Blue-phase liquid crystal droplets

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2015-10-27

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Martinez-Gonzalez, Jose A.
Zhou, Ye
Rahimi, Mohammad
Büküşoğlu, Emre
Abbott, Nicholas L
de Pablo, Juan Jose

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Blue phases of liquid crystals represent unique ordered states of matter in which arrays of defects are organized into striking patterns. Most studies of blue phases to date have focused on bulk properties. In this work, we present a systematic study of blue phases confined into spherical droplets. It is found that, in addition to the so-called blue phases I and II, several new morphologies arise under confinement, with a complexity that increases with the chirality of the medium and with a nature that can be altered by surface anchoring. Through a combination of simulations and experiments, it is also found that one can control the wavelength at which blue-phase droplets absorb light by manipulating either their size or the strength of the anchoring, thereby providing a liquid-state analog of nano-particles, where dimensions are used to control absorbance or emission. The results presented in this work also suggest that there are conditions where confinement increases the range of stability of blue phases, thereby providing intriguing prospects for applications.

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Multidisciplinary

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36793

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514251112

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J. A. Martinez-Gonzalez, Y. Zhou, M. Rahimi, E. Büküşoğlu, N. L. Abbott, and J. J. de Pablo, “Blue-phase liquid crystal droplets,” PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, pp. 13195–13200, 2015, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36793.