Blue phase - Revision history

Carl McBride: Added an experimental reference (Kikuchi et al).

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Added an experimental reference (Kikuchi et al).

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	The liquid crystalline '''blue phase''' is encountered between the isotropic and the [[Chiral phases \|chiral nematic phase]]. It usually occupies a narrow range of temperatures, for example, in the range of a half to two degrees. However, ~~in 2005~~ Coles and Pivnenko (~~Ref. 4~~) ~~described a mixture that has a range of stability of 44 degrees~~.		The liquid crystalline '''blue phase''' is encountered between the isotropic and the [[Chiral phases \|chiral nematic phase]]. It usually occupies a narrow range of temperatures, for example, in the range of a half to two degrees. However, recently this range has been expanded by an order of magnitude <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat712 Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Masayuki Yokota, Yoshiaki Hisakado, Huai Yang and Tisato Kajiyama "Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal blue phases", Nature Materials '''1''' pp. 64-68 (2002)]</ref> <ref> [http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03932 Harry J. Coles and Mikhail N. Pivnenko "Liquid crystal 'blue phases' with a wide temperature range", Nature '''436''' pp. 997-1000 (2005)]</ref>.
	==BP I<sup>*</sup>==		==BP I<sup>*</sup>==
	==BP II<sup>*</sup>==		==BP II<sup>*</sup>==
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	Also known as ''blue fog''.		Also known as ''blue fog''.
	==References==		==References==
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678298608086486 H. Stegemeyer, TH. Blümel, K. Hiltrop, H. Onusseit and F. Porsch "Thermodynamic, structural and morphological studies on liquid-crystalline blue phases", Liquid Crystals '''1''' pp. 3-28 (1986)]		<references/>
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.61.385 David C. Wright and N. David Mermin "Crystalline liquids: the blue phases", Reviews of Modern Physics '''61''' 385-432 (1989)]		'''Related reading'''
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b97374 Peter Crooker "Blue Phases", in "Chirality in Liquid Crystals" pp. 186-222 Springer New York (2001)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678298608086486 H. Stegemeyer, TH. Blümel, K. Hiltrop, H. Onusseit and F. Porsch "Thermodynamic, structural and morphological studies on liquid-crystalline blue phases", Liquid Crystals '''1''' pp. 3-28 (1986)]
	~~#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03932 Harry J. Coles and Mikhail N. Pivnenko "Liquid crystal 'blue phases' with a wide temperature range", Nature '''436''' pp. 997-1000 (2005~~)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.61.385 David C. Wright and N. David Mermin "Crystalline liquids: the blue phases", Reviews of Modern Physics '''61''' 385-432 (1989)]
			*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b97374 Peter Crooker "Blue Phases", in "Chirality in Liquid Crystals" pp. 186-222 Springer New York (2001)]
	[[Category: Liquid crystals]]		[[Category: Liquid crystals]]

Carl McBride at 16:03, 21 November 2007

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			The liquid crystalline '''blue phase''' is encountered between the isotropic and the [[Chiral phases \|chiral nematic phase]]. It usually occupies a narrow range of temperatures, for example, in the range of a half to two degrees. However, in 2005 Coles and Pivnenko (Ref. 4) described a mixture that has a range of stability of 44 degrees.
			==BP I<sup>*</sup>==
			==BP II<sup>*</sup>==
			==BP III<sup>*</sup>==
			Also known as ''blue fog''.
	==References==		==References==
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678298608086486 H. Stegemeyer, TH. Blümel, K. Hiltrop, H. Onusseit and F. Porsch "Thermodynamic, structural and morphological studies on liquid-crystalline blue phases", Liquid Crystals '''1''' pp. 3-28 (1986)]		#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678298608086486 H. Stegemeyer, TH. Blümel, K. Hiltrop, H. Onusseit and F. Porsch "Thermodynamic, structural and morphological studies on liquid-crystalline blue phases", Liquid Crystals '''1''' pp. 3-28 (1986)]
			#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.61.385 David C. Wright and N. David Mermin "Crystalline liquids: the blue phases", Reviews of Modern Physics '''61''' 385-432 (1989)]
			#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b97374 Peter Crooker "Blue Phases", in "Chirality in Liquid Crystals" pp. 186-222 Springer New York (2001)]
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03932 Harry J. Coles and Mikhail N. Pivnenko "Liquid crystal 'blue phases' with a wide temperature range", Nature '''436''' pp. 997-1000 (2005)]		#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03932 Harry J. Coles and Mikhail N. Pivnenko "Liquid crystal 'blue phases' with a wide temperature range", Nature '''436''' pp. 997-1000 (2005)]
	[[Category: Liquid crystals]]		[[Category: Liquid crystals]]

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New page: {{Stub-general}} ==References== #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678298608086486 H. Stegemeyer, TH. Blümel, K. Hiltrop, H. Onusseit and F. Porsch "Thermodynamic, structural and morphologi...

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==References==
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02678298608086486 H. Stegemeyer, TH. Blümel, K. Hiltrop, H. Onusseit and F. Porsch "Thermodynamic, structural and morphological studies on liquid-crystalline blue phases", Liquid Crystals '''1''' pp. 3-28 (1986)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03932 Harry J. Coles and Mikhail N. Pivnenko "Liquid crystal 'blue phases' with a wide temperature range", Nature '''436''' pp. 997-1000 (2005)]
[[Category: Liquid crystals]]