Title

Routes to self-assembling stable photonic band-gap phases in emulsions of chiral nematics with isotropic fluids

Authors

Chien-Yueh Huang
Jonathan J. Stott, Fairfield UniversityFollow
Rolfe G. Petschek

Document Type

Article

Article Version

Publisher's PDF

Publication Date

1998

Abstract

Blue phases are stable phases with crystalline packing of interwoven topological defects in chiral nematic liquid crystals. We argue that chiral nematics with appropriate surfactants are likely to form blue phases for a wide range of parameters. We derive the transition curve for stable emulsified blue phases and find that the required low surface tension is within the accessible range of surfactants. These emulsified blue phases provide possible routes to photonic band-gap materials.

Comments

Copyright 1998 American Physical Society

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Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

Repository Citation

Huang, Chien-Yueh; Stott, Jonathan J.; and Petschek, Rolfe G., "Routes to self-assembling stable photonic band-gap phases in emulsions of chiral nematics with isotropic fluids" (1998). Physics Faculty Publications. 116.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/physics-facultypubs/116

Published Citation

Huang, Chien-Yueh, Jonathan J. Stott, and Rolfe G. Petschek. "Routes to self-assembling stable photonic band-gap phases in emulsions of chiral nematics with isotropic fluids." Physical review letters 80, no. 25 (1998): 5603.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.5603

Peer Reviewed