Two‐Step Photoalignment with High Resolution for the Alignment of Blue Phase Liquid Crystal

S Liu, I Nys, K Neyts - Advanced Optical Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembling properties of liquid crystal (LC) are ideal for realizing switchable optical
components. The director organization is strongly determined by the alignment at the …

Light‐driven reversible transformation between self‐organized simple cubic lattice and helical superstructure enabled by a molecular switch functionalized nanocage

K Zhou, HK Bisoyi, JQ **, CL Yuan, Z Liu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐organized stimuli‐responsive smart materials with adjustable attributes are highly
desirable for a plethora of device applications. Simple cubic lattice is quite uncommon in soft …

Structural and optical response of polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystal films to volatile organic compounds

Y Yang, YK Kim, X Wang, M Tsuei… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Engineering useful mechanical properties into stimuli-responsive soft materials without
compromising their responsiveness is, in many cases, an unresolved challenge. For …

Electrically tunable photonic band gap structure in monodomain blue-phase liquid crystals

R Manda, S Pagidi, Y Heo, YJ Lim, MS Kim… - NPG Asia …, 2020 - nature.com
Photonic band gap materials have the ability to modulate light. When they can be
dynamically controlled beyond static modulation, their versatility improves and they become …