Highly circularly polarized photoluminescence over a broad spectral range from a calamitic, hole-transporting, chiral nematic glass and from an indirectly excited dye

Kai L. Woon, Mary O'Neill, Gary J. Richards, Matthew P. Aldred, Stephen M. Kelly, A. Mark Fox

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Abstract

A new calamatic (rod-like) liquid crystal, which is a luminescent chiral nematic glass at room temperature is reported. It is highly birefringent giving a broad stop band of width >110nm which exactly overlaps its photoluminescence (PL) spectrum. Thus, highly circularly polarized emission is obtained over the entire PL spectral range using a cell of thickness only 3 μm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1555-1558
Number of pages4
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume15
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003 Sept 16
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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