Blue phase

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The liquid crystalline blue phase is encountered between the isotropic and the chiral nematic phase. It usually occupies a narrow range of temperatures, for example, in the range of a half to two degrees. However, recently this range has been expanded by an order of magnitude [1] [2].

BP I*[edit]

BP II*[edit]

BP III*[edit]

Also known as blue fog.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Masayuki Yokota, Yoshiaki Hisakado, Huai Yang and Tisato Kajiyama "Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal blue phases", Nature Materials 1 pp. 64-68 (2002)
  2. ↑ Harry J. Coles and Mikhail N. Pivnenko "Liquid crystal 'blue phases' with a wide temperature range", Nature 436 pp. 997-1000 (2005)

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