3D photonic nanostructures with intrinsic chirality have recently entered the research
limelight due to their fundamental importance and potential technological applications. Blue …

Liquid crystalline blue phases (BPs), being regarded as an emerging photonic material,
have attracted enormous research interest owing to their unique periodic nanostructures …

Chiral nematic liquid crystals are known to form blue phases—liquid states of matter that
exhibit ordered cubic arrangements of topological defects. Blue-phase specimens, however …

Controlling the crystallographic orientation of 3D photonic crystals is important as it
determines the behavior of light propagating through the device. Blue phases self-assemble …

Liquid-crystal blue phases (BPs) are highly ordered at two levels. Molecules exhibit
orientational order at nanometer length scales, while chirality leads to ordered arrays of …

Optimizing strategies used for improving the stability and properties of blue phase (BP)
liquid crystals directly impact device performance. Various factors ranging from molecular …

Liquid crystalline blue phase (BP) with 3D cubic nanostructure has attracted much interest in
the fields of photonic crystals due to their unique optical properties and the ability to control …

The feature that devices based on blue phase liquid crystals (BPLCs) is free of alignment
layers. However, the alignment layers could affect the morphologies of BPLC-devices as …

We show that micron-scale two-dimensional (2D) honeycomb microwells can significantly
improve the stability of blue phase liquid crystals (BPLCs). Polymeric microwells made by …

The blue phase, which emerges between cholesteric and isotropic phases within a three-
dimensional periodical superstructure, is of great significance in display and photonic …