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The liquid crystalline '''blue phase''' is encountered between the isotropic and the [[Chiral phases |chiral nematic phase]]. It usually occupies a narrow range of temperatures, for example, in the range of a half to two degrees. However,   | The liquid crystalline '''blue phase''' is encountered between the isotropic and the [[Chiral phases |chiral nematic phase]]. It usually occupies a narrow range of temperatures, for example, in the range of a half to two degrees. However, recently this range has been expanded by an order of magnitude <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat712 Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Masayuki Yokota, Yoshiaki Hisakado, Huai Yang and  Tisato Kajiyama "Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal blue phases", Nature Materials '''1''' pp. 64-68 (2002)]</ref> <ref> [http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03932 Harry J. Coles and Mikhail N. Pivnenko "Liquid crystal 'blue phases' with a wide temperature range", Nature '''436''' pp. 997-1000 (2005)]</ref>.  | ||
==BP I<sup>*</sup>==    | ==BP I<sup>*</sup>==    | ||
==BP II<sup>*</sup>==    | ==BP II<sup>*</sup>==    | ||
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Also known as ''blue fog''.  | Also known as ''blue fog''.  | ||
==References==  | ==References==  | ||
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'''Related reading'''  | |||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678298608086486 H. Stegemeyer,  TH. Blümel,  K. Hiltrop,  H. Onusseit and F. Porsch "Thermodynamic, structural and morphological studies on liquid-crystalline blue phases", Liquid Crystals '''1''' pp. 3-28 (1986)]  | |||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.61.385     David C. Wright  and N. David Mermin "Crystalline liquids: the blue phases", Reviews of Modern Physics '''61''' 385-432 (1989)]  | |||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b97374 Peter Crooker "Blue Phases", in "Chirality in Liquid Crystals" pp. 186-222 Springer New York (2001)]    | |||
[[Category: Liquid crystals]]  | [[Category: Liquid crystals]]  | ||
Latest revision as of 12:06, 28 September 2009
The liquid crystalline blue phase is encountered between the isotropic and the chiral nematic phase. It usually occupies a narrow range of temperatures, for example, in the range of a half to two degrees. However, recently this range has been expanded by an order of magnitude [1] [2].
BP I*[edit]
BP II*[edit]
BP III*[edit]
Also known as blue fog.
References[edit]
- ↑ Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Masayuki Yokota, Yoshiaki Hisakado, Huai Yang and Tisato Kajiyama "Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal blue phases", Nature Materials 1 pp. 64-68 (2002)
 - ↑ Harry J. Coles and Mikhail N. Pivnenko "Liquid crystal 'blue phases' with a wide temperature range", Nature 436 pp. 997-1000 (2005)
 
Related reading
- H. Stegemeyer, TH. Blümel, K. Hiltrop, H. Onusseit and F. Porsch "Thermodynamic, structural and morphological studies on liquid-crystalline blue phases", Liquid Crystals 1 pp. 3-28 (1986)
 - David C. Wright and N. David Mermin "Crystalline liquids: the blue phases", Reviews of Modern Physics 61 385-432 (1989)
 - Peter Crooker "Blue Phases", in "Chirality in Liquid Crystals" pp. 186-222 Springer New York (2001)