Exotic states of matter at room temperature in out of equilibrium liquid crystal cell

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeska Zambra ◽  
Marcel G. Clerc ◽  
Michal Kowalczyk
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Liquid Crystal Cell ◽  
Exotic States ◽  
Crystal Cell

scholarly journals Topological transitions in an oscillatory driven liquid crystal cell

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel G. Clerc ◽  
Michał Kowalczyk ◽  
Valeska Zambra
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Topological States Of Matter ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Vortex State ◽  
Liquid Crystal Cell ◽  
Topological Transition ◽  
Exotic States ◽  
Crystal Cell ◽  
Topological States ◽  
Topological Transitions

Abstract Matter under different equilibrium conditions of pressure and temperature exhibits different states such as solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Exotic states of matter, such as Bose–Einstein condensates, superfluidity, chiral magnets, superconductivity, and liquid crystalline blue phases are observed in thermodynamic equilibrium. Rather than being a result of an aggregation of matter, their emergence is due to a change of a topological state of the system. These topological states can persist out of thermodynamics equilibrium. Here we investigate topological states of matter in a system with injection and dissipation of energy by means of oscillatory forcing. In an experiment involving a liquid crystal cell under the influence of a low-frequency oscillatory electric field, we observe a transition from a non-vortex state to a state in which vortices persist, topological transition. Depending on the period and the type of the forcing, the vortices self-organise, forming square lattices, glassy states, and disordered vortex structures. The bifurcation diagram is characterised experimentally. A continuous topological transition is observed for the sawtooth and square forcings. The scenario changes dramatically for sinusoidal forcing where the topological transition is discontinuous, which is accompanied by serial transitions between square and glassy vortex lattices. Based on a stochastic amplitude equation, we recognise the origin of the transition as the balance between stochastic creation and deterministic annihilation of vortices. Numerical simulations show topological transitions and the emergence of square vortex lattice. Our results show that the matter maintained out of equilibrium by means of the temporal modulation of parameters can exhibit exotic states.

Structures and alignment of anisotropic liquid crystal particles in a liquid crystal cell

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (76) ◽  
pp. 40617-40625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Hyun Lee ◽  
Tahseen Kamal ◽  
Stephan V. Roth ◽  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Soo-Young Park
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Liquid Crystal Cell ◽  
Crystal Cell ◽  
Anisotropic Liquid

Anisotropic porous liquid crystal (LC) particles with ∼60 μm diameters were prepared using microfluidics and directional UV photopolymerization of 1,4-bis[4-(6-acryloyloxyhexyloxy)benzoyloxy]-2-methylbenzene/4-cyano-4′-pentylbiphenyl (RM257/5CB) mixtures at room temperature in the presence of a magnetic field.

Dichroic Azo Dyes for Guest-Host Liquid-Crystal Cell

1982 ◽  
Vol 21 (Part 1, No. 1) ◽  
pp. 191-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidehiro Seki ◽  
Chiyoko Shishido ◽  
Shigeo Yasui ◽  
Tatsuo Uchida
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Azo Dyes ◽  
Liquid Crystal Cell ◽  
Crystal Cell

Liquid crystal cell for space-borne laser rangefinder to space mission applications

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Nowinowski-Kruszelnicki ◽  
L. Jaroszewicz ◽  
Z. Raszewski ◽  
L. Soms ◽  
W. Piecek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Polarization Plane ◽  
Space Mission ◽  
Liquid Crystal Cell ◽  
Laser Rangefinder ◽  
Aperture Diameter ◽  
Crystal Cell ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Twisted Nematic ◽  
Space Requirements

AbstractLiquid crystal cell (LCC) for space-borne laser rangefinder to space mission applications was developed, manufactured and tested under cooperation between Military University of Technology (MUT) in Poland and Vavilov State Optical Institute (Vavilov SOI) in Russia. LCC operates in twisted nematic mode, commutating the polarization plane of a laser beam working at 1.064 μm and the energy density not smaller than 0,15 J/cm2 at the pulse duration about 8 ns. The transmission of LCC is not smaller than 95% at the aperture diameter not less than 15 mm. Switching on and switching off times in a 2.5-μm thick LCC driven by voltage of 10 V are not larger than 0.7 ms and 7 ms, respectively, in the operating temperature range from 20°C to 40°C. The LCCs developed in MUT were positively tested under space requirements in Vavilov SOI.

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