Issue 66, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Dual electrically and thermally responsive broadband reflectors based on polymer network stabilized chiral nematic liquid crystals: the role of crosslink density†

Hitesh Khandelwal,ab   Gilles H. Timmermans,a   Michael G. Debije*a  and  Albertus P. H. J. Schenning*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Functional Organic Materials and Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
E-mail: A.P.H.J.Schenning@tue.nl, m.g.debije@tue.nl

b Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), P.O. Box 902, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands

c Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Abstract

A broadband reflector based on a polymer stabilized chiral nematic liquid crystal has been fabricated. The reflection bandwidth can be manually controlled by an electric field and autonomously by temperature.

Graphical abstract: Dual electrically and thermally responsive broadband reflectors based on polymer network stabilized chiral nematic liquid crystals: the role of crosslink density

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC04721A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jun 2016
Accepted
23 Jun 2016
First published
27 Jun 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 10109-10112

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Dual electrically and thermally responsive broadband reflectors based on polymer network stabilized chiral nematic liquid crystals: the role of crosslink density

H. Khandelwal, G. H. Timmermans, M. G. Debije and A. P. H. J. Schenning, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 10109 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC04721A

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