Molecular engineering of high birefringence liquid crystals

S. Gauza; J. R. Wu; S. T. Wu; A. Spadło; R. Da̧browski; N. Janarthanan; Chain-Shu Hsu; C. O. Catanescu; L. C. Chien

doi:10.1117/12.581090

Molecular engineering of high birefringence liquid crystals

S. Gauza^*, J. R. Wu, S. T. Wu, A. Spadło, R. Da̧browski, N. Janarthanan, Chain-Shu Hsu, C. O. Catanescu, L. C. Chien

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Department of Applied Chemistry

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Abstract

Several linearly conjugated isothiocyanato (NCS) tolanes, biphenyl-tolanes and bistolanes were synthesized and their properties evaluated. Eutectic mixtures compromising these compounds were formulated. The temperature dependent birefringence, visco-elastic coefficient and figure-of-merit were measured. These isothiocyanato tolane mixtures exhibit a favorably high figure of merit at elevated temperatures. Potential applications of these mixtures for laser beam steering, tunable-focus lens and telecom variable optical attenuator are emphasized.

Original language	English
Article number	26
Pages (from-to)	159-164
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5565
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.581090
State	Published - 1 Dec 2004
Event	XV Conference on Liquid Crystals - Zakopane, Poland Duration: 13 Oct 2003 → 17 Oct 2003

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Molecular engineering of high birefringence liquid crystals. / Gauza, S.; Wu, J. R.; Wu, S. T.; Spadło, A.; Da̧browski, R.; Janarthanan, N.; Hsu, Chain-Shu; Catanescu, C. O.; Chien, L. C.

In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 5565, 26, 01.12.2004, p. 159-164.

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