太赫兹液晶材料与器件研究进展

液晶是一种性能优异的可调控光电功能材料,基于液晶的太赫兹器件有着广泛的应用前景,但高性能太赫兹功能器件的研发仍处于初级阶段.本文综述了太赫兹领域液晶材料与器件的研究现状,探讨了液晶技术与太赫兹技术相结合的发展趋势.     

Visual measurement of the microscopic temperature of porous graphene based on cholesteric liquid crystal microcapsules

Measuring the microscopic temperature of graphene is challenging.We used cholesteric liquid crystal microcapsules(CLCMs)as temperature sensors to detect the local temperature of three-dimensional porous graphene through quantitative visualization.Based on a CLCM(~20μm in size),we determined the temperature variation in a small area with an accuracy of 0.1℃.By analyzing the color changes between two CLCMs,we demonstrated the temperature changes dynamically in a region with a diameter of approximately 110μm.Furthermore,by comparing the color evolution among the three CLCMs,we visualized the anisotropic thermal properties in the micro-zone.This convenient and low-cost temperature measurement method is expected to further improve graphene-based devices.