SUPERMOLECULAR ALIGNMENT IN A LIQUID-CRYSTAL POLYMER GEL AS STUDIED OPTICALLY AND BY DIELECTRIC-RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY

Authors
MARUGAN MM SHINTON S WILLIAMS G
Citation
Mm. Marugan et al., SUPERMOLECULAR ALIGNMENT IN A LIQUID-CRYSTAL POLYMER GEL AS STUDIED OPTICALLY AND BY DIELECTRIC-RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY, Journal of materials chemistry, 6(4), 1996, pp. 667-669
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical","Material Science
Journal title
Journal of materials chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09599428
Volume
6
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
667 - 669
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-9428(1996)6:4<667:SAIALP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Macroscopically aligned liquid crystal(LC) gels have been prepared by photopolymerization in visible light of a nonmesogenic bifunctional mo nomer in a conventional LC mixture that was prealigned in an electric field. A high degree of molecular orientation is achieved in the gel, and it is stable with time, as shown by polarized optical microscopy a nd broad-band dielectric relaxation spectroscopy.