Engineered complex molecular order in liquid crystals towards unusual optics and responsive mechanics

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Conference object 05 Mar 2013 Netherlands Publisher:SPIEJournal:SPIE Proceedings, volume 8,642, page 864,204 (issn: 0277-786X,

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Authors: Sanchez-Somolinos, C.; Haan, de, L.T.; Schenning, A.P.H.J.; Bastiaansen, C.W.M.; Broer, D.J.;

doi: 10.1117/12.2007269

handle: 10261/122316

Engineered complex molecular order in liquid crystals towards unusual optics and responsive mechanics

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Defects in liquid crystals have been studied over decades to disclose information and knowledge on the structure of LC phases. More recently, LC defects have been identified as a tool to implement new physical functions useful in optical films for polarization conversion or mechanical actuators able to adopt novel exotic shapes. In the present paper we describe a general methodology to engineer different defect patterns by combining the use of linear photopolymerizable polymers and liquid crystals.

We thank the Dutch NWO (VICI grant), the Spanish MINECO project MAT2011-27978-C02-02, CSIC project i-LINK0394, Gobierno de Aragón, and FEDER funding (EU) for their financial support.

Trabajo presentado al "Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies VIII" celebrado en California (US) del 2 al 5 de marzo de 2013.

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Spanish National Research Council
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Technical University Eindhoven
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Queen Mary University of London
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University of Zaragoza
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Eindhoven University of Technology
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