Effect of the applied electric field on new cholesterics with extremely short pitch |
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Authors: | Vladimíra Novotná Věra Hamplová Milada Glogarová Lubor Lejček Ewa Gorecka |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Dielectrics, Institute of Physics, Prague 8, Czech Republic;2. Laboratory of Dielectrics and Magnetics, Chemistry Department, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland |
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Abstract: | New lactic acid derivatives have been prepared and studied and found that they form cholesteric phase with the helix pitch length in interval 120–200 nm within a broad temperature range. Due to the positive dielectric anisotropy and the short pitch, the applied electric field causes reversible optical changes in planar cell, in which the applied electric field reorients the long molecular axis. Presence of short pitch and possibility to effectively affect electro-optical properties are promising from the point of view of specific applications. |
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Keywords: | Lactic acid unit cholesteric phase line defects disclination |
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