Polymer–cholesteric liquid-crystalline composites with a broad light reflection band

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To cite this version:Michel Mitov. Polymer-cholesteric liquid-crystalline composites with a broad light reflection band. D'Amore A., Grassia L., Acierno D. VIII International Conference on "Times of Polymers and Composites" , Jun 2016, Ischia, Italy. American Institute of Physics Inc., VIII International Conference on "Times of Polymers and Composites" 1736, pp.20004 -20004, 2016 Abstract. Cholesteric liquid crystals selectively reflect the light. The reflection bandgap is typically limited to 100 nm in the visible spectrum and, at the best, 50% of the unpolarized incident light is reflected. Solutions are found in biopolymers and polymer-liquid crystal composite materials to go beyond these limits.