Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.613, No.1, 163-166, 2015
Effects of Photonic Band Gap of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal on Chemiluminescence
We have fabricated glass cells filled with cholesteric liquid crystalline materials (CLC reflectors), which are mixtures of a nematic liquid crystalline mixture, ZLI-2293 (Merck), and a chiral dopant, MLC-6248 (Merck). We reported the enhancement of the maximum emission intensity of luminol reaction by the photonic band gap (PBG) of the CLC reflectors. Here, we report the effect of the relative position of PBG of the CLC reflectors to the emission spectra of luminol reaction on the enhancement of the maximum emission intensity.
Keywords:Photonic band gap;Cholesteric liquid crystal;CLC reflector;Luminol reaction;Chemiluminescence