PA04 Study on Blue Phase for Nano-structured Materials

Abstract

Liquid crystal states can produce various high-order structures such as the blue phase. High performance materials having the nano structure are expected to be achieved by low energy consumption in the utilization of the liquid crystal state. In the present study, we focus on the photochemically polymerizable mesogenic monomers, and then, try to produce the blue phase with the monomers, solidificate the blue phase structure by the photocure, and investigate the physical properties of the soliditicated matter for the application to the nano-structured materials.