Title: Electrically Tunable Color by Using Mixtures of Bent‐Core and Rod‐Shaped Molecules
Abstract: Advanced MaterialsVolume 20, Issue 16 p. 3138-3142 Communication Electrically Tunable Color by Using Mixtures of Bent-Core and Rod-Shaped Molecules† Geetha G. Nair, Geetha G. Nair Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 (USA) Centre for Liquid Crystal Research P.O. Box 1329, Bangalore, 560 0123 (India)Search for more papers by this authorChristopher A. Bailey, Christopher A. Bailey Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorStefanie Taushanoff, Stefanie Taushanoff Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorKatalin Fodor-Csorba, Katalin Fodor-Csorba Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1525, Budapest, P.O. Box 49 (Hungary)Search for more papers by this authorAniko Vajda, Aniko Vajda Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1525, Budapest, P.O. Box 49 (Hungary)Search for more papers by this authorZoltán Varga, Zoltán Varga Department of Physical Chemistry Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest (Hungary)Search for more papers by this authorAttila Bóta, Attila Bóta Department of Physical Chemistry Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest (Hungary)Search for more papers by this authorAntal Jákli, Corresponding Author Antal Jákli [email protected] Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 (USA)Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 (USA).Search for more papers by this author Geetha G. Nair, Geetha G. Nair Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 (USA) Centre for Liquid Crystal Research P.O. Box 1329, Bangalore, 560 0123 (India)Search for more papers by this authorChristopher A. Bailey, Christopher A. Bailey Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorStefanie Taushanoff, Stefanie Taushanoff Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorKatalin Fodor-Csorba, Katalin Fodor-Csorba Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1525, Budapest, P.O. Box 49 (Hungary)Search for more papers by this authorAniko Vajda, Aniko Vajda Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1525, Budapest, P.O. Box 49 (Hungary)Search for more papers by this authorZoltán Varga, Zoltán Varga Department of Physical Chemistry Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest (Hungary)Search for more papers by this authorAttila Bóta, Attila Bóta Department of Physical Chemistry Budapest University of Technology and Economics Budapest (Hungary)Search for more papers by this authorAntal Jákli, Corresponding Author Antal Jákli [email protected] Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 (USA)Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent State University Kent, OH 44242 (USA).Search for more papers by this author First published: 14 August 2008 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.200800067Citations: 39 † The work was partially supported by DMR-0606160, Hungarian Research Grant OTKA-K-61075, and by Samsung Electronics. We thank Julie Kim and Dr. Quan Li at the Synthetic Facility of the Liquid Crystal Institute of Kent State University for resynthesizing ClPbis10BB, and with Prof. P. Bos for discussions. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the authors. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Graphical Abstract The voltage dependence of the effective birefringence with corresponding textures for a 1:1 mixture of bent-core and rod-shaped molecules measured in a 5 µm film with planar alignment coating is measured (see figure). 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