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摘要
热致性液晶(LC)材料中的长时记忆效应长期以来一直是一个备受关注的话题,并引发了大量的开创性工作。虽然探索记忆效应的想法是从向列液晶(N)相本身开始的,但由于其持续时间非常短,很快就转移到了其他液晶相,如铁电液晶(FLC)或其衍生物和复合材料。因此,我们在此展示了原始热致性 LC 材料 Smectic A(SmA)相(即 4-辛基-4′-氰基联苯(8CB))中的长期记忆效应。与 SmA 相相比,还对 N 相的记忆效应进行了研究,以估计其持续时间。为了研究记忆效应,我们首先使用介电光谱技术测量了有 40 V 直流偏压和无 40 V 直流偏压时的介电常数。此外,通过偏振光学显微镜记录的光学纹理也证实了这些结果。此外,我们还通过加热和直流偏压的连续应用,观察到了两种稳定状态的消除和恢复,从而检验了正在测试的 LC 化合物的可循环性。我们预计,我们的研究成果必将弥补基于 LC 的新兴未来存储器件在发展过程中出现的差距。
Prolonged memory effect in smectic A phase of a thermotropic liquid crystal material
The long-duration memory effect in thermotropic liquid crystal (LC) materials has long been a topic of substantial interest and numerous pioneering works. Although the idea of exploring the memory effect had been started from the nematic (N) phase of LC itself, but due to its very short duration, it was soon shifted to the other LC phases such as ferroelectric LC (FLC) or their derivatives and composites. Therefore, we demonstrate here the prolonged memory effect in a smectic A (SmA) phase of a pristine thermotropic LC material namely 4-octyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl (8CB). The memory effect has also been investigated in the N phase to estimate its duration as compared to the SmA phase. To examine the memory effect, firstly, we measured the dielectric permittivity using the dielectric spectroscopic technique with and without 40 V DC biasing. Furthermore, these results have been confirmed by means of optical textures recorded through a polarizing optical microscope. Moreover, we have also observed the removal and retrieval of two stable states by sequent application of heat and DC biasing to examine the cyclability of the LC compound under testing. We anticipate that our results will definitely bridge the gap that occurred in the advancement of emerging futuristic LC-based memory devices.
期刊介绍:
Optical Materials has an open access mirror journal Optical Materials: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review.
The purpose of Optical Materials is to provide a means of communication and technology transfer between researchers who are interested in materials for potential device applications. The journal publishes original papers and review articles on the design, synthesis, characterisation and applications of optical materials.
OPTICAL MATERIALS focuses on:
• Optical Properties of Material Systems;
• The Materials Aspects of Optical Phenomena;
• The Materials Aspects of Devices and Applications.
Authors can submit separate research elements describing their data to Data in Brief and methods to Methods X.