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Self-organizing three dimensional photonic structures - optical and electrooptical properties of the liquid crystal blue phase in microstructures

2015/19/D/ST3/02432

Keywords:

blue phase chiral nematic liquid crystal polymer-stabilized blue phase

Descriptors:

  • ST3_15: Statistical physics of condensed matter, phase transitions, noise and fluctuations, etc.
  • ST3_19:
  • ST7_5: Micro- and nanelectronic, optoelectronic and photonic components

Panel:

ST3 - Condensed matter physics: structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics

Host institution :

Politechnika Warszawska, Wydział Fizyki

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Marzena Sala-Tefelska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: SONATA 10 - announced on 2015-09-15

Amount awarded: 346 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-09-06

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2019-02-05

Project duration:: 29 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Układ mikroskopowy grzewczo-pozycyjny (190 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  1. Influence of cylindrical geometry and alignment layers on the growth process and selective reflection of blue phase domains
    Authors:
    M. M. Sala-Tefelska, K. Orzechowski, M. Sierakowski, A. Siarkowska, T. R. Woliński, O. Strzeżysz, P. Kula
    Academic press:
    Optical Materials (rok: 2018, tom: 75, strony: 211-215), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
  2. Investigation of the Kerr effect in a blue phase liquid crystal using a wedge-cell technique
    Authors:
    K. Orzechowski, M. W. Sierakowski, M. Sala-Tefelska, T. R. Woliński, O. Strzeżysz, P. Kula
    Academic press:
    Photonics Letter of Poland (rok: 2017, tom: 9 (2), strony: 54-56), Wydawca: Photonics Society of Poland
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.4302/plp.v9i2.738 - link to the publication
  3. Optical properties of cubic blue phase liquid crystal in photonic microstructures
    Authors:
    K. Orzechowski, M. M. Sala-Tefelska, M. W. Sierakowski, T. R. Woliński, O. Strzeżysz, P. Kula
    Academic press:
    Optics Express (rok: 2019, tom: 27(10), strony: 14270-14282), Wydawca: The Optical Society of America
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1364/OE.27.014270 - link to the publication
  4. Polarization properties of cubic blue phases of a cholesteric liquid crystal
    Authors:
    K. Orzechowski, M. W. Sierakowski, M. Sala-Tefelska, P. Joshi, T. R. Woliński, H. De Smet
    Academic press:
    Optical Materials (rok: 2017, tom: 69, strony: 259-264), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.optmat.2017.04.051 - link to the publication
  5. The influence of orienting layers on blue phase liquid crystals in rectangular geometries
    Authors:
    M. M. Sala-Tefelska, K. Orzechowski, F. A. Sala, T. R. Woliński, O. Strzeżysz, P. Kula
    Academic press:
    Photonics Letter of Poland (rok: 2018, tom: 10(4), strony: 100-102), Wydawca: Photonics Society of Poland
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.4302/plp.v10i4.868 - link to the publication