Novel electroclinic organosiloxane materials for optoelectronic devices

Mikhail N. Pivnenko; Oliver Hadeler; Marcus J. Coles; Martin Grasmann; Peter R. Davies; Jon P. Hannington; Harry J. Coles

doi:10.1117/12.532171

28 May 2004 Novel electroclinic organosiloxane materials for optoelectronic devices

Mikhail N. Pivnenko, Oliver Hadeler, Marcus J. Coles, Martin Grasmann, Peter R. Davies, Jon P. Hannington, Harry J. Coles

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Proceedings Volume 5289, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications X and Projection Displays X; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.532171
Event: Electronic Imaging 2004, 2004, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The paper describes an enhancement of the electroclinic characteristics of low molar mass dimeric organosiloxane liquid crystals. The degree of polymerisation of the siloxane core unit was varied in order to study the effect on phase transitions and electro-optic properties. It was found that the SmA*-SmC* phase transition temperature could be moved to any position in the range from 50°C to 10°C if we varied the number of SiMe₂ groups in the flexible linkage of the dimeric molecule. More importantly, because the organosiloxane liquid crystal material had some distribution of the number of SiMe₂ groups, it showed a rather broad SmA*-SmC* phase transition in contrast to the sharp phase transition of conventional electroclinic materials. The electroclinic coefficient reached the maximum value of 8 degrees/V/μm and was at least 1 degree/V/μm over a temperature range as broad as 10°C. The induced electroclinic tilt angle was as high as 22-23 degrees with good linearity and moderate applied electric fields.

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Mikhail N. Pivnenko, Oliver Hadeler, Marcus J. Coles, Martin Grasmann, Peter R. Davies, Jon P. Hannington, and Harry J. Coles "Novel electroclinic organosiloxane materials for optoelectronic devices", Proc. SPIE 5289, Liquid Crystal Materials, Devices, and Applications X and Projection Displays X, (28 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.532171

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