Orientation of liquid crystalline blue phases on unidirectionally orienting surfaces

• Published in: Journal of physics. D, Applied physics Vol. 51; no. 10; pp. 104003 - 104010
• Main Authors: Takahashi, Misaki, Ohkawa, Takuma, Yoshida, Hiroyuki, Fukuda, Jun-ichi, Kikuchi, Hirotsugu, Ozaki, Masanori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 19.02.2018
• Subjects: blue phase; chiral liquid crystal; crystal orientation; Kossel diagram; phase transition

Liquid crystalline cholesteric blue phases (BPs) continue to attract interest due to their fast response times and quasi-polarization-independent phase modulation capabilities. Various approaches have recently been proposed to control the crystal orientation of BPs on substrates; however, their basi...