Stability of cholesteric blue phases in the presence of a guest component

Jun Ichi Fukuda

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.041704

Stability of cholesteric blue phases in the presence of a guest component

Jun Ichi Fukuda

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We investigate theoretically, with the aid of numerical calculations based on a Landau-de Gennes theory, how two cubic cholesteric blue phases of a chiral liquid crystal, BP I and BP II, are stabilized when a guest component, such as a polymer network, is introduced and replace energetically costly defect regions. We show that the temperature range of stable BP I is significantly widened by the guest component, while the stability of BP II is only modestly enhanced.

Original language	English
Article number	041704
Journal	Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume	86
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.86.041704
Publication status	Published - Oct 10 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Statistics and Probability
Condensed Matter Physics

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Stability of cholesteric blue phases in the presence of a guest component

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