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

Pei Zhang, Augustinus J.J. Kragt, Albertus P.H.J. Schenning, Laurens T. De Haan*, Guofu Zhou

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7184-7187
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry C
Volume6
Issue number27
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

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