Authors Kamil Orzechowski Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2024-8786 Martyna Wasiluk Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland Konrad Jabłoński Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland Weronika Milewska Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland Olga Strzeżysz Institute of Chemistry, Military University of Technology, Kaliskiego 2, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland Chun-Ta Wang Department of Photonics, National Sun Yat-sen University, No. 70 Lien-hai Rd., Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan Wiktor Lewandowski Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland Tomasz Woliński Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland DOI: https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v16i4.1304 Abstract

This work presents the impact of the composition of the organic shell of 4 nm gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) on the optical properties and stability of the nanoparticle-doped blue-phase liquid crystals (BPLCs). Particularly, we show that the binary shell of NPs, comprising LC-like ligands, can significantly enhance the thermal stability of BPs. Moreover, modifying the shell composition enables control over the Bragg wavelength of BPLCs. Our findings highlight the potential of ligand-functionalized Au NPs to optimize BPLC-based photonic devices, emphasizing ligand functionalization as a crucial factor for improving stability of NPs, and controlling BPLC properties.

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K. Orzechowski, “Designated ligand functionalization of gold nanoparticles for optimizing blue-phase liquid crystal composites”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 71–75, Dec. 2024.

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