The association of structural chirality and liquid crystal anchoring in polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals

Abstract

Polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals (PSCLCs) are electrically reconfigurable reflective elements. Prior studies have hypothesized and indirectly confirmed that the electro-optic response of these composites is associated with the electrically...

Polymerisation of twist-bend nematic textures for electro-optical applications

“…The anchoring strength of the liquid crystal on the polymer fibrils is probably strong enough to make the nematic director follow the topology of the polymer network, which reflects the N TB textures. 41,42 Moreover, our samples are completely stable at room temperature since they are in the nematic phase and not in the N TB phase, although they exhibit typical N TB textures instead of nematic ones.…”