Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light

Zhi-gang Zheng, Yannian Li, Hari Krishna Bisoyi, Ling Wang, Timothy J. Bunning and Quan Li ()
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Zhi-gang Zheng: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University
Yannian Li: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University
Hari Krishna Bisoyi: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University
Ling Wang: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University
Timothy J. Bunning: Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Quan Li: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University

Nature, 2016, vol. 531, issue 7594, 352-356

Abstract: Chiral nematic liquid crystals are self-organized helical superstructures in which the helices can stand or lie, and lie in either a uniform or a random way; here, the helices are reversibly driven from a standing arrangement to a uniform lying arrangement and then rotated in-plane—solely by light.

Date: 2016
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