liquid crystals – TechConnect Briefs

Fabrication of Field-Sequential Color Display Using Predesigned Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

Liu C-Y, Liu J-H, Zhange Y-S, Liu C-Y, Liu J-H, UC-Berkeley, US

A novel series of low transition temperature and fast response chiral Smectic C (SmC*) liquid crystals was designed and synthesized. Phase transition behaviors and electro-optical properties of the synthesized compounds were investigated and compared. Ferroelectric [...]

Using liquid crystals to improve the performance of luminescent solar concentrator

Debije M., Eindhoven University of Technology, NL

The luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) has been proposed as a cost-effective solution to bring electricity generation from sunlight into the built environment. The basic LSC design consists of a plastic plate containing or topped by [...]

Influence of Silica Nanoparticles on the Thermal Transitions and Structure of PHBA-PET Nanocomposites

Miranda F., Acevedo A., University of Puerto Rico, PR

Composite films were produced by direct melt-blending of the polymer with up to 1.5 vol% loadings in a Thermo-Haake MiniLab2 twin-screw extruder. Thermal transitions were determined by differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. Structure and [...]

Nanostructured Metals Synthesized in Swollen Liquid Crystals

Surendran G., Ramos L., Prouzet E., Remita H., CNRS, FR

We have developed a flexible approach for the preparation of nanostructured materials using swollen liquid cristals (SLCs) that exhibit hexagonal, cubic or lamellar symmetry as soft templates.Hexagonal SLCs consist in a regular packing of infinite [...]

Liquid Crystal Interactions with Nanostructure and Applications to Diagnostics and Medical Research

Israel B.A., Murphy C.J., Abbott N.L., Platypus Technologies, US

We will present data demonstrating the use of liquid crystal detection of protein in the development of rapid, label free diagnostics and assays. We control the orientation of liquid crystals by the fabrication of surfaces [...]