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Aqueous dispersions of cholesteric liquid crystals and their optical properties

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This paper reports on a theoretical and experimental investigation of light transmission by a layer of aqueous suspension of polymer dispersed cholesteric liquid crystals (CLC) with a helical molecular structure. The transmission spectra and the spectral order parameter of the supramolecular texture of CLC confirm the high degree of ordering of CLC molecules in the spherical cells. Cell morphology and the spectral dependences of light transmission by the plane-parallel layer of CLC aqueous dispersion are considered.

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    G. M. Zharkova, S. A. Streltsov & V. M. Khachaturyan

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Zharkova, G.M., Streltsov, S.A. & Khachaturyan, V.M. Aqueous dispersions of cholesteric liquid crystals and their optical properties. J Struct Chem 40, 419–423 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02700638

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