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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 37, Issue 8, 997(2022)

Reflection band gap broadening of polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal by low voltage

Wen-hui GAO, Rui-cai GUO, Xiao-shuai LI, Mei-shan ZHANG, and Yu-bao SUN^*

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Department of Applied Physics，Hebei University of Technology，Tianjin 300401，China

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Wen-hui GAO, Rui-cai GUO, Xiao-shuai LI, Mei-shan ZHANG, Yu-bao SUN. Reflection band gap broadening of polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal by low voltage[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2022, 37(8): 997

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Category: Research Articles

Received: May. 12, 2022

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Published Online: Aug. 15, 2022

The Author Email: Yu-bao SUN (sun_yubao@163.com)

DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2022-0164

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