INFLUENCE OF MOLAR-MASS PARAMETERS ON ELECTROOPTICAL SWITCHING IN FERROELECTRIC LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYSILOXANES

Authors
SVENSSON M HELGEE B SKARP K ANDERSSON G
Citation
M. Svensson et al., INFLUENCE OF MOLAR-MASS PARAMETERS ON ELECTROOPTICAL SWITCHING IN FERROELECTRIC LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYSILOXANES, Macromolecular chemistry and physics, 199(4), 1998, pp. 535-541
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Macromolecular chemistry and physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10221352
Volume
199
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
535 - 541
Database
ISI
SICI code
1022-1352(1998)199:4<535:IOMPOE>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Three ferroelectric copolysiloxanes with different molar mass have bee n synthesized. Mechanical measurements and electro-optical switching b ehaviour in both cell and thin film geometry are reported. Removal of short chains doubled (M) over bar(n) and slowed down electro-optical s witching but the mechanical properties were not affected. A further tw ofold increase in (M) over bar(n) by chain extension did not affect el ectro-optical switching times but improved the mechanical properties m arkedly.