Flexible, easy-to-produce, gradient distributed pitch broadband infrared reflectors with polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals

Y Liu, X Yuan, M Xie, Z Liu, X Zhao, H Cao… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we propose a simpler method to fabricate single-layer polymer cholesteric films
with reflective bandwidth over 1500 nm instead of the previous multilayer films. We add …

Generation of hard twisted photons by charged particles in cholesteric liquid crystals

OV Bogdanov, PO Kazinski, PS Korolev, GY Lazarenko - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
We study the radiation from charged particles crossing a cholesteric plate in the shortwave
approximation when the wavelength of photons is much smaller than the pitch of the …

Radiation of twisted photons from charged particles moving in cholesterics

OV Bogdanov, PO Kazinski, PS Korolev… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
The radiation of twisted photons by charged particles traversing a cholesteric plate is studied
in the framework of quantum electrodynamics in an anisotropic inhomogeneous dispersive …

Broad-wave reflection mechanism of polymer-stabilised cholesteric phase liquid crystals doped with natural polymeric nanofibers

Z Miao, M Jia, J Gao, D Wang, L Wang - Liquid Crystals, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, polymer-stabilised cholesterol-based liquid crystal (PSCLC) films with
broadband reflection were prepared using monolayer gelatin nanofiber films as carriers …

Principles of preparing broad-wave reflective films supported by nanofiber networks

M Jia, Z Miao, D Wang - Liquid Crystals, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, polymer-stabilised cholesterol-based liquid crystal (PSCLC) films with
broadband reflection were prepared using nanofiber networks loaded with nanoparticles as …

Multilayer, Broadband Infrared Reflectors Based on the Photoinduced Preparation of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Polymers

Y Liu, R Han, X Zhao, Y Cao, H Cao, Y Chen, Z Yang… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper focuses on preparing broadband reflective liquid crystal films through the
diffusion of monofunctional and bifunctional monomers in a photoinduced trilayer system. By …

Broad-wave reflection of doping double-layered nanofibers in polymer-stabilized cholesterol-based liquid crystal films

Z Miao, M Jia, D Wang - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, polymer-stabilized cholesterol-based liquid crystal (PSCLC) films with
broadband reflection were prepared using bilayer sodium alginate (SA)/polyvinyl alcohol …

Angular structure of radiation scattered by monolayer of polydisperse droplets of nematic liquid crystal

VA Loiko, U Maschke, VY Zyryanov… - Optics and …, 2011 - Springer
We considered light scattering by a polydisperse ensemble of droplets of a nematic liquid
crystal. To model light scattering by a monolayer of polymer-dispersed spherical droplets of …

Return back of the extraordinary beam for oblique incidence in helical liquid crystals with large pitch

EV Aksenova, AA Karetnikov, AP Kovshik… - Europhysics …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
The light propagation in helical liquid crystals with the pitch much larger than the wavelength
of light is under consideration. It is predicted theoretically and observed experimentally that …

Short wavelength band structure of photons in cholesteric liquid crystals

OV Bogdanov, PO Kazinski, PS Korolev… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The band structure of photons in cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) is investigated in the
shortwave approximation. Bound states or narrow resonances of photons in a CLC are …