{"title":"Effective materials for display applications: fullerene-doped PDLC","authors":"N. Kamanina, I. Denisyuk","doi":"10.1117/12.581219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581219","url":null,"abstract":"New fullerene-doped nematic liquid crystal spatial light modulator with Mg-phthalocyanine nanocrystals has been investigated. Temporal characteristics of this device have been studied. Based on complex formation between fullerene and phthalocyanine, it has been shown that new structure exhibits high speed and operates at supply voltage pulse frequency of more than 100 Hz. A mechanism of a liquid crystal mesophase orientation has been discussed. Potentials of the system for display application have been examined.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115888348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Rastenienė, S. Pajeda, Antanas Kudarauskas, V. Bastys, A. Kulbickas, Mantas Miksys, R. Vaišnoras
{"title":"External control of a stop band position in a visible spectra of photonic crystal opal infiltrated with nematic LC","authors":"L. Rastenienė, S. Pajeda, Antanas Kudarauskas, V. Bastys, A. Kulbickas, Mantas Miksys, R. Vaišnoras","doi":"10.1117/12.581096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581096","url":null,"abstract":"Recently photonic crystals with a three-dimensional ordered structure with periodicity of the optical wavelength have attracted attention from both fundamental and practical points of view. The physics and applications of photonic crystals have been active topic of research now. The application of photonic crystals is to create tunable band gap materials especially in visible spectra region, where the gap could be controlled by an external parameter. We have studied transmission and linear dichroism spectra of synthetic opal, refractive index n = 1,342, infiltrated with nematic liquid crystal with averaged refractive index n = 1,596 or with water n = 1,30 and alcohol n = 1,28. We demonstrating that the position of the stop band in the visible spectra is shifted by changing of refractive index of the infiltrated material or by changing the filling factor or by variation of an incidence angle of light.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121902677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of polarisability tensor for p-(p-ethoxyphenylazo)phenyl heptanoate LC molecule for different wavelengths of the light","authors":"P. Adamski, A. Bubnov","doi":"10.1117/12.581137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581137","url":null,"abstract":"The influence of the wavelength of light on values of polarisability tensor components αparallel, αperpendicular, polarisability anisotropy (αparallel - αperpendicular) and the order parameter S of liquid crystal molecules was verified. The refractive indices are functions of temperature and light wavelength. The values αparallel and αperpendicular of a liquid crystal molecule can be calculated from refractive indices, density, and coefficient in the Valentova equation. Here, it was found that there is a relation between the wavelengths of the light and values of (αparallel - αperpendicular) and αparallel, αperpendicular of p-(p-ethoxyphenylazo)phenyl heptanoate molecule. The values of the order parameter S obtained for the studied material are identical for all wavlengths of light.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125951199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Kędzierski, M. Kojdecki, Z. Raszewski, L. Lipińska, J. Rutkowska, E. Miszczyk, Jerzy Borycki
{"title":"Determination of nematic liquid crystal material parameters by use of wedge cells","authors":"J. Kędzierski, M. Kojdecki, Z. Raszewski, L. Lipińska, J. Rutkowska, E. Miszczyk, Jerzy Borycki","doi":"10.1117/12.581140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581140","url":null,"abstract":"Three wedge cells of the wedge angle of order of few milliradians were used to measure the phase shift between ordinary and extraordinary ray of transmitted light, for the stationary states, induced by magnetic or electric field. A nematic liquid crystal PCB, filling the cell, was of the planar alignment enforced by the previous treatment of the flat boundary plates. Two polyimides, MP9 and PM2, and clean glass were used as aligning substances. A system of interference fringes appeared in each cell placed in normally incident light between analyzer and polarizer crossed. In the neighborhood of each fringe a cell was considered as a flat-parallel one and hence it was equivalent to a system of flat cells of different precisely determined thickness. The dependence of the phase shift on applied external fields was measured for twenty-six interference fringes. The nematic liquid crystal material parameters (the splay and bend elastic constants, the anisotropy of diamagnetic susceptibility and the boundary tilt angle as a function of torque) were determined by comparing the calculated characteristics to the measured ones i.e. by solving the inverse problem simultaneously for all measured characteristics as input data. Each of studied cells represented distinct case of anchoring: strong, medium or weak.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128510724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nematic point defect annihilation in a cylindrical capillary","authors":"M. Svetec, Z. Bradac, S. Kralj","doi":"10.1117/12.581103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581103","url":null,"abstract":"We perform a numerical study of the annihilation of nematic radial and hyperbolic point defect. Both the pre-collision and post-collision stages are taken into account. Initially a pair of defects is induced at the axis of the cylindrical capillary. A semi-microscopic interaction potential and the Brownian molecular dynamics are used. In the early stage the cores of defects are negligibly mutually influenced. Their relative velocity is inversely proportional to the separation d between defects. As d becomes comparable to the nematic correlation length, the cores significantly deform. During the collision the defects merge and become indistinguishable. In the post-collision regime the order parameter at the collision site gradually recovers the equilibrium configuration.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128959085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Kopčanský, I. Potočová, M. Koneracká, M. Timko, J. Jadżyn, G. Czechowski, A. M. Jansen
{"title":"The structural transitions in the thermotropic ferronematics","authors":"P. Kopčanský, I. Potočová, M. Koneracká, M. Timko, J. Jadżyn, G. Czechowski, A. M. Jansen","doi":"10.1117/12.581104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581104","url":null,"abstract":"The structural transitions in thermotropic ferronematic, i.e. nematic liquid crystal (8CB) doped with fine magnetic particles (d~10 nm), exposed to combined electric and magnetic fields, were studied within the Burylov and Raikher's theory. Using the found formulas for the threshold fields of studied transitions and their values obtained by the capacitance measurements, the anchoring energy W of liquid crystal molecules on the magnetic particles surfaces, as well as parameter ω, determining the type of anchoring, were calculated. The calculated values indicated the presence of soft, or some intermediate state between soft and rigid anchoring, in studied ferronematic. These results are in agreement with the Burylov and Raikher's theory of thermotropic ferronematics.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"474 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120931191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Perkowski, Z. Raszewski, J. Kędzierski, W. Piecek, J. Rutkowska, J. Zieliński, R. Dabrowski, W. J. Drzewinski
{"title":"Determination of same changes in rotational potentials between ferro-and antiferroelectric phases","authors":"P. Perkowski, Z. Raszewski, J. Kędzierski, W. Piecek, J. Rutkowska, J. Zieliński, R. Dabrowski, W. J. Drzewinski","doi":"10.1117/12.581077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581077","url":null,"abstract":"Rotational potential of molecule in smectic phases, introduced by Zeks, includes two important parts: dipolar as well as quadrupolar ones. The first part is valid for chiral molecules only, whereas the second one is important for chiral and achiral molecules. The question arises: \"Whether shape of rotational potential changes when the phase transition between SmC* and SmCA* appears?\" In our opinion, close to the temperature of phase transition (FLC-AFLC) magnitudes of both, dipolar and quadrupolar parts change. Quadrupolar coupling is more important for antiferroelectric phase, while dipolar factor overwhelms quadrupolar one, for ferroelectric phase.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"44 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116540505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Dabrowski, K. Czupryński, J. Gąsowska, J. Otón, X. Quintana, P. Castillo, N. Bennis
{"title":"Broad temperature range antiferroelectric regular mixtures","authors":"R. Dabrowski, K. Czupryński, J. Gąsowska, J. Otón, X. Quintana, P. Castillo, N. Bennis","doi":"10.1117/12.581061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581061","url":null,"abstract":"Tristate regular mixtures with different electro-optical properties such as threshold voltage, saturation voltage, holding ratio and response time are presented. The relation of properties with the structure of compounds is discussed. All of mixtures show only moderate dynamic and static contrast but big gray level scale without hysteresis for positive and negative field driving.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132189263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Kędzierski, Z. Raszewski, M. Kojdecki, E. Miszczyk, P. Perkowski, W. Piecek, L. Lipińska
{"title":"Determination of nematics material parameters by measurements of Fredericksz transitions in crossed electric and magnetic fields in wedge cell","authors":"J. Kędzierski, Z. Raszewski, M. Kojdecki, E. Miszczyk, P. Perkowski, W. Piecek, L. Lipińska","doi":"10.1117/12.581095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581095","url":null,"abstract":"Wedge cells of the wedge angle of order of few milliradians were used to measure the threshold voltages for the Freedericksz transition in electric and magnetic fields crossed. A nematic liquid crystal, PCB, filling cells was of planar orientation enforced by the treatment of the flat boundary plates, covered with poly(amic acid) PM9. A system of interference fringes appeared in each cell placed in normally incident light between analyzer and polarizer crossed. In the vicinity of each fringe a cell could be considered as a flat-parallel one and hence it was equivalent to the system of flat cells of different precisely determined thickness. Threshold voltages, parameterized by magnetic field magnitudes were interpreted as the eigenvalues of the boundary eigenvalue problem for the operator of the second derivative; the interaction between the nematics and the substrates was assumed very strong with the anchoring direction parallel to the cell boundaries. The resulting formulae were used to determine the anisotropy of diamagnetic susceptibility and the splay elastic constant of PCB after the threshold magnitudes measured. The estimates of material parameters agreed well with those determined by the composite method.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115195939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Kohns, A. Muravski, Y. Machekhin, R. Kankia, V. Svirid, P. Rudquist, G. Lester
{"title":"High-precision low-cost colorimeters and spectrophotometers based on liquid crystalline optics","authors":"P. Kohns, A. Muravski, Y. Machekhin, R. Kankia, V. Svirid, P. Rudquist, G. Lester","doi":"10.1117/12.581205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581205","url":null,"abstract":"As the phenomenon \"color\" is involved in almost each production where is a great demand for inexpensive and precise colorimeters. Today there are in principle two kinds of colorimeters: three-channel colorimeters (which are cheap but not accurate) and array spectrometers (which offer a high accuracy at a high price). Liquid crystals have the potential to allow accurate color measurements at a low price. We show three different schemes of colorimeters and actual measurements. The accuracy of our colorimeters is better than 0.005 for each color coordinate.","PeriodicalId":132866,"journal":{"name":"Liquid crystals (Print)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115806276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}