Wang Hao, Zhou Huimin, He Wanli, Yang Zhou, Cao Hui, Wang Dong, Li Yuzhan
School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
Materials (Basel). 2022 Dec 26;16(1):194. doi: 10.3390/ma16010194.
Blue-Phase Liquid Crystals (BPLCs) are considered to be excellent 3D photonic crystals and have attracted a great deal of attention due to their great potential for advanced applications in a wide range of fields including self-assembling tunable photonic crystals and fast-response displays. BPLCs exhibit promise in patterned applications due to their sub-millisecond response time, three-dimensional cubic structure, macroscopic optical isotropy and high contrast ratio. The diversity of patterned applications developed based on BPLCs has attracted much attention. This paper focuses on the latest advances in blue-phase (BP) materials, including applications in patterned microscopy, electric field driving, handwriting driving, optical writing and inkjet printing. The paper concludes with future challenges and opportunities for BP materials, providing important insights into the subsequent development of BP.
蓝相液晶（BPLCs）被认为是优异的三维光子晶体，由于其在包括自组装可调谐光子晶体和快速响应显示器在内的广泛领域的先进应用中具有巨大潜力，因此备受关注。BPLCs因其亚毫秒级响应时间、三维立方结构、宏观光学各向同性和高对比度，在图案化应用中展现出前景。基于BPLCs开发的图案化应用的多样性备受关注。本文聚焦于蓝相（BP）材料的最新进展，包括在图案化显微镜、电场驱动、手写驱动、光学写入和喷墨打印方面的应用。本文最后讨论了BP材料未来面临的挑战和机遇，为BP的后续发展提供了重要见解。
