Issue 27, 2018

An easily coatable temperature responsive cholesteric liquid crystal oligomer for making structural colour patterns

Abstract

A crosslinkable cholesteric main-chain liquid crystal oligomer was prepared, and coated on glass using blade-coating. The coating showed a reflection band that varied as a function of temperature over a range of several hundreds of nanometers. This allowed patterning of the coating in various colours using multiple crosslinking steps at different temperatures.

Graphical abstract: An easily coatable temperature responsive cholesteric liquid crystal oligomer for making structural colour patterns

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 May 2018
Accepted
25 Jun 2018
First published
25 Jun 2018

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018,6, 7184-7187

An easily coatable temperature responsive cholesteric liquid crystal oligomer for making structural colour patterns

P. Zhang, A. J. J. Kragt, A. P. H. J. Schenning, L. T. de Haan and G. Zhou, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 7184 DOI: 10.1039/C8TC02252F

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