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ArticleNature communications2022

Liquid-crystalline behavior on dumbbell-shaped colloids and the observation of chiral blue phases.

Guangdong Chen, Hanwen Pei, Xuefei Zhang, Wei Shi, Mingjie Liu, Charl F J Faul, Bai Yang, Yan Zhao, Kun Liu, Zhongyuan Lu and 2 more

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Guangdong Chen *State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.
Hanwen Pei *State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China.
Xuefei ZhangState Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China.
Wei ShiKey Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Mingjie LiuKey Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8399-2134
Charl F J FaulSchool of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6224-3073
Bai YangState Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1939-6423
Yan ZhaoJihua Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Jihua Laboratory, Foshan, 528000, China.
Kun LiuState Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2940-9814
Zhongyuan LuState Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China. luzhy@jlu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7884-0091
Zhihong NieState Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China. znie@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9639-905X
Yang YangState Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China. yangchem@jlu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-4274

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Abstract

Colloidal liquid crystals are an emerging class of soft materials that naturally combine the unique properties of both liquid crystal molecules and colloidal particles. Chiral liquid crystal blue phases are attractive for use in fast optical displays and electrooptical devices, but the construction of blue phases is limited to a few chiral building blocks and the formation of blue phases from achiral ones is often counterintuitive. Herein we demonstrate that achiral dumbbell-shaped colloids can assemble into a rich variety of characteristic liquid crystal phases, including nematic phases with lock structures, smectic phase, and particularly experimental observation of blue phase III with double-twisted chiral columns. Phase diagrams from experiments and simulations show that the existence and stable regions of different liquid crystal phases are strongly dependent on the geometrical parameters of dumbbell-shaped colloids. This work paves a new route to the design and construction of blue phases for photonic applications.

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