Spontaneous reorientation from planar to homeotropic alignment in dual-frequency mixture doped with chiral dopant

摘要

We investigate a dual-frequency (DF) nematic mixture by means of the dielectric spectroscopy. A chiral dopant has been added to the DF matrix. A pure DF matrix as well as three samples with increasing concentration of chiral dopant (DF*) have been prepared. Investigated samples have shown a selective reflection band, according to a helical pitch induced in proportion to the chiral dopant amount. Such system promises a great application potential as a selective light reflecting shutter or spectral filter due to nearly symmetrical switching times and defectless structures.