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Optical Properties of Light-Emitting Liquid Crystals

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In recent years light-emitting liquid crystals have been developed for application in OLEDs, whilst there is increasing interest in chiral liquid crystals to produce feedback for lasers. This chapter discusses the optical properties of these materials. Fluorescence and phosphorescence is discussed with reference to issues resulting from the self-assembling properties of liquid crystals. We discuss how the inherently very large anisotropy of light-emitting semiconductors can be exploited to improve gain and feedback in thin film lasers and out coupling from OLEDs. We also summarise development in lasers based on chiral liquid crystals.

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O’Neill, M., Kelly, S.M. (2013). Optical Properties of Light-Emitting Liquid Crystals. In: Bushby, R., Kelly, S., O'Neill, M. (eds) Liquid Crystalline Semiconductors. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 169. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2873-0_6

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