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Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers With Chiral Smectic C* Mesogens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Wen Yue Zheng  and
Paula T. Hammond
Wen Yue Zheng
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
Paula T. Hammond
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Abstract

A new series of side chain liquid crystalline-amorphous diblock copolymers has been successfully synthesized using chiral mesogens. Anionic polymerization techniques have been used to make these monodisperse diblock materials. Preliminary studies suggest that these microphase segregated diblock copolymers exhibit a smectic C* phase. This mesophase exists between and above the glass transition temperatures of the two polymer blocks. Synthesis and characterization of these novel materials are discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 425: Symposium I – Liquid Crystals for Advanced Technologies , 1996 , 67
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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