Photoinduced hyper-reflective laminated liquid crystal film with simultaneous multicolor reflection

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2014 Feb 12;6(3):1380-4. doi: 10.1021/am405471e. Epub 2014 Jan 17.

Abstract

A phototunable laminated liquid crystal film with simultaneous multicolor reflection is successfully fabricated by doping a light-driven chiral molecular switch into the laminated cholesteric liquid crystal structure. Upon UV-light irradiation, the reflection notches and their hyper-reflectivity properties can be precisely tuned, and their original state can be properly returned by visible-light irradiation.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't