Broadband reflection characteristic of polymer-stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal with pitch gradient induced by a hydrogen bond

Liquid Crystals

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1275-1280

  Zhang, Lipei ^a   Yang, Huai ^a   He, Wanli ^a   Yuan, Xiaotao ^a   Hu, Wang ^a   Cao, Hui ^a   Zhu, Siquan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Broadband reflection; Hydrogen bond; Pitch gradient; Polymer stabilised cholesteric liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958561344     PISSN: 02678292     EISSN: 13665855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2010.501910     Document Type: Article

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