Citation
Rhc. Janssen et al., Thermo-reversible gelation of liquid crystals using di-Benzylidene-D-sorbitol, MACRO SYMP, 154, 2000, pp. 117-126
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science
Journal title
MACROMOLECULAR SYMPOSIA
ISSN journal
10221360
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Volume
154
Year of publication
2000
Pages
117 - 126
Database
ISI
SICI code
1022-1360(200004)154:<117:TGOLCU>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Mechanically stable thermo-reversible gels of the liquid-crystal LC-E7 with
1,3:2,4-Di-O-benzylidene-D-sorbitol (DBS) form white light-scattering film
s that are reversibly switchable to a clear state by AC electric fields. It
is established that the light-scattering nature of DBS/LC-E7 gels is an in
trinsic material property that originates from the occurence of a monotecti
c-type point ("mesotectic") at very low DBS-concentration in the phase diag
ram of the DBS/LC-E7 system.