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) Schematic representation of the mechanism of the concentration difference induced pitch gradient, (b) the transmission spectrum of a 15-μm-thick film of the cholesteric pitch-gradient network, and (c) the SEM image of the fracture surface of the network.^[43]