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Synthesis of Thin Films by Polymerization of Liquid Crystalline Monomers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. Kurihara ,
K. Iwamoto  and
T. Nonaka
S. Kurihara
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860, Japan.
K. Iwamoto
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860, Japan.
T. Nonaka
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860, Japan.
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Abstract

Mixtures of mono- and diacrylates showing a nematic phase were polymerized in an electric field. The orientation of chromophores in the thin films depended on the direction of dipole moment as well as the polymerization conversion of the liquid crystalline monomers.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 425: Symposium I – Liquid Crystals for Advanced Technologies , 1996 , 73
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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