Photoconductive property in the lyotropic liquid crystalline cell composedof hole transport molecules pendant poly(glutamate)

Hole transport molecules pendant polypeptide was synthesized in order to in vestigate the photoconductive property in the lyotoropic liquid crystalline polypeptide. By the application of an electric field to the liquid crystal line cell, the schlieren structure indicating the nematic structure was obs erved in the cell by using a polarized optical micrograph, Relatively high drift mobility of ca. 10(-3) (cm(2)/V.s) and photoconductivity were obtaine d in the nematic liquid crystalline cell. Consequently, we conclude that hi ghly ordered intra and interchain structure is effective for the photocondu ctive and charge carrier transport properties.