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Progress in Chemistry 2012, Vol. 24 Issue (01): 182-192 Previous Articles   

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Wide Temperature Range Blue Phase Liquid Crystalline Materials

He Wanli, Wang Ling, Wang Le, Cui Xiaopeng, Xie Mowen, Yang Huai*   

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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Blue phases (BPs) are mesophases usually exhibited by highly chiral materials and commonly occur in a narrow temperature range below the isotropic phase. They are optically active and non-birefringent, while exhibit Bragg diffraction of light in the visible wavelength. Recently, BPs have attracted growing attention in the field of optoelectronics and photonics. This paper reviews the recent research advances in BPs liquid crystals, also with a brief introduction of the history of the blue phase studies, and some special properties, especially the frustration in the double twist molecular alignment. Finally, the current challenges for applications of BPs materials are highlighted, and the focus of future research and development are proposed.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 History and the basic properties of blue phase
3 Development of wide-range BPs materials
3. 1 Supercool-freezed blue phases
3. 2 Polymer-stabilized blue phases
3. 3 Blue phase of dimesogenic compound
3. 4 Blue phase of bent-core mesogens
3. 5 Blue phase of H-bond mesogens
3. 6 Nanoparticle-stabilized blue phases
3. 7 Light-induced blue phases
3. 8 Blue phase of discotic mesogens
4 The applications of blue phase materials
5 The prospects and challenges in display field

Key words: liquid crystals, blue phases(BPs), liquid crystal display, fast respond, Kerr effect

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