胆甾相液晶在光学材料中的研究进展

胆甾相液晶是一种在一定温度范围内呈现液晶相的胆甾醇衍生物,其分子内具有手性碳原子和周期性螺旋结构。在液晶相状态下具有独特的光学特性,类似一维光子晶体,具有选择性布拉格反射,因此在功能材料领域具有广阔的应用前景。本文详细介绍了胆甾相液晶的光学特性,系统阐述了其在光学材料领域的研究进展和前景。     

热致胆甾液晶的蓝相

简述了小分子蓝相的研究现状及聚合物稳定的小分子蓝相和聚合物蓝相的研究进展.通常小分子蓝相温域较窄,仅1℃左右.聚合物稳定的小分子蓝相温域达66℃,而我们展现的聚合物蓝相宽达300℃以上,甚至低于室温也有蓝相存在.所有的蓝相全部展示可见光的布拉格反射.     

具有双螺旋结构胆甾相液晶聚合物复合材料研究进展

胆甾相液晶(Ch-LC)的特征螺旋结构使其具有选择性反射和圆二向色性的光学性质,其反射强度被限制在自然光(非偏振光)的50%。若Ch-LC聚合物复合体系中同时具有左右双螺旋结构,那么Ch-LC的反射强度将超过非偏振光50%的上限,从而可制备具有高反射通量的Ch-LC薄膜。具备这种特性的反射器件在无偏振片反射式显示器和需要智能控制太阳光的建筑、汽车、温室等领域具有潜在的应用前景。本文结合作者在该领域的研究工作,综述了近年来可同时反射左右旋圆偏振光的胆甾相液晶聚合物薄膜材料研究进展,并对该类材料未来的发展提出了展望。     

可调制光子晶体的研究现状和展望

可调制光子晶体是一类在外场激励下,可以通过改变晶格参数或折射率来调节自身光子带隙结构的先进光子材料。在对光的操控方面,它比传统的非调制光子晶体表现出更加优异的性能,因此更符合光子器件在应用中的要求。本文对近年来可调制光子晶体的研究进展进行了介绍。     

侧链胆甾液晶聚合物及弹性体的液晶性能研究

把胆甾液晶单体 4 烯丙氧基苯甲酸胆甾醇酯 (Mch)分别和向列液晶单体 4 烯丙氧基苯甲酰氧基 4′ 甲氧基苯 (Mn) ,向列液晶交联剂 2 叔丁基对苯二酚双 [4 (6 丙烯酰氧基己氧基 )苯甲酸酯 ](Mnc)接枝到聚硅氧烷链上 ,得到系列侧链液晶聚合物Pn 系列和液晶弹性体Pe 系列 .通过热分析、偏光显微分析和X 射线分析等手段分别研究了向列液晶单体和向列液晶交联剂对含同一胆甾液晶基元聚合物的影响 .结果表明 ,向列液晶单体的摩尔百分比在 80 %以下 ,液晶聚合物Pn 系列为胆甾型液晶 ,在研究的范围内 ,液晶弹性体Pe 系列也为胆甾型液晶 ,Pn 系列和Pe 系列都具有较宽的液晶相范围 ,热分解温度均在 2 80℃以上 .     

胆甾相小板块织构聚硅氧烷侧链液晶的合成和性能

通过硅氢加成反应将反式-4-丙烯基-反式-4’-丙基双环己烷(液晶基元)接枝到柔性的聚硅氧烷主链上,合成一种新型的胆甾相小板块织构聚硅氧烷侧链液晶(SCLCP),产率为82.5%。采用傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)和核磁共振(1 H-NMR)对两者的分子结构进行表征,用热台偏光显微镜(POM)和X射线衍射仪(XRD)对其液晶相类型和液晶相行为进行观察和分析,用差示扫描量热仪(DSC)对其相转变温度和热性能进行分析。结果表明:SCLCP呈现胆甾相的小板块织构,液晶区间为57.33K,高于液晶基元的液晶区间。     

胆甾相液晶螺旋方向的光调控

光响应胆甾相液晶是一类在光刺激下通过改变液晶分子排列调控光学特性的智能“软”光子晶体材料,其分子自组装形成周期性螺旋结构,选择性地反射与自身螺旋方向相同的圆偏振光。近年来,利用光刺激诱导胆甾相液晶在左手螺旋和右手螺旋之间发生螺旋翻转的研究引起了广泛关注。胆甾相液晶的螺旋翻转能够改变反射光的圆偏振特性,有望拓展光子晶体材料在可调节滤光器、防伪与加密技术、圆偏振激光器、三维显示等领域的潜在应用。本综述重点关注光响应胆甾相液晶螺旋翻转的研究进展;总结了调控胆甾相液晶螺旋方向的两种主要策略：(1)直接引入螺旋性可逆转变的光响应手性分子开关,(2)利用光响应手性分子开关和与之螺旋性相反的手性掺杂剂之间的手性竞争;分析了分子空间构型转变对调控螺旋翻转程度的影响;并讨论了不同材料体系面临的挑战以及未来的发展方向。     

胆甾相液晶结构色的光调控

胆甾相液晶是一类具有周期性螺旋超结构的软光子晶体,能够选择性地反射不同波长的光产生结构色.在向列相液晶中掺杂光响应手性分子是制备光响应胆甾相液晶的普遍方法.在外界光源的刺激下,光响应手性分子的空间结构改变,诱导螺旋超结构的螺距发生变化,从而调控胆甾相液晶的结构色,因此光响应胆甾相液晶在滤光器、传感器、可调光学激光器和动态显示等领域具有广阔的应用前景.总结了不同光响应手性分子构筑的胆甾相液晶体系,分析了手性分子结构设计对胆甾相液晶结构色调控的影响,最终讨论了光响应胆甾相液晶目前面临的挑战以及未来的发展方向.     

纤维素胆甾型液晶研究进展

主要介绍了近年来在纤维素胆甾型液晶领域的研究进展,包括其制备：形成机理、织构特性及其影响因素等方面。     

胆甾型侧链液晶共聚物的研究

合成并表征了两个胆甾型液晶烯类单位以及它们分别与辛烯－１，二氧化硫进行自由基共聚合得到的一系列不同组成的胆甾型侧链液晶三元共聚砜。研究结果表明：该共聚砜的两个液晶热转变温度均随其中辛烯－１单体单元组份含量的增加而降低。     

金属Al薄膜基微池强制沉积胶体光子晶体的制备

强制沉积法是一种利用自组装原理快速沉积胶体晶体有序阵列的模板方法. 我们利用微机械刻划法加工金属Al薄膜, Al膜厚控制微粒粒径和聚醚砜膜厚控制层数, 成功地制备了用于强制沉积光子晶体的微池装置. 为了检验该微池装置的有效性, 我们分别测试了不同粒径(224, 245和283 nm)单分散聚苯乙烯微球的沉积效果, 并且对其中一种微球(283 nm)进行了不同温度的烘干处理, 检验了烘干温度对该样品表面形貌和光子带隙中心波长的影响. 实验结果表明, 该光子晶体呈面心立方结构, 内部晶格完整, 缺陷较少, 带隙中心波长的实验值与计算值符合得较好. 此外, 烘干处理可以使构成光子晶体的微球发生微观变化, 并导致光子带隙中心波长的蓝移.     

带隙可调各向同性蛋白石光子晶体的制备与研究

用旋涂法将聚苯乙烯微球组装成光子晶体,研究了此光子晶体的特点,并分析了在单一微球粒径下旋涂参数对光子带隙的影响.结果表明:旋涂法制备的光子晶体具有各向同性特点,其光子带隙由旋涂参数决定.光子晶体的反射波段取决于乳液中微球的质量分数,而反射强度取决于旋涂层数.因此,在设计光子晶体时,可以根据需要,通过微球的质量分数和旋涂...     

Alcohol Selective Optical Sensor Based on Porous Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

A responsive hydrogen-bonded cholesteric liquid crystal polymer (CLCP) film with controlled porosity was fabricated as an optical sensor to distinguish between methanol and ethanol in alcohol solutions. To facilitate responding the alcohols, porosity was generated by removing the nonreactive liquid crystal agent, and the hydrogen bridges of CLCP were broken. The sensitivities of CLCPs to ethanol and methanol were obtained by monitoring the wavelength shifts of the transmission spectrum at different alcohol concentrations and ratios of methanol/ethanol. Changes in the central wavelength of the CLCP network transmission spectrum allowed the methanol–ethanol ratio to be discriminated. A linear relationship between wavelength shift of CLCP networks and alcohol concentration was obtained experimentally, and the sensor characteristics were explored. The sensitivities of the CLCPs were 1.35 and 0.18 nm/% to ethanol and methanol, respectively. The sensing sensitivity of cholesteric networks to alcohol molecules increased as the methanol–ethanol ratio declined. Therefore, CLCP could act as a stimuli-responsive material to distinguish the concentrations of acetone and ethanol in mixed solutions. Furthermore, the impact of UV intensity for curing a CLC mixture on the sensing sensitivity to the different alcohol concentrations was also studied. The higher UV intensity could enhance the sensitivity to alcohol molecules and distinguishing ability between methanol and ethanol.     

智能响应蓝相液晶光子晶体

具有刺激响应性的智能驱动材料已成为材料科学领域的研究热点之一。液晶的超分子自组装结构与其刺激响应特性使其在新型智能功能材料的开发应用上具有天然优势。蓝相液晶由于其独特的三维超分子自组装结构、软物质特性以及可见光波段的选择性光反射,被认为是最具潜力的智能光子晶体材料之一。在温度、光照、电场、湿度等外场刺激作用下,蓝相超分子自组装结构的晶体学参数或相态非常容易发生变化,造成光子带隙的改变进而呈现出反射颜色的变化。因此,蓝相的外场响应性能及在智能材料上的应用引起了研究者的广泛关注。本文综述了智能响应蓝相液晶光子晶体外场响应性能方面的前沿动态,对蓝相液晶光子晶体的光、磁、电、力、湿度响应等方面取得的系列重要的研究成果进行了总结,并对该领域目前存在的挑战以及未来发展趋势做出展望。     

三维自组装蓝相液晶光子晶体

蓝相液晶由于其独特的三维自组装结构、可见光波段的选择性光反射性能和软物质特性,被认为是最具发展潜力的可调三维光子晶体材料之一,在下一代超快响应显示、反射型显示、可调激光器和光通信等领域具有广阔的应用前景。本文综述了近年来蓝相液晶自组装结构的研究进展,包括蓝相的多级自组装三维微纳结构及子相相变行为的最新研究,通过基板表面取向处理或纳米图案化诱导、电场诱导、热处理诱导等方法控制蓝相自组装行为和三维周期性晶体结构的研究现状,以及蓝相光子晶体材料在可调谐激光器、可调光栅等光学器件领域的应用研究,最后对该领域的目前存在的挑战和未来发展方向进行了展望。     

High-Reflective Templated Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Filters

Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) have been widely applied in optical filters due to Bragg reflection caused by their helical structure. However, the reflectivity of CLC filters is relatively low, commonly less than 50%, as the filters can only reflect light polarized circularly either left- or right-handedly. Therefore, a high-reflective CLC filter with a single-layer template was proposed which may reflect both right- and left-handed polarized light. The CLC filters of the red, green, blue color were fabricated by the templating technology, which show good wavelength consistency. Additionally, a multi-phase liquid crystal filter with high reflectance was demonstrated by the single-layer templating technology. The templated CLC or multi-phase liquid crystal filters show great potential applications in the optical community, reflective display, and lasing.     

Chiral,Thermally Irreversible and Quasi-Stealth Photochromic Dopant to Control Selective Reflection Wavelength of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal

A chiral and thermally irreversible photochromic fulgide derivative incorporating an (R)-binaphthol unit in its acid anhydride moiety was used for the photoswitching of the pitch length of cholesteric liquid crystals. Since the absorption maximum wavelengths of both thermally stable photoisomers are nearly in the UV region (quasi-stealth photochromism), it can be exposed to visible light without inducing photochromic reactions. Therefore, when the photoswitching molecule is added to a permanent cholesteric liquid crystal whose reflection light wavelength is in the visible region, the UV light-induced photochromic reaction of the photoswitching molecule changes the wavelength of the reflection light in the visible light region. We have succeeded in regulating the color of cholesteric liquid crystalline cells between red and blue upon UV light irradiation. Attempts to introduce this system in polymer dispersed cholesteric liquid crystals are also described.     

Spatial Patterning of Fluorescent Liquid Crystal Ink Based on Inkjet Printing

Fluorescent cholesteric liquid crystal materials (FCLC) with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties can effectively solve the contradiction between aggregation-induced quenching (ACQ) and liquid crystal self-assembly when light-emitting materials are aggregated, and they have great application value in the fields of anti-counterfeit detection and information hiding. However, generating a visually appealing design, logo, or image in the application typically requires an intricate fabrication process, such as the use of prefabricated molds and photomasks, which greatly limits the practical application of FCLC materials. Herein is reported a new method for spatially patterned liquid crystal (LC) microdroplet arrays using drop-on-demand inkjet printing technology. Through rational composition design, a spatial array composed of different liquid crystal microdroplets was established, and the array contains two entirely distinct but intact patterns at the same time, which can be reversibly switched under the irradiation of UV and natural light. This study provides a new method for the integrated preparation of different component liquid crystal materials.     

光子晶体的制备及应用

光子晶体（PC）是具有光子带隙的周期性电介质结构，频率落在光子带隙中的光将被禁止传播。本文对光子晶体的能带结构、带隙的产生、制备方法及应用作了简要的介绍，重点介绍了光子晶体的制备技术及其在光电领域中的应用前景。