Low Viscosity Perfluorinated Smectic C Hosts for Use in FastSpatial Light Modulators

小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目 在化学合成的一般领域， 铁电性 这项研究的长期科学目标 研究是为了增加对相关性的理解， 倾斜液体的分子结构与物理性质 晶体阶段，并测试新的设计策略， 材料. 具体来说，这项工作的目的是发明新的低 粘度和低双折射的近晶型C晶体， 极化铁电液晶（FLC）掺杂剂。 如此低 粘度近晶C主体，结合适当的手性 FLC掺杂剂将应用于平板显示器， 空间光调制器（SLM）需要最快的上升时间。 铁电（手性）近晶C* 液晶已被证明是 以展示高速、多态电光和显示器件 应用，特别是当结合到表面时 稳定铁电液晶光阀。 平坦 基于SSFLC器件概念的平板显示器具有许多 潜在优势。 然而，由于高双折射和 现有材料速度相对较慢，SSFLC光阀 在一些重要的应用中存在问题。 这两 问题-高双折射和慢开关速度-是 通过创建一类新的全氟FLC来解决 hosts.

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 project is in the general area of chemical synthesis in the subfield of ferroelectricity. The long range scientific goals of this research are to increase understanding of the correlation of molecular structure with physical properties of tilted liquid crystal phases, and to test strategies for design of new materials. Specifically, the work is aimed at inventing new low viscosity and low birefringence smectic C Hosts for use with high polarization ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) dopants. Such low viscosity smectic C hosts, in combination with the proper chiral FLC dopants, would have application in flat panel displays and spatial light modulators (SLMs) requiring the fastest rise times. Ferroelectric (chiral) smectic C* liquid crystals have been shown to exhibit high speed, multistate electro-optic and display device applications, particularly when incorporated into the surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal (SSFLC) light valve. Flat panel displays based upon the SSFLC device concept have many potential advantages. However, due to the high birefringence and relatively slow speed of existing materials, SSFLC light valves prove problematical in some important applications. Both of these problems--high birefringence and slow switching speed--are addressed by the creation of a new class of perfluorinated FLC hosts.