Blue phase liquid crystals (BPLCs) are chiral liquid crystals with unique cubic structures that have optical isotropy and very fast response times to electrical fields, making them attractive for photonic and electro-optical applications. Inorganic nanoparticles have been added to improve the BPLC stability and opto-electric properties. Gold nanoparticles (NPs) and nanorods (GNRs) stabilized with low molecular weight polymer ligands were added to a wide range BPLC and characterized by optical microscopy and UV-Vis spectroscopy to determine the effect of the particle size and shape without variation of the NP core and ligand shell composition.
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