Ferroelectric chiral nematic liquid crystals: New photonic materials with multiple bandgaps controllable by low electric fields

J. Ortega, C. L. Folcia, J. Etxebarria +1

We have carried out a spectroscopic study on a prototype ferroelectric nematic material (RM7343) doped with a non-polar chiral compound. The mixture presents two chiral nematic pha…