title: Electrically tunable selective reflection of light from ultraviolet to visible and infrared by heliconical cholesterics.
abstract: Electrical tuning of selective reflection of light is achieved in a very broad spectral range from ultraviolet to visible and infrared by an oblique helicoidal state of a cholesteric liquid crystal in a wide temperature range (including room temperature). The phenomenon offers potential applications in tunable smart windows, lasers, optical filters and limiters, as well as in displays.
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Yannian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: John M D
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Corrie T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Imrie
authors.affiliation: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Oleg D
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Lavrentovich
keywords: dimeric materials; electrical tuning of selective light reflection; heliconical cholesteric liquid crystal
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