UV stable high birefringence liquid crystals

    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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