Research progress of cholesteric liquid crystals with broadband reflection characteristics in application of intelligent optical modulation materials

Zhang Lan-Ying^{1, 3}, Gao Yan-Zi¹, Song Ping¹, Wu Xiao-Juan², Yuan Xiao¹, He Bao-Feng¹, Chen Xing-Wu², Hu Wang², Guo Ren-Wei², Ding Hang-Jun², Xiao Jiu-Mei², Yang Huai^{1, 2, 3, †,}

(a) The chemical structure of the photo-polymerized LC monomer and chiral compound, (b) schematic of the mechanism of the thermally controllable broadband reflection of the cell, and (c) the transmission spectra of the samples.^[52]