3D chiral photonic nanostructures based on blue‐phase liquid crystals

Y Yang, L Wang, H Yang, Q Li - Small Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
3D photonic nanostructures with intrinsic chirality have recently entered the research
limelight due to their fundamental importance and potential technological applications. Blue …

A phase field crystal model for real-time grain boundary formation and motion in complex concentration alloy

J Li, X Yi, B Liu, Q Fang, PK Liaw - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
The complex concentration alloys exhibit the excellent mechanical property due to the dual
roles of their heterogeneous compositions and microstructures. However, the formation and …

High‐Resolution Erasable “Live” Patterns Based on Controllable Ink Diffusion on the 3D Blue‐Phase Liquid Crystal Networks

F Meng, C Zheng, W Yang, B Guan… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Colorful blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) patterns have attracted wide research attention
owing to their intriguing and advantageous properties and promising applications. However …

Slanted Structure of Blue Phase II Self-Aligned on One-Dimensional Patterned Surfaces

K Nakajima, S Mitsuhashi, SY Cho… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Orientation analysis of liquid crystal (LC) devices is important for understanding and
controlling light propagation behavior in these devices. Blue phases (BPs)─ unique LC …

Directed self-assembly of soft 3D photonic crystals for holograms with omnidirectional circular-polarization selectivity

SY Cho, M Takahashi, J Fukuda, H Yoshida… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Controlling the crystallographic orientation of 3D photonic crystals is important as it
determines the behavior of light propagating through the device. Blue phases self-assemble …

Diffusionless transformation of soft cubic superstructure from amorphous to simple cubic and body-centered cubic phases

J Liu, W Liu, B Guan, B Wang, L Shi, F Jin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In a narrow temperature window in going from the isotropic to highly chiral orders,
cholesteric liquid crystals exhibit so-called blue phases, consisting of different morphologies …

Orientation control of ideal blue phase photonic crystals

E Otón, H Yoshida, P Morawiak, O Strzeżysz, P Kula… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystals like Blue Phases, self-assemble in highly
organized structures with a sub-micrometer range periodicity, producing selective Bragg …

Soft Mesocrystal Enabled Multi‐Degree Light Modulation

Q Chen, X Wang, C Xu, H Chu, H Yu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mesocrystals introduce high‐level orders, such as chirality, topology, and hierarchy to the
crystallography, and thus bring collective and emergent properties beyond traditional …

Control of monodomain polymer-stabilized cuboidal nanocrystals of chiral nematics by confinement

M Sadati, JA Martinez-Gonzalez, A Cohen, S Norouzi… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Liquid crystals are important components of optical technologies. Cuboidal crystals
consisting of chiral liquid crystals–the so-called blue phases (BPs), are of particular interest …

Spatiotemporal Programmability of 3D Chiral Color Units Driven by Ink Spontaneous Diffusion toward Customized Printing

W Yang, C Zheng, L Sun, Z Bie, Y Yue, X Li… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Blue phase liquid crystals (BPLCs) have exhibited promising applications in 3D flexible
displays due to their molecular‐level self‐assembled chiral structures, fast response, and …