Diluters' effects on high n and low-viscosity negative epsilon terphenyl liquid crystals

    Authors

    Q. Song; S. Gauza; J. Sun; S. T. Wu;X. Liang

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    Abstract

    Lateral difluoro terphenyls exhibit a high birefringence, fairly low viscosity and modest dielectric anisotropy, but their alignment in a vertical alignment (VA) cell often deteriorates at elevated temperatures if their concentration is high. We have studied the effects of six diluters for lowering the viscosity while stabilizing the VA of the terphenyl host mixture at elevated temperatures. The pros and cons of each diluter are analysed.

    Journal Title

    Liquid Crystals

    Volume

    36

    Issue/Number

    8

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Article

    First Page

    865

    Last Page

    872

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000269605900011

    ISSN

    0267-8292

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