Three-dimensional ordered structures formed by a chiral liquid crystal

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23740324
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Biophysics/Chemical physics
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: FUKUDA Jun-ichi 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, ナノシステム研究部門, 主任研究員 (90392654)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Keywords: ソフトマターの物理 / 液晶 / キラリティ / コレステリックブルー相

Research Abstract

We elucidated, by theoretical arguments, how the stability of cholesteric blue phases, exotic ordered phases of a chiral liquid crystal, is influenced by various factors such as the introduction of a polymer network and the variation of the elastic consta

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Stability of cholesteric blue phases in the presence of a guest component (2012)
  • Author(s): J. Fukuda
  • Journal Title: Physical Review Volume: E 86 Pages: 041704(1-6)
  • DOI: DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.041704
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Zigzag line defects and manipulation of colloids in a nematic liquid crystal in microwrinkle grooves (2012)
  • Author(s): T. Ohzono and J. Fukuda
  • Journal Title: Nature Communications Volume: 3 Pages: 701
  • DOI: DOI:10.1038/ncomms1709
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Stabilization of blue phases by the variation of elastic constants (2012)
  • Author(s): J. Fukuda
  • Journal Title: Physical Review Volume: E 85 Pages: 020701(R)(1-4)
  • DOI: DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.85.020701
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 薄いキラル液晶セルの秩序構造 液晶がつくるスカーミオン格子 (2012)
  • Author(s): 福田順一
  • Journal Title: 日本物理学会誌 Volume: 67 Pages: 636-640
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Structural forces in liquid crystalline blue phases (2011)
  • Author(s): J. Fukuda and S. Zumer
  • Journal Title: Physical Review Volume: E 84 Pages: 040701(R)(1-4)
  • DOI: DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.84.040701
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Field-induced dynamics and structures in a cholesteric blue phase cell
  • Author(s): J. Fukuda and S. Zumer
  • Journal Title: Physical Review Volume: E 87 Pages: 042506
  • DOI: DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.87.042506
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 液晶が形成するスカーミオン格子 (2013)
  • Author(s): 福田順一
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会第68回年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 広島大学(広島県)
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-27
• [Presentation] Simulation of Cholesteric Blue Phase Liquid Crystal Cells under an Electric Field (2013)
  • Author(s): J. Fukuda
  • Organizer: 7th International Conference on Molecular Electronics andBioelectronics (M&BE7)
  • Place of Presentation: 7th International Conference on Molecular Electronics andBioelectronics (M&BE7)
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-19
• [Presentation] Cholesteric blue phases under confinement and electric field (2012)
  • Author(s): J. Fukuda
  • Organizer: Workshop on assembling of superstructures in soft matter
  • Place of Presentation: Ljubljana (Slovenia)
  • Year and Date: 2012-10-13
• [Presentation] Theory and simulation of cholesteric blue phases: effect of the elastic constants on the stability ofblue phases and the response of a blue phase cell to an electric field (2012)
  • Author(s): J. Fukuda
  • Organizer: SPIE Optics + Photonics "Liquid Crystals XVI" (Conference 8475)
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-13
• [Presentation] Simulation of a cholesteric blue phase in a thin cell: exotic defect structures and their response to anelectric field (2012)
  • Author(s): J. Fukuda
  • Organizer: SPIE Photonics West "Emerging Liquid Crystal TechnologiesVII"
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2012-01-24
• [Presentation] Skyrmions and other exotic defect structures in a confined chiral liquid crystal (2011)
  • Author(s): J. Fukuda
  • Organizer: Planer-Smoluchowski Soft Matter Workshop on Liquid CrystalColloids
  • Place of Presentation: Lviv (Ukraine)
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-03
• [Presentation] 薄いセルに閉じ込めたコレステリックブルー相の欠陥構造 (2011)
  • Author(s): 福田順一
  • Organizer: 第1回ソフトマター研究会
  • Place of Presentation: キャンパスプラザ京都(京都府)
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-03
• [Book] Progress in LC Science and Technology, in Honor of Professor Kobayashi's 80th Birthday (2013)
  • Author(s): J. Fukuda and S. Zumer (edited by H.S. Kwok, S.Naemura, and H.L. Ong)
  • Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://staff.aist.go.jp/fukuda.jun-ichi/bluephase.html
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.aist.go.jp/aist_j/press_release/pr2012/pr20120229/pr20120229.html
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 液晶配向構造体の製造方法 (2012)
  • Inventor(s): 大園拓哉,福田順一
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 産業技術総合研究所
  • Industrial Property Number: 特願 2012-025141
  • Filing Date: 2012-02-08