system with reactive diluents.

Funding

This work was sponsored by 973 Program [grant number 2013CB328804]; NSFC [grant number 61275026].

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