Blue-phase-polymer-templated nematic with sub-millisecond broad-temperature range electro-optic switching

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Xiang, Jie ^a   Lavrentovich, Oleg D ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE PHASE; CUBIC STRUCTURE; CUBIC SYMMETRY; ELECTRO-OPTIC SWITCHING; OPTICAL FEATURES; POLYMER TEMPLATES; RETARDANCE; TEMPLATED;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84882332681     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4817724     Document Type: Article

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