High birefringence and wide nematic range liquid crystal mixtures

Sebastian Gauza; Fang Du; Janet R. Wu; Shin-Tson Wu; Roman Dabrowski

doi:10.1117/12.504653

5 January 2004 High birefringence and wide nematic range liquid crystal mixtures

Sebastian Gauza, Fang Du, Janet R. Wu, Shin-Tson Wu, Roman Dabrowski

Proceedings Volume 5213, Liquid Crystals VII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504653
Event: Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Isothiocyanato tolane liquid crystals exhibit a high birefringence and relatively low viscosity. The phase transition temperatures, birefringence and visco-elastic coefficient of several high birefringence isothiocyanato tolane compounds are evaluated. Using these compounds, several eutectic mixtures were formulated. These new mixtures exhibit a wide nematic range, high birefringence (>0.4) and low viscosity.

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Sebastian Gauza, Fang Du, Janet R. Wu, Shin-Tson Wu, and Roman Dabrowski "High birefringence and wide nematic range liquid crystal mixtures", Proc. SPIE 5213, Liquid Crystals VII, (5 January 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504653

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