Title

High Birefringence And Low Viscosity Negative Dielectric Anisotropy Liquid Crystals

Keywords

Fluorinated terphenyl; High birefringence; Liquid crystals; Response time; Vertical alignment

Abstract

We have synthesised and evaluated the physical properties of some high birefringence, lateral difluoro-terphenyl compounds and mixtures. These mixtures exhibit a high birefringence (Δn∼0.24) in the visible spectral range and a relatively low viscosity. When doped in commercial mixtures, the difluoro-terphenyl compounds enhance the mixture's birefringence while causing almost no penalty to the rotational viscosity. These mixtures are particularly attractive for achieving fast response times in thin-cell liquid crystal displays. © 2008 Taylor & Francis.

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Publication Title

Liquid Crystals

Volume

35

Issue

12

Number of Pages

1401-1408

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290802624381

Socpus ID

57749086870 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/57749086870

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