Title
New Fluorinated Terphenyl Isothiocyanate Liquid Crystal Single Compounds And Mixtures
Keywords
High birefringence; Terphenyl liquid crystals
Abstract
High birefringence (Δn > 0.4) nematic liquid crystals are particularly attractive for infrared applications because they enable a thinner cell gap to be used for achieving fast response time. In this paper, we report the mesomorphic and physical properties of several fluorinated NCS terphenyl single compounds and mixtures based solely on laterally fluorinated aromatic rigid core structures. The single compounds have Δn ~ 0.35 in the visible spectral region and relatively low viscosity. In terms of applications, these compounds can be used as a dopant for enhancing the figure-of-merit of commercial mixtures for display applications. Or we can formulate high birefringence eutectic mixtures using solely NCS terphenyl compounds for near IR laser beam steering applications.
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Publication Title
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume
489
Number of Pages
22/[348]-39/[365]
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1080/15421400802241316
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
51849089801 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/51849089801
STARS Citation
Parish, Amanda; Gauza, Sebastian; Wu, Shin Tson; Dziaduszek, Jerzy; and Dabrowski, Roman, "New Fluorinated Terphenyl Isothiocyanate Liquid Crystal Single Compounds And Mixtures" (2008). Scopus Export 2000s. 10520.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/10520