Photo-Induced Handedness Inversion With Opposite-Handed Cholesteric Liquid Crystal

Abstract

Cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) are self-organized helical nano-structures that selectively reflect certain wavelength of a circularly polarized light. For most CLCs, the handedness is fixed once a chiral dopant is employed. Here, we report a handedness-invertible CLC through opposite-handed doping of a photo-sensitive chiral azobenzene dopant and a photo-stable chiral dopant. With high solubility of the photo-sensitive chiral dopant, the Bragg reflection can be tailored from right-handed to lefthanded upon UV exposure. The reversed process can be easily carried out through heating.

Publication Date

8-24-2015

Publication Title

Optics Express

Volume

23

Issue

17

Number of Pages

22658-22666

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.022658

Socpus ID

84957605226 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84957605226

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