Directed crystalline symmetry transformation of blue-phase liquid crystals by reverse electrostriction

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 7038 - 10
• Main Authors: Lin, Tsung-Hsien, Guo, Duan-Yi, Chen, Chun-Wei, Feng, Ting-Mao, Zeng, Wen-Xin, Chen, Po-Chang, Wu, Liang-Ying, Guo, Wen-Ming, Chang, Li-Min, Jau, Hung-Chang, Wang, Chun-Ta, Bunning, Timothy J., Khoo, Iam Choon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 15.08.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/301/1019/1022; 639/301/923/919; 639/624/399/1022; Crystal growth; Crystal lattices; Crystal structure; Crystallization; Crystals; Cubic lattice; Electric fields; Electrostriction; Fabrication; Field strength; High temperature; Humanities and Social Sciences; Lattice parameters; Liquid crystals; multidisciplinary; Optical properties; Photonic crystals; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Self-assembly; Single crystals; Temperature control

Soft-matter-based photonic crystals like blue-phase liquid crystals (BPLC) have potential applications in wide-ranging photonic and bio-chemical systems. To date, however, there are limitations in the fabrication of large monocrystalline BPLCs. Traditional crystal-growth process involves the transit...