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Molecular Design Strategies for High Birefringence Liquid Crystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Shin-Tson Wu
Shin-Tson Wu*
Affiliation:
School of Optics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816
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Abstract

Some linearly conjugated liquid crystals with birefringence greater than 0.4 are discussed. UV stability of these high birefringence liquid crystals was systematically investigated. Both electronic conjugation and molecular structure make essential contributions to the observed degradation phenomena. Guidelines for designing stable high birefringence liquid crystals for displays and optical communications are discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 709: Symposium CC – Advances in Liquid Crystalline Materials and Technologies , 2001 , CC7.2.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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