Title

UV stable high birefringence liquid crystals

Authors

Authors

S. Gauza; C. H. Wen; B. J. Tan;S. T. Wu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Part 1 - Regul. Pap. Short Notes Rev. Pap.

Keywords

nematic liquid crystals; high birefringence; UV stability; eutectic; mixtures; ROOM-TEMPERATURE; GELS; Physics, Applied

Abstract

High birefringence and low viscosity nematic liquid crystal single compounds and mixtures were developed and their properties evaluated. The UV stability of the single isothiocyanianes liquid crystal compounds was studied by different methods. Excellent UV durability of some of the single high birefringence isothiocyanianes was discovered. The new eutectic liquid crystal mixtures based on these compounds were tested in comparison to commercial high birefringence Merck's E44. Our new mixtures exhibit similar birefringence, similar to4 times lower visco-elastic coefficient and significantly better UV stability than E44 mixture.

Journal Title

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Part 1-Regular Papers Short Notes & Review Papers

Volume

43

Issue/Number

10

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

7176

Last Page

7180

WOS Identifier

WOS:000224780300071

ISSN

0021-4922

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