Induced smectic ordering and blue phase formation in mixtures of cyanobiphenyls and cholesterol esters

Natalia A. Kasian, Longin N. Lisetski, Serhii E. Ivanchenko +3

It has been found that in mixtures of nematic E7 and smectogenic cholesteryl oleyl carbonate (COC) the S${}_A$-N* transition temperature is substantially (by ~20 K) increased, as com…