23.1: Invited Paper: New Materials for Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phase

Compared to other liquid crystalline mesophases, the Blue Phase exhibits extremely fast switching via induced birefringence by an external field. However, the pure Blue Phase is characterized by a rather narrow temperature range on the order of a few K. For display applications, one very promising way to broaden the stable temperature range is achieved by polymer‐stabilization of the Blue Phase. A crucial prerequisite for efficient stabilization is the optimal material selection/matching of reactive mesogens RMs and the chiral host. New material concepts will be introduced and discussed.