Fig. 3: Correlation between geometry and LC phases of DBCs based on experimental results.
From: Liquid-crystalline behavior on dumbbell-shaped colloids and the observation of chiral blue phases
a Experimental phase diagram of DBCs as a function of RD and RL. The solid symbols represent the data points in Fig. 2. The black dashed lines indicate superficial boundaries between phases. The red lines correspond to RL = 0.5 and RL = 1.0, respectively. They locate approximately at the center of the corresponding phases, namely N2 and N1 phases. b Helical pitch P as a function of Lc/De. P is obtained by counting 100 columns for each sample. Error bar represents standard deviation based on 100 columns.
