International Display Workshops General Incorporated Association

10:40 AM - 1:10 PM

[LCTp1-1] Enhanced Flexoelastic Ratio of Mesogenic Dopant-Doped Nematic Liquid Crystals

*Jongyoon Kim1, Ji-Hoon Lee1 (1. Chonbuk National University (Korea))

flexoelectricity, ferroelectric liquid crystals, dimers

https://doi.org/10.36463/idw.2019.0296

The enhanced flexoelastic ratio of mesogenic dopants (MDs)-doped nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) is studied. The flexoelastic ratio increased up to 139 % than pure nematic liquid crystals (NLCs) after doping MD. The mechanism of the enhanced flexoelastic ratio is presumably related to the large dipole moment of MDs.