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Kinetic hindrance of the electric field-induced blue phase I→cholesteric transition

✍ Scribed by H. Stegemeyer; B. Spier

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Weight: 242 KB
Volume: 133
Category: Article
ISSN: 0009-2614
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(87)87045-8

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✦ Synopsis

The electric field effect on the transition of the liquid-crystalline blue phase I( BP I) to the cholesteric phase has been investi-Sated. This field-induced transition can be overvoltaged. This effect is equivalent to the BP I supercooling and is caused by a kinetic hindrance of the molecular rearrangement within the cubic BP I structure.