Applied Physics Letters · 2008 · 118 citations · 10 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceMaterials CharacterizationNanomaterialsOptical MaterialsComposite MaterialsCrystalline MaterialsLiquid Crystal MaterialsLiquid CrystalsOptical Properties Of SolidsRefractive IndexAnisotropyDielectric AnisotropyDielectric ConstantKerr NonlinearityLiquid Crystal Dielectric PropertiesLiquid Crystal NanocompositesLiquid Crystal Optical AnisotropyNematic Liquid Crystals
The relationship between material parameters of host nematic liquid crystals (LCs) and Kerr constant of their nanostructured chiral LC composites was investigated. We made certain that the Kerr constant of nanostrutured chiral LC composites was closely related to the parameters of their host LCs, such as value of the difference of refractive index (Δn), the dielectric anisotropy (Δε), and bend to splay elastic constant ratio (K33∕K11).
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