scholarly journals Multi-color holography with a two-stage patterned liquid-crystal element

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1246 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Doelman ◽  
Michael J. Escuti ◽  
Frans Snik
Soft Matter ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (29) ◽  
pp. 6024-6036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Merkel ◽  
Nicholas A. Traugutt ◽  
Rayshan Visvanathan ◽  
Christopher M. Yakacki ◽  
Carl P. Frick

Actuation temperature was controlled without influencing total actuation performance in liquid crystal elastomers fabricated by a two-stage reaction scheme.


1986 ◽  
Vol 106 (7) ◽  
pp. 642-642
Author(s):  
Yasuo Nagano ◽  
Norio Tahara ◽  
Makio Shibata ◽  
Yoshio Daicho

1995 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-195
Author(s):  
Norio Tahara ◽  
Masaya Ichinose ◽  
Minoru Iio ◽  
Shinpei Akita

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (29) ◽  
pp. H153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Chin Fang ◽  
Chih-Ta Yen ◽  
Jui-Hsin Hsu

Author(s):  
K.J. Ihn ◽  
R. Pindak ◽  
J. A. N. Zasadzinski

A new liquid crystal (called the smectic-A* phase) that combines cholesteric twist and smectic layering was a surprise as smectic phases preclude twist distortions. However, the twist grain boundary (TGB) model of Renn and Lubensky predicted a defect-mediated smectic phase that incorporates cholesteric twist by a lattice of screw dislocations. The TGB model for the liquid crystal analog of the Abrikosov phase of superconductors consists of regularly spaced grain boundaries of screw dislocations, parallel to each other within the grain boundary, but rotated by a fixed angle with respect to adjacent grain boundaries. The dislocations divide the layers into blocks which rotate by a discrete amount, Δθ, given by the ratio of the layer spacing, d, to the distance between grain boundaries, lb; Δθ ≈ d/lb (Fig. 1).


Author(s):  
B.D. Terris ◽  
R. J. Twieg ◽  
C. Nguyen ◽  
G. Sigaud ◽  
H. T. Nguyen

We have used a force microscope in the attractive, or noncontact, mode to image a variety of surfaces. In this mode, the microscope tip is oscillated near its resonant frequency and shifts in this frequency due to changes in the surface-tip force gradient are detected. We have used this technique in a variety of applications to polymers, including electrostatic charging, phase separation of ionomer surfaces, and crazing of glassy films.Most recently, we have applied the force microscope to imaging the free surfaces of chiral liquid crystal films. The compounds used (Table 1) have been chosen for their polymorphic variety of fluid mesophases, all of which exist within the temperature control range of our force microscope.


Author(s):  
Sengshiu Chung ◽  
Peggy Cebe

We are studying the crystallization and annealing behavior of high performance polymers, like poly(p-pheny1ene sulfide) PPS, and poly-(etheretherketone), PEEK. Our purpose is to determine whether PPS, which is similar in many ways to PEEK, undergoes reorganization during annealing. In an effort to address the issue of reorganization, we are studying solution grown single crystals of PPS as model materials.Observation of solution grown PPS crystals has been reported. Even from dilute solution, embrionic spherulites and aggregates were formed. We observe that these morphologies result when solutions containing uncrystallized polymer are cooled. To obtain samples of uniform single crystals, we have used two-stage self seeding and solution replacement techniques.


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