Abstract
The Inside Back Cover picture displays an amorphous blue phase formed by a single-component chiral bent-core liquid crystal, which is investigated to obtain the response time and electro-optic Kerr constant. The unusual behavior is explained by the presence of nanoscale smectic clusters, which also lead to a very high Kerr constant. More information can be found in the Communication by K. V. Le et al. on page 1425 in Issue 10, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201501206).
Keywords
Amorphous solid
Nanoscopic scale
Cover (algebra)
Phase (matter)
Liquid crystal
Materials science
Bent molecular geometry
Kerr effect
Core (optical fiber)
Chemical physics
Condensed matter physics
Optics
Optoelectronics
Crystallography
Nanotechnology
Chemistry
Physics
Organic chemistry
Subject Areas
Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
·Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ·Physical Sciences
Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
·Spectroscopy ·Physical Sciences
Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis
·Organic Chemistry ·Physical Sciences