Stable Anisotropic Films Obtained by In-Situ Photopolymerization of Discotic Liquid Crystalline Acrylates

Autor: Favre-Nicolin, C. D., Lub, J.
Zdroj: Macromolecules; September 9, 1996, Vol. 29 Issue: 19 p6143-6149, 7p
Abstrakt: New discotic liquid crystals with one, two, or three reactive acrylate end groups were synthesized. They exhibit a wide discotic nematic phase and show spontaneous homeotropic alignment between substrates. The photoinitiated polymerization of these materials was studied. “In-situ photopolymerization” of these disklike acrylates leads to transparent and thermally stable films with a negative birefringence.
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