High Performance Room Temperature Nematic Liquid Crystals Based on Laterally Fluorinated Isothiocyanato-Tolanes

    Authors

    S. Gauza; S. T. Wu; A. Spadlo;R. Dabrowski

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Disp. Technol.

    Keywords

    Fast response time; high birefringence; high figure-of-merit; low; viscosity; nematic liquid crystals; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    High birefringence and low viscosity isothiocyanates liquid crystal single compounds and eutectic mixtures, based solely on laterally fluorinated aromatic rigid core structures, are reported. Extraordinarily high values of figure-of-merit were observed at room temperature and also elevated temperatures for the nematic mixtures we formulated. Potential applications of such mixtures for laser beam steering at lambda = 1.55 mu m using optical phased arrays are emphasized.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Display Technology

    Volume

    2

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    247

    Last Page

    253

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000207089500006

    ISSN

    1551-319X

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