Optically and Electrically Controlled Circularly Polarized Emission from Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Materials Doped with Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Bobrovsky A; Mochalov K; Oleinikov V; Sukhanova A; Prudnikau A; Artemyev M; Shibaev V; Nabiev I

Advanced Materials, Vol.24, No.46, 6216-6222, 2012

DOI10.1002/adma.201202227 Export Citation

Optically and Electrically Controlled Circularly Polarized Emission from Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Materials Doped with Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Bobrovsky A, Mochalov K, Oleinikov V, Sukhanova A, Prudnikau A, Artemyev M, Shibaev V, Nabiev I

Novel types of electro- and photoactive quantum dot-doped cholesteric materials have been engineered. UV-irradiation or electric field application allows one to control the degree of circular polarization and intensity of fluorescence emission by prepared quantum dot-doped liquid crystal films.

Keywords:cholesteric liquid crystals;circularly polarized fluorescence;photonic bandgap;quantum dots;electro-optical control