Photonic Bandgap in Achiral Liquid Crystals—A Twist on a Twist

Pociecha, Damian; Vaupotič, Nataša; Majewska, Magdalena; Cruickshank, Ewan; Walker, Rebecca; Storey, John M. D.; Imrie, Corrie T.; Wang, Cheng; Gorecka, Ewa

doi:10.1002/adma.202103288

Title: Photonic Bandgap in Achiral Liquid Crystals—A Twist on a Twist

Journal Article · 15 August 2021 · Advanced Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202103288 · OSTI ID:1813485

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Faculty of Chemistry University of Warsaw Zwirki i Wigury 101 Warsaw 02‐089 Poland
Department of Physics Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics University of Maribor Koroška 160 Maribor 2000 Slovenia, Jozef Stefan Institute Jamova 39 Ljubljana 1000 Slovenia
Department of Chemistry King's College University of Aberdeen Aberdeen AB24 3UE UK
Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA

Abstract Achiral mesogenic molecules are shown to be able to spontaneously assemble into liquid crystalline smectic phases having either simple or double‐helical structures. At the transition between these phases, the double‐helical structure unwinds. As a consequence, in some temperature range, the pitch of the helix becomes comparable to the wavelength of visible light and the selective reflection of light in the visible range is observed. The photonic bandgap phenomenon is reported for achiral liquid crystals.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Centre (Poland); Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1813485

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 39 Vol. 33; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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