УДК: 532.783:535.421

Structured liquid-crystal composites doped with carbon nanofibers

Zharkova, G.M., Streltsov, S.A., Pod'yacheva, O.Y.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Жаркова Г.М., Стрельцов С.А., Подъячева О.Ю. Структурированные жидкокристаллические композиты, допированные углеродными нановолокнами // Оптический журнал. 2015. Т. 82. № 4. С. 74–79.

Zharkova G.M., Streltsov S.A., Pod'yacheva O.Yu. Structured liquid-crystal composites doped with carbon nanofibers [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2015. V. 82. № 4. P. 74–79.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

G. M. Zharkova, S. A. Streltsov, and O. Yu. Podyacheva, "Structured liquid-crystal composites doped with carbon nanofibers," Journal of Optical Technology. 82(4), 252-255 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.82.000252

Abstract:

This paper discusses how the additives of modified and unmodified nanofibers affect the properties of liquid-crystal composites formed by the method of polarization holography. It is shown that surface modification of the nanofibers affects the phase-transition temperature and the controlling electric field, as well as the diffraction efficiency of polarization holographic gratings.

Keywords:

liquid crystals, liquid-crystal composites, carbon nanofibers, polarization holography

OCIS codes: 090.0090, 090.7330

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