P‐148: Chiral Polymer Network of Polymer‐stabilized Blue Phase Liquid Crystals

Abstract

The effect of chiral polymer network in polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals (PS-BPLCs) was investigated. Compare with the conventional polymer network, the chiral PS-BPLCs may induce and stabilize the blue phase with less proportion of chiral dopant resulting in a higher Kerr constant. The hysteresis and residual birefringence may be improved by introducing a chiral monomer with more rigid structure. And the response time is little effected by the chiral polymer network.