Chiral nematic liquid crystal microlenses

Abstract Nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) of achiral molecules and racemic mixtures of chiral ones form flat films and show uniform textures between circular polarizers when suspended in sub-millimeter size grids and immersed in water. On addition of chiral dopants to the liquid crystal, the films exh...

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Main Authors: Piotr Popov, Lawrence W. Honaker, Mona Mirheydari, Elizabeth K. Mann, Antal Jákli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01595-6