Blue phase
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The liquid crystalline blue phase is encountered between the isotropic and the chiral nematic phase. It usually occupies a narrow range of temperatures, for example, in the range of a half to two degrees. However, recently this range has been expanded by an order of magnitude [1] [2].
BP I*[edit]
BP II*[edit]
BP III*[edit]
Also known as blue fog.
References[edit]
- ↑ Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Masayuki Yokota, Yoshiaki Hisakado, Huai Yang and Tisato Kajiyama "Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal blue phases", Nature Materials 1 pp. 64-68 (2002)
- ↑ Harry J. Coles and Mikhail N. Pivnenko "Liquid crystal 'blue phases' with a wide temperature range", Nature 436 pp. 997-1000 (2005)
Related reading
- H. Stegemeyer, TH. Blümel, K. Hiltrop, H. Onusseit and F. Porsch "Thermodynamic, structural and morphological studies on liquid-crystalline blue phases", Liquid Crystals 1 pp. 3-28 (1986)
- David C. Wright and N. David Mermin "Crystalline liquids: the blue phases", Reviews of Modern Physics 61 385-432 (1989)
- Peter Crooker "Blue Phases", in "Chirality in Liquid Crystals" pp. 186-222 Springer New York (2001)