Title

Molecular Engineering Of High Birefringence Liquid Crystals

Abstract

Several linearly conjugated isothiocyanato (NCS) tolanes, biphenyl-tolanes and bistolanes were synthesized and their properties evaluated. Eutectic mixtures compromising these compounds were formulated. The temperature dependent birefringence, visco-elastic coefficient and figure-of-merit were measured. These isothiocyanato tolane mixtures exhibit a favorably high figure of merit at elevated temperatures. Potential applications of these mixtures for laser beam steering, tunable-focus lens and telecom variable optical attenuator are emphasized.

Publication Date

12-1-2004

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

5565

Number of Pages

159-164

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581090

Socpus ID

15944417477 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/15944417477

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