2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Breakthrough of formation mechanism and functionalization of chiral liquid crystal phase by molecular structure
| Project/Area Number |
24750130
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Functional materials chemistry
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIGUCHI Hiroki 九州大学, 先導物質化学研究所, 助教 (50432951)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | キラル液晶 / ブルー相 / 外的刺激応答 |
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| Research Abstract |
High order nanostructures liquid crystals with high chirality (for example, blue phases) are exquisitely sensitive to chirality, their formation mechanism are not clear. In order to understand how chirality is transferred from chiral molecules to liquid crystal molecules efficiently and effectively, chiral molecular structures were changed. The critically interesting results such as stabilization and improved properties of blue phases are expected to be next generation display devices and liquid crystal phase transitions by external stimuli were obtained by changing chiral molecular structures.
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