scholarly journals Blue Phase Liquid Crystals with Tailored Crystal Orientation for Photonic Applications

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1584
Author(s):  
SeongYong Cho ◽  
Masanori Ozaki
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Crystal Orientation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Optical Characteristics ◽  
Crystal Plane ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Control Light

Blue phase (BP) liquid crystals, which self-assemble into soft three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystals, have attracted enormous research interest due to their ability to control light and potential photonic applications. BPs have long been known as optically isotropic materials, but recent works have revealed that achieving on-demand 3D orientation of BP crystals is necessary to obtain improved electro-optical performance and tailored optical characteristics. Various approaches have been proposed to precisely manipulate the crystal orientation of BPs on a substrate, through the assistance of external stimuli and directing self-assembly processes. Here, we discuss the various orientation-controlling technologies of BP crystals, with their mechanisms, advantages, drawbacks, and promising applications. This review first focuses on technologies to achieve the uniform crystal plane orientation of BPs on a substrate. Further, we review a strategy to control the azimuthal orientation of BPs along predesigned directions with a uniform crystal plane, allowing the 3D orientation to be uniquely defined on a substrate. The potential applications such as volume holograms are also discussed with their operation principle. This review provides significant advances in 3D photonic crystals and gives a huge potential for intelligent photonic devices with tailored optical characteristics.

Preparation and Properties of Silica Inverse Opal via Self-Assembly

2014 ◽  
Vol 699 ◽  
pp. 318-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syara Kassim ◽  
S. Padmanabhan ◽  
J. McGrath ◽  
M.E. Pemble
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Colloidal Particles ◽  
Photonic Band Gap ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Colloidal Synthesis ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Inverse Opals ◽  
Simple Processing ◽  
Potential Applications

The bottom-up colloidal synthesis of photonic band gap (PBG) materials or photonic crystals (PC) has attracted considerable interest as compared to so-called top-down lithographic approaches due to the simple processing steps involved and the prospect of the economically viable production of complex 3-dimensional optical materials from simple colloidal particles. To date self-assembly techniques constitute the most popular approach to fabricate 3D photonic crystals from colloidal particle suspensions. Based on the natural tendency of monodisperse colloidal particles to organise into ordered arrays, this method represent the best option due to the ease of fabrication, ability to produce larger area samples and cost. Here we report on the fabrication of long range three-dimensional (3D) ordered poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-silica PC structures and the subsequent fabrication of robust silica inverse opals using self-assembly methods. The optical properties of these materials are described and discussed in terms of potential applications of these materials.

scholarly journals Three-dimensional crystal orientation of blue phase liquid crystals on surfaces

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misaki Takahashi ◽  
Takuma Ohkawa ◽  
Masanori Ozaki ◽  
Hiroyuki Yoshida ◽  
Hirotsugu Kikuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Crystal Orientation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Dimensional Crystal

Substituent effects of two isophthalate derivatives on the construction of cadmium coordination polymers incorporating a dipyridyl ligand

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (8) ◽  
pp. 894-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Wang ◽  
Qian-Kun Zhou ◽  
Yun Xu ◽  
Ni-Ya Li
Keyword(s):  
Coordination Polymers ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Substituent Effects ◽  
Dicarboxylic Acids ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Thermal Stabilities ◽  
Coordination Network ◽  
Potential Applications

In recent years, the design and construction of crystalline coordination complexes by the assembly of metal ions with multitopic ligands have attracted considerable attention because of the unique architectures and potential applications of these compounds. Two new coordination polymers, namely poly[[μ-trans-1-(2-aminopyridin-3-yl)-2-(pyridin-4-yl)ethene-κ2 N:N′](μ3-5-methylisophthalato-κ4 O 1,O 1′:O 3:O 3′)cadmium(II)], [Cd(C9H6O4)(C12H11N3)] n or [Cd(5-Me-ip)(2-NH2-3,4-bpe)] n , (I), and poly[[μ-trans-1-(2-aminopyridin-3-yl)-2-(pyridin-4-yl)ethene-κ2 N:N′](μ2-5-hydroxyisophthalato-κ4 O 1,O 1′:O 3:O 5)cadmium(II)], [Cd(C8H4O5)(C12H11N3)] n or [Cd(5-HO-ip)(2-NH2-3,4-bpe)] n , (II), have been prepared hydrothermally by the self-assembly of Cd(NO3)2·4H2O and trans-1-(2-aminopyridin-3-yl)-2-(pyridin-4-yl)ethene (2-NH2-3,4-bpe) with two similar dicarboxylic acids, i.e. 5-methylisophthalic acid (5-Me-H2ip) and 5-hydroxyisophthalic acid (5-HO-H2ip). The coordination network of (I) is a two-dimensional sql net parallel to (101). Adjacent sql nets are further linked to form a three-dimensional supramolecular framework via hydrogen-bonding interactions. Compound (II) is a two-dimensional (3,5)-connected coordination network parallel to (010) with the point symbol (63)(55647). As the other reactants and reaction conditions are the same, the structural differences between (I) and (II) are undoubtedly determined by the different substituent groups in the 5-position of isophthalic acid. Both (I) and (II) exhibit good thermal stabilities and photoluminescence properties.

scholarly journals Tunable Channel Drop Filter in a Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Modulated by a Nematic Liquid Crystal

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-Yang Liu ◽  
Lien-Wen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Wavelength Division Multiplexing ◽  
Light Propagation ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Fdtd Method ◽  
Wavelength Division ◽  
Resonance Frequencies ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Control Light

Photonic crystals (PCs) have many potential applications because of their ability to control light-wave propagation and because PC-based waveguides may be integrated into optical circuits. We propose a novel tunable PC channel drop filter based on nematic liquid crystals and investigate its properties numerically by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The refractive indices of liquid crystals can be actively modulated after infiltrating nematic liquid crystals into the microcavity in PC waveguides with square lattices. Then we can control light propagation in a PC waveguide. We analyze theQ-factors and resonance frequencies of a tunable PC channel drop filter by considering various indices modulation of liquid crystals. The novel component can be used as wavelength division multiplexing in photonic integrated circuits.

Two- and three-dimensional photonic crystals made of macroporous silicon and liquid crystals

2003 ◽  
Vol 83 (15) ◽  
pp. 3036-3038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Mertens ◽  
Thorsten Röder ◽  
Heinrich Matthias ◽  
Heinrich Marsmann ◽  
Heinz-Siegfried R. Kitzerow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Macroporous Silicon

Self-assembly of three-dimensional photonic-crystals with air-core line defects

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 3637-3639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Hong Ye ◽  
Theresa S. Mayer ◽  
Iam-Choon Khoo ◽  
Ivan B. Divliansky ◽  
Neal Abrams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Air Core ◽  
Core Line ◽  
Line Defects

Self-assembly of thiolated graphene oxide onto a gold surface and in the supramolecular order of discotic liquid crystals

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (59) ◽  
pp. 47692-47700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avinash B. Shivanandareddy ◽  
Manish Kumar ◽  
V. Lakshminarayanan ◽  
Sandeep Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Supramolecular Structure ◽  
Gold Surface ◽  
Discotic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Gold Surfaces ◽  
Covalent Functionalization ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Graphene Oxide Sheets

Covalent functionalization of graphene oxide sheets with thiol produces thiolated graphene oxide which self assembles on gold surfaces and in the supramolecular structure of a discotic mesophase which have potential applications in optoelectronics.

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

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
SeongYong Cho ◽  
Misaki Takahashi ◽  
Jun-ichi Fukuda ◽  
Hiroyuki Yoshida ◽  
Masanori Ozaki
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystals ◽  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Optical Materials ◽  
Soft Matter ◽  
Surface Anchoring ◽  
Chiral Nematic ◽  
Chiral Structures ◽  
Blue Phase ◽  
Blue Phases

AbstractControlling the crystallographic orientation of 3D photonic crystals is important as it determines the behavior of light propagating through the device. Blue phases self-assemble into unique soft 3D photonic crystals with chiral structures for circular-polarization selectivity, but it has remained a challenge to control its 3D orientation. Here, we show that the orientation of blue phases can be precisely controlled to follow a predefined pattern imprinted on a substrate by exploiting field-induced phase transitions. Obtaining the blue phase through the field-induced chiral nematic phase and tetragonal blue phase X results in a highly oriented blue phase I with the crystallographic [001] direction aligned along the surface anchoring. Our approach is applied to fabricating a Bragg-Berry hologram with omnidirectional circular-polarization selectivity, where the hologram is visible only for one circular-polarization under all incident angles. Such devices are difficult to fabricate using conventional optical materials, thereby demonstrating the potential of self-organizing soft matter for photonics.

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